wedding cakes

May 1, 2012 By Nikki

HEY! What did y’all do this past weekend? I made my very first wedding cake!! And then on Sunday I took a much needed two hour nap. Ahhh. I have been stressing about doing a wedding cake since the bride contacted me months ago. Granted, I grew up with her and she knew it was my first wedding cake… plus she’s super laid back and cool. However, it was still her big day and I didn’t want to be the one to eff it up.

The weird thing was that all last week while prepping I was completely calm. I didn’t even stay up past 10pm on ANY of the nights I worked. That NEVER happens. I’m usually up until 1am finishing up cakes. I was able to get everything done and all I had to do on the day of the wedding was stack the tiered cake. (She also ordered two huge sheet cakes).

The only time I was stressed was driving the cake to the venue and then carrying it up to the cake table. I just had visions of tripping or something going horribly wrong! But thankfully, I had Ben to help me with his strong arms! (Big shout out to my sister for watching Molly!)

I just have to say that I am very proud of myself and am excited to take this big step in my cake career.

New Stuff

April 26, 2012 By Nikki

ZOMG… I’ve blogged 4 days in a row! Aren’t you so proud of me? Serious accomplishment as of late. I’m feeling motivated again and that makes me happy!

Anyway, I just wanted to share some things I’ve written around the interwebs recently:

I actually wrote this back in December, before we adopted Gracie. Although, she came potty-trained so technically I didn’t have to worry about her peeing (or worse) on the floor.

Toddler or Puppy?

Being pregnant is hard enough, but what do you do when you get sick on top of being preggo? (other than bitch and moan).

Dealing with Illness While Pregnant

March was Childhood Nutrition Month, but my tips for getting your kids to eat healthy should come in handy year round!

Ideas to Encourage Kids to Eat Well

That’s all for now! Enjoy your Thursday… it’s rainy and gloomy here today. A perfect day to bake! I have a big wedding cake to work on and I am SO excited. The past 15 weeks have been rough on me and my love of baking hit a serious low. I was actually worried that I didn’t want to continue with my business. SERIOUSLY! Thankfully it was just my hormones talking. Last night I spent two hours whipping up all kinds of yummy buttercream and I loved every second of it… even cleaning my mixer after every batch!

Here’s my wedding cake just because!