Don't get me wrong, I love all my orders and get excited to fill everyone's orders...but there are times when I get extra excited to fill an order. This usually means I get to do something new, over-the-top, or something I've had my eye on. In this case...the cake was all of the above!
The cake that was floating around Pinterest, Facebook, social media, etc. was a wood slab cake with a plaid inside and an ax coming out of the top. Naturally, I wanted to make it! Unfortunately, there are some technical things that needed to be done and known...and the only way to get them...pay a subscription to the site...
Then, a bride emailed me wanting the cake for her cutting cake! (Minus the ax). I was immediately excited and gave her a few options. To do my own version of the cake, which would be close but could have some differences to the pattern inside and maybe the outside since I didn't have the exact methods that were used; or to add the website fee to the cake so I can get the inside scoop and apply it to the cake. She opted for the website fee and getting the inside scoop...and here's what the end result was!
The cake that was floating around Pinterest, Facebook, social media, etc. was a wood slab cake with a plaid inside and an ax coming out of the top. Naturally, I wanted to make it! Unfortunately, there are some technical things that needed to be done and known...and the only way to get them...pay a subscription to the site...
Then, a bride emailed me wanting the cake for her cutting cake! (Minus the ax). I was immediately excited and gave her a few options. To do my own version of the cake, which would be close but could have some differences to the pattern inside and maybe the outside since I didn't have the exact methods that were used; or to add the website fee to the cake so I can get the inside scoop and apply it to the cake. She opted for the website fee and getting the inside scoop...and here's what the end result was!
Sorry to plaster you with what may look like the same photo over and over...but I felt like I couldn't take enough pictures of the cake and just kept taking them (for your sake, I didn't put them all up!). I did veer a little from the information I obtained from the site for the top of the cake, which was supposed to be done with an airbrush.
I just hand painted it instead....because while I have an airbrush...I've only used it once. Not because I don't want to use it...but because I somehow managed to make it not work properly after only one use! Oops! And I have yet to figure out how to get it going again. In the end, I was happy that my airbrush was broken because I LOVED the outcome of the hand-painting. I liked it more than the airbrushed version.
To make this cake even more exciting...it was plaid on the inside! It's a little hard to see, but the couple was kind enough to have pictures sent my way so I could see the inside. I couldn't exactly cut the cake, take a picture and put it back together now could I?!
I just hand painted it instead....because while I have an airbrush...I've only used it once. Not because I don't want to use it...but because I somehow managed to make it not work properly after only one use! Oops! And I have yet to figure out how to get it going again. In the end, I was happy that my airbrush was broken because I LOVED the outcome of the hand-painting. I liked it more than the airbrushed version.
To make this cake even more exciting...it was plaid on the inside! It's a little hard to see, but the couple was kind enough to have pictures sent my way so I could see the inside. I couldn't exactly cut the cake, take a picture and put it back together now could I?!
As you can probably tell my my over enthusiastic photo taking, and blabbing, I love this cake! It's always stressful when something you've never done comes your way, but at the same time...sooo exciting! So I hope you enjoy this cake as much as I do!
Thanks for another week of orders, and I hope to see you at Friday's open day!
Thanks for another week of orders, and I hope to see you at Friday's open day!
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