My grandparents celebrated their golden anniversary this May, and our whole family found two whole days a couple of days last week when all of our schedules were free enough to spend a little while in Atlanta celebrating with them. My mom asked me to make a white and GOLD cake for the occasion, so that was something new... GOLD! SPARKLES! Woo!
It sort of started out heading down hill and then just picked up speed as we went along... I will elaborate.
Since this was a mid-week cake, I baked all the cakes ALONE and I guess it just wasn't my day... Knowing that it was all on me helped me to ruin about SIX cakes in about three hours.
Seriously?At least I made the fondant and the buttercream okay on my own... My confidence was sort of semi-restored... Mallory came over after work, rescued the cakes, and we got the main elements done super easily and quickly. (Yay!) We packed it up for SLC's first ever on-site assembly...
So smug.Things were looking up! Just not for very long...
At my aunt and uncle's house, Leah helped me put all the pieces together, and we really put in a good effort... but we had some issues with the little gold pearls sticking and then sliding down the side of the cake leaving little sparkly slug trails behind them. Cute, right?!
At my aunt and uncle's house, Leah helped me put all the pieces together, and we really put in a good effort... but we had some issues with the little gold pearls sticking and then sliding down the side of the cake leaving little sparkly slug trails behind them. Cute, right?!
Don't we look glum?
Okay, so maybe it isn't SO bad... Of course... I think it looks so much better in the pictures than it did in person. I probably should be keeping that to myself... but this is a blog, not a portfolio...
Oh, and our super cool number shaped sparklers were also sort of a let down... They looked nice before they were lit, but guess what... They don't burn long enough for the first ones to still be on fire when the last ones get started...
Cake provides comic relief... Go figure!Luckily it was for the family, and since they didn't pay, they couldn't complain!
Somehow I don't think they were going to anyway...Have a wonderful week, and stay tuned for the next two cakes we have coming up this weekend!
-Laura
-Laura
