I had some more pictures of the cake in the last post that I wanted to throw up. Showers of happiness, indeed – this couple is getting married on July 10th, so congratulations to them.
Showers of happiness for Laura and Susan
I just love the decorative abilities of icing — look how well it takes this ribbed shape even when seen in close-up.
Scalloped icing edges
More frosting after the jump.
I went to a bridal shower recently that had the traditional white cake with flowers. For some reason, these white cakes always taste special – much better than a cake you can buy at the grocery store any day of the week. I find this particularly strange because the same grocery store may in fact make this cake. Maybe they have different recipes for the more expensive things? I know someone who works in a grocery store bakery, so maybe I’ll ask. The frosting on this cake definitely had some heft to it. It wasn’t a cheap version made with crisco.
You might be able to tell I have a special place in my heart for frosting. Well, flowers are the pinnacle of my obsession. I haven’t seen good ones in so long. Whole Food creates absolutely beautiful flowers for their cakes, but they taste like shiny lard. I was very happy that these beauties were indeed edible and not rock-hard ‘sugar flowers’. These tasted like light sugary goodness.
Icing flowers
I love the violet ribbing on this lavender flower. To achieve this effect, the decorator will carefully align purple, lavender, and white icing together, then feed it into their pastry bag so that, when it squeezes out, it has multiple shades and streaks like this. It’s hard to get icing into that bag with any precision, so I admire these flowers even more now.
Purple icing flower
I wish they had done that for the pink flower to give it a little more oomph.
Pink icing flower
Icing flowers
I made some buttercream icing and cupcakes last night so I could practice my frosting skills. I just got a bag and a set of tips. I realized too late that I could have just practiced on a piece of paper for all it mattered. Oh well! I am not that good, but I thought some of these shots were nice.
I swirled my frosting with a couple different colors. When combined with a scalloped tip, I got what looks like ribbon candy frosting. I like the streaking.
Ribbon icing
I made this little critter by accident. I should have given him a hump to make him a snail, but instead, he is a worm.
Icing critter
This is my bowl of frosting. It might be cool desktop wallpaper.
Frosting wallpaper
