Remember last Thursday, when I said I was making & taking the cake for my best friend’s wedding?
I was seriously freaking out about making this cake. As the wedding week crept closer, my anxiety meter was swinging off the charts. What if I screwed it all up. What if it was hideous. What if I couldn’t get the icing just right and the bride was horribly disappointed. What if the cake collapsed, slid, or otherwise fell apart during the 4 hour drive to the wedding site. I was so worried that for a moment I seriously considered spending my own money to purchase a vegan cake for her.
But then Thursday rolled around, and I bit the bullet and made the cake. It took a loooong time. After spending about 5 hours the previous night baking the layers, I then spent a good 6 hours Thursday whipping up batch after batch of icing, and then decorating the cake.
When I was done I literally did my own little private happy dance, right there in the kitchen. The cake was done, it just barely fit in the fridge, and it looked ok. I had just enough time to practice my violin for the wedding ceremony, pack up, and be ready to go.
Then Friday morning arrived, and I was freaking out again about the car ride.
We pulled the cake out of the fridge and boxed it up. Carefully.
Then I bungee-strapped it into the car. If the box was stable, hopefully the cake would be too. We then covered it with a huge towel to help insulate it from the sun, and hit the road.
Four hours and only one wrong turn later, I exited the car – frozen from the nonstop blasting of the A/C and tired from cringing at every bump and sharp turn in the road. I took the cake inside where, as the bride and friends watched, I cut the box open to find it unharmed. Woohoo!
The next night the cake I received many compliments, so I’m guessing it was a success. I have to admit it looked pretty cute on its own little table, with two birds standing on top of it.
*Photo credit: Tina Sharpe
And after the beautiful bride and her groom cut (and face-smashed) the cake, the guests ate it. And from what I could tell, no one knew guessed it was vegan!
At the end of the day, I was happy to be able to save Crysty and Andrew some money while making such a personal contribution to their special day. They’re one amazing, wonderful couple that I’m more than happy to stress myself out for. 🙂
Photo Credit: Crystal Lynn Photography
10 Comments
Woah! That cake looks amazing! Color me super impressed 🙂 Fabulous job!
I’m so impressed, Jane! Really, really nice job! It’s so cute and I’m sure your bestie will always remember this special cake! And I’m especially impressed that it didn’t get messed up on the 4-hour drive over there! That took a lot of grit and a ton of patience!
What a beautiful cake! It totally would have matched my wedding colors too. =) I’m super impressed as well!
Wow. You’re a brave, brave woman.
If you’d be interested, I’d love to have you guest post on my bridal blog about how you did it. I think my readers would love it! If you’re interested, send me an email at brideonbudget (at) gmail (dot) com
What a beautiful cake!! I can’t wait to hear details about how you did the icing, etc. Who knows, sometime in not forever I may hire you to make my vegan wedding cake. 🙂
Jane –
I am speechless and so proud of you. You are so extremely gifted and talented – and a beautiful person inside and out. I am so honored to call you my friend.
What an amazing, beautiful cake. Elegant and gorgeous, and not overly decorated. I just love it. Congrats on a job well done. You can now breathe!
Beautiful!!! Thanks for joining us for another great Anything Related! ~Bridgette
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