My Sister's Wedding Cake

When you are a cake decorator, or an artist, or if you have any talent for that matter, there is a thrill you get out of your friends and family seeing your work.  Therefore, when my sister got married in December 2010, it was a no brainer...of course I was going to make her wedding cake!  At the time, I had a 23 month old and a 9 month old.  Not to mention I was in the wedding as a maid of honor.  WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!  I was thinking, this is what I have to do according to the book of sisterhood.  I took 3 days off work...not to get my nails done....or my hair....or help my sister get ready for her big day....but I took it off for the cake!  The night before the rehearsal dinner, I was up until 5am!  And remember those two little babies I was talking about...they were up at 6am!  Mind you, I do not have a lot of space to do cakes, so I use our kitchen table.  When the girls have to eat, I push everything aside and we sit like a family is supposed to darnit!!  Half the table is filled with cake and the other half spaghetti.  My 23 month old won't eat dinner and is repeating..."I want cake, I want cake."  Anyway, right before the rehearsal, I have to run to the hall and drop off the cake. If you have ever delivered a cake, you know my anxiety!  I yell at everyone involved and I'm a nervous wreck until the cake is where it should be.  I had to leave it in a cooler overnight but I did not trust anyone moving it the day of the wedding, so I put a large DO NOT TOUCH sign on it.  The wedding was BEAUTIFUL!  It was my sister's perfect winter wonderland wedding.  Everyone is having a great time in the limo and all I can think about is the cake!  We finally get there and instead of hanging out with my sister and her friends, I have to check on my kids…One has the runs (if you know what I mean) and the other is cranky.  After a few kisses, I have to leave them with the babysitter (crying) and "move" the cake.  Here I am, bridesmaids dress, hair done, nails painted and flip flops!!  Lord knows I don't need to slip in heals during this!  The cake is finally in the right spot with miner touchups and I can finally relax.  It was such as crazy 4 days!  In the end, everything was perfect and we had a great time.  And for some crazy reason, I would do it all over again :) 

Maggie's Wedding Cake