I have almost 70 wedding cakes under my belt. That’s not a lot of wedding cakes if you are a professional cake wedding decorator, but it was a lot to pump out in a three year span as a rookie! Year one was a learning experience, year two putting practice into action, and year three was fine tuning the practice.
Baking wedding cakes were some of the most reward-able cakes that I got to be a part of. I LOVED making them, loved getting to the venue and seeing the beautiful decorations, but I HATED the delivery!! Nothing ever went wrong, but I was always nervous throughout the drive. The longer drives (hour to an hour and a half) in the hot beating sun were often scary, as was travelling on the highway and worrying about the other drivers on the road. If you are partaking on long deliveries, make sure that your vehicle has air conditioning, and that you put blinders up on your windows to block the sun (as much as it can be). I also always transported my cakes in a large cake delivery box, that my partner made for me. Delivering in the box kept wayward dust and dirt off of the cake and ensured that a clean cake arrived at the destination.
In this first tutorial (of three), I show you how to bake the cakes for the wedding cake. I highly recommend using cakes from scratch as they are sturdier than box mixes, and will hold up better under movement and the weight of decorations.
