July 31

I went a bit nuts on July 31. I have 6 cakes due that day. Never again. I will NEVER agree to make that many cakes on one occasion!!

The first cake was for a wonderful little girl named Audrey. She was the flower girl in my wedding and turned six at the end of July. Her cake was a simple sheet cake, cut out to spell "six." The dot of the "i" was her own personal cupcake.

I also made a burnt coconut cake for my friend Peggy, who's mother was celebrating her 80th birthday. This cake is one I've made a few times before (and blogged about). It's a favorite of a lot of people.
Finally, my mother-in-law co hosted a bridal shower for a friend's future daughter-in-law (follow that?) I made them a french vanilla filled bridal shower cake, but then they also had a sampling. I forgot to take pictures of all the cakes in the sampling, but there was a strawberry shortcake, whipped chocolate cake and a small burnt coconut.

I made a bridal shower cake, but that was during those few weeks when the heat and humidity was over 100 degrees. This makes cake decorating very difficult. As I was decorating the cake, things started to get soft and the top layer sunk into the bottom layer. So the NIGHT before I was running around making a new cake and planning out how to make it all work out. I went with a totally different design and ended up with this:

The flowers didn't have a lot of time to dry, but all in all, the cake turned out alright. The chocolate fondant is probably the best tasting fondant there is. Since fondant is mainly marshmallows and sugars, most people do not like the taste of it. You can buy oils and flavorings, but it's a pretty difficult process. The chocolate tastes much better with a lot less effort!