The Wedding of a Lifetime

SK on Elderberry
by SK on Elderberry
$25000
200 Hours
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I have been absent for a couple of months, the wedding event I was planning and detailing took much of my time. You can follow the event from start to finish at:
http://sksartell.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-life-long-wedding-round-one.html
But for now I will give you some of the details of Kinmies cake.
THE CAKE
With the successful cake tasting now complete, we knew the hard work was just beginning.
My daughters are both proficient in wedding cake design and creation and I was very glad to have them take over the task of actually baking, filling and frosting the cakes. Each layer was to be a different texture of frosting.
Chef Darcy of Silver Spoon Cakes of Salt Lake City and Summer Heather Lakey of Salem, Oregon are my talented daughters whom got roped into creating this one-of-a-kind wedding cake.
Five separate layers. Each layer also has three separate layers filled with a mousse filling.
The largest bottom layer is a 16" round, 8" tall chocolate cake with a cream chocolate mousse filling. The buttercream frosting was also chocolate covered with silver and gray dragees.


The second layer is 14" round, 8" tall vanilla bean cake with a lemon mousse filling with smooth vanilla buttercream frosting and a pink silk ribbon.


The third layer is a 12" round, barrel 10" tall chocolate cake with another fudge mousse filling and a smooth vanilla buttercream frosting with raindrops of pink and silver dragees.


The fourth layer is a 10" round 8" tall vanilla bean cake with a lemon curd filling. A stucco style white vanilla buttercream frosting.


The final and top layer is a 8" round 6" tall chocolate with chocolate mousse filling and a vanilla buttercream frosting covered with pink antique lace.


Each layer was baked in order and then kept chilled. We assembled the first two layers, then the second two separately. This kept us from having to transport more than two layers at a time.


The cake was assembled on her very own hand-made silver leaf cake stand.
You can see how I built this cake stand at:


http://sksartell.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-life-long-wedding-round-three.html
With the top layer being almost forty-five inches off the floor, I needed a ladder to start placing fresh flowers on the cake. My heart stopped several times as the cake swayed...But it held firm.
Now it was up to me to finish with a walk-in cooler full of fresh flowers. And our bride was willing to help.
From the planning to the actual evening event, this went as flawless as I could dream.


You can see more from start to finish at: http://sksartell.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-life-long-wedding-round-one.html
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  • Sue Sue on Aug 13, 2015
    Gorgeous cake !! I'm a retired cake/cookie decorator, owned my own in-home business over 20 years, and always dreaded doing tall stacked tiers. This is just beautiful.
    • SK on Elderberry SK on Elderberry on Aug 13, 2015
      @Sue Thank you Sue. So you know how heart-stopping this was...Thanks for stopping by. sk
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