Sometimes things just don’t go as planned.
Looks can be deceiving….
Over the weekend my daughter and I travelled to Montgomery, Alabama where MacKenzie was to be the maid-of-honor in the wedding of one other closest friends & I was to do the wedding cake. With my four tiers of wedding cake baked and prepped for travel Mackenzie and I set off for a five-hour trip that took nearly ten hours to make due to a serious traffic accident!
Loaded and ready for travel. Yes, this is going to be a wedding cake!
Ever made buttercream icing in a hotel room? Me neither, but I love the kitchen at Montgomery’s Homewood Suites as it made a great place to do last-minute prep!
The bride had a great vision for her cake, but since she couldn’t arrange everything she wanted on her end, I altered the original vision and gave her a wedding cake that seemed to make her quite happy on her special day.
Iced coffee to fight the heat and I’m ready to work!
This cake was a little different for me to decorate (not in a bad way) as it was a combination of elements; fondant, buttercream and fresh flowers and greenery. It made quite a lovely combination without a doubt.
When it came time to assemble it all, is when it became a real challenge as the wedding was held in an old cotton warehouse (The Eclectic Warehouse in Eclectic, Alabama).
via Eclectic Warehouse Facebook page
The temperature inside was 91 degrees which did not work well for buttercream icing and the table was a wee bit bowed in the center which made my precisely leveled cake look a little off!
It’s MELTING!!
But finally with a little help from trays of ice and a large fan, I was able to finish the cake.
At last ready for viewing….
The icing was still a little droopy, but there is only so much you can do when it is over 90 degrees… and my cake isn’t leaning, the table was bowed!
I thought the combination of elements was really pretty.
The bride seemed genuinely happy which was of course my only goal.
The wedding was sweet.
The bride and groom enjoyed their day.
MacKenzie enjoyed standing by her best friend.
She looked stunning while doing so.
And it’ll be a long, long, long time before I use buttercream icing for an outdoor wedding when it is over 90 degrees!
Fiddle Dee Dee by Jennifer Jones 
Oh, Honey! It turned out just beautiful!! You are an artist!
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Thank you Patti! It was fun to do!
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Oh it looks marvelous! I don’t know how you kept your wits together…I would have been on the floor. Just goes to show that tenacity wins!
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Ver, there was a point I wanted to pick it up and smash it against the wall. haha. My stubbornness was determined to win the battle. 🙂
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I am catching up with your life and my you have been a busy bee! This was truly an incredible cake. I cannot imagine something this lovely in that heat!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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