Gerbera Daisies

I love Gerbera Daisies...so I was very excited when I had a wedding with pink Gerbera Daisies and pink and brown as the colour. Immediately this is the cake that I pictured in my head. The bride and groom were married in Cardston, AB earlier in April. The cake I made was for a recption held in Bowmanville for the friends and family of the bride that couldn't make the trip out west. I was really happy with how it turned out :)

The Stanley Cup

I made a 50th birthday cake for family friends a couple of weekends ago. I turned out okay...but there are a few things I would change about it. I decided to experiment and make my own fondant for the first time. The fondant turned out great....it was super easy to do, but when I was covering the cake with the fondant, I noticed that it cracked a lot more than the pre-made fondant I usually use. Next time I experiment with homemade fondant, it will be on a cake for my eyes only :) The next thing I would have changed is the size of the "cup" on top. I had made a larger version, but for some reason the gumpaste wasn't hardening. I didn't have time to make more gumpaste, so I had to use what was left over....thus the cup was a lot smaller than I would have liked it to be. I thought it turned out pretty good. Rusty (birthday boy) is a Toronto Maple Leaf's fan, so I couldn't resist putting some Leaf's logo's on it.