Summer Weddings
I used to hate going to weddings before I was married. Always the dread of getting married myself. Why does our culture always make everything such a big deal and so melancholy and sad? After I got married, it was so fun going together with Rehan, getting all dressed up knowing that someone (other than just the women) will actually see me and like what I'm wearing. (WINK.)
A friend of mine just got married a couple of weeks ago and asked me to make her wedding cake. My first wedding cake challenge. (AHEM!!-Amna and Jawad!) I was so excited and crazy nervous. Which recipe would I use? I had to make sure the cake tasted good while looking good. And she wanted strawberry filling, so I had to make sure it was clean!!! Have to take my time.
So, it started... I tried out some recipes, and one was deemed that it tasted just like cornbread by Farro. Well, she likes cornbread, but my cake can't taste like cornbread! I tried out a couple more, and Rehan was getting pissed because I was making cakes everyday. I finally settled on a vanilla cake recipe that I hoped would turn out moist yet with a good fine texture, and was white and smooth. The chocolate cake recipe had already been picked out. She wanted a vanilla tier and a chocolate tier. I bought the pans, recruited Nora to help and got started.
Having Nora there as a blessing. I got everything done SO quickly becuase she was there helping the whole day. Washing cups, pans, the beaters, spatulas, and measuring utensils. We made 2 12"x2" vanilla cakes and 4 8"x2" chocolate cakes. 4 chocolates, because the first time I took the first batch out of the pans they broke, they were so fragile. So, back to the mixer. The second time I left them in the pans to cool overnight in the refridgerator.
Friday I came home from work, ready for filling, frosting and decorating. The bride didn't specify what kind of decorations she wanted, so I chose something on my own. I filled the cakes with strawberry preserves, and frosted both in white chocolate buttercream. After letting the buttercream set, I started the decorating. I decided to go with a mehndi design on the cake.
I filled a pastry bag with melted dark chocolate and started piping the cake like mehndi. I had sketched a design on a piece of paper for ideas, and loosely followed the idea on the cake. Although it wasn't difficult to do, it was tedious, and very time consuming. But, I got it done, and it looked absolutely gorgeous!
I wrapped the cake in plastic wrap for pick up in the morning. Right before the bride's brother came to pick it up, I topped it with fresh strawberries that I had dispatched Rehan and Tayyab to pick up that morning.
The end result:
A friend of mine just got married a couple of weeks ago and asked me to make her wedding cake. My first wedding cake challenge. (AHEM!!-Amna and Jawad!) I was so excited and crazy nervous. Which recipe would I use? I had to make sure the cake tasted good while looking good. And she wanted strawberry filling, so I had to make sure it was clean!!! Have to take my time.
So, it started... I tried out some recipes, and one was deemed that it tasted just like cornbread by Farro. Well, she likes cornbread, but my cake can't taste like cornbread! I tried out a couple more, and Rehan was getting pissed because I was making cakes everyday. I finally settled on a vanilla cake recipe that I hoped would turn out moist yet with a good fine texture, and was white and smooth. The chocolate cake recipe had already been picked out. She wanted a vanilla tier and a chocolate tier. I bought the pans, recruited Nora to help and got started.
Having Nora there as a blessing. I got everything done SO quickly becuase she was there helping the whole day. Washing cups, pans, the beaters, spatulas, and measuring utensils. We made 2 12"x2" vanilla cakes and 4 8"x2" chocolate cakes. 4 chocolates, because the first time I took the first batch out of the pans they broke, they were so fragile. So, back to the mixer. The second time I left them in the pans to cool overnight in the refridgerator.
Friday I came home from work, ready for filling, frosting and decorating. The bride didn't specify what kind of decorations she wanted, so I chose something on my own. I filled the cakes with strawberry preserves, and frosted both in white chocolate buttercream. After letting the buttercream set, I started the decorating. I decided to go with a mehndi design on the cake.
I filled a pastry bag with melted dark chocolate and started piping the cake like mehndi. I had sketched a design on a piece of paper for ideas, and loosely followed the idea on the cake. Although it wasn't difficult to do, it was tedious, and very time consuming. But, I got it done, and it looked absolutely gorgeous!
I wrapped the cake in plastic wrap for pick up in the morning. Right before the bride's brother came to pick it up, I topped it with fresh strawberries that I had dispatched Rehan and Tayyab to pick up that morning.
The end result:
Labels: cake, mehndi cake, wedding. mehndi
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