The first cake is a Lenox vase in cake form with fresh flowers which I did for a friends birthday. I started with 4 6" layers of cake and 2 6" brownie layers. The bottom layer was yellow cake, then pink with raspberry flavoring and then the brownie layer. Between the layers was raspberry Simply Fruit. I did put dowels thru the bottom 3 layers, then a cake board and three more layers with a dowel thru all six layers.
Next, I used a travel lotion bottle with the top cut off to cut a hole in the top for the flowers. The bottle was inserted in the hole and water and flowers added. I also put flower spikes around the top to bring the flowers down to cake level.The cake was iced with buttercream icing and then I copied the design from a Lenox vase onto the cake.
The best part was when the birthday girl walked into the dining room, the lights were out with just candlelight on either side of the cake and thought it was a vase of flowers.
The wedding cake was for my son and daughter-in-law's wedding. I baked the cake and his Uncle Darryl and I decorated it. I had never done a wedding cake before so I was most grateful for Darryl's help since he had made many in the past. Of course, he was the one who volunteered us to do it in the first place!
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