One year ago, give or take a week, I did the wedding cake for one of Courtney's best mission friends. Alex and Cole This fall, I got a call from the Alex's uncle. He said that he and his wife had "been to a lot of weddings, and had a lot of bad wedding cake, but they really liked Alex's cake." That made my day!
Their son got married at Thanksgiving time, in Florida, but they wanted to have an open house for the bride and groom here, in Kansas City, and wanted a cake. They were very concerned that the cake be simple, and not outdo the cake that the couple had for their wedding day. They just wanted a plain cake with a ribbon border, like Alex's, but they had a topper that they would put on top. That meant I needed to make a supported cardboard platform for the topper to sit on.
The wedding colors were light pink and navy, so they wanted the ribbon to be light pink, but trusted me to find something that would work.
When looking at ribbon, I saw some very delicate, light pink ribbon, but it seemed that they would not stand out against the white cake, so I went with a slightly darker rose pink, in a sheer, with a narrower satin ribbon to accent it.
Back of the cake, where the ribbon attaches with white pins.
When I went to deliver the cake, the father of the groom, who ordered the cake, said, "This is exactly what we wanted!" How's that to make your day??!
I don't always get to talk to the customers when I drop off the cake, so I was very delighted to hear that feedback!
The finished cake, all delivered. The pink in this picture is a little more accurate than the one above, and you can see that it matches the pink runner it is sitting on.
The topper says "For Time and all Eternity"
I forgot to snap a picture when I dropped off the cake, but I noticed that the dad was snapping a few on his phone, so I texted him later and asked if I could get a copy. He immediately texted me back with the above picture, and said that they had loved the cake, and it tasted great!
