Finally finished!

Okay, I finished the Anniversary cake that I was so stressed about. And, I've finally got the time to write about it. It didn't quite turn out like the picture in my head, but it definitely turned out better than I expected it to. The entire cake was edible, from the wine bottles and labels, to the fruit, to the napkin cloths. It wasn't perfect, and as I sat and looked at my finished project I could see more and more flaws and was thinking of things I could have done differently, better. But it was a nice cake, the client seemed happy, and the anniversary couple was happy and impressed. I made the entire basket of stacked cakes and used chocolate buttercream on the outside, using a basketweave technique. The wine bottles are from poured sugar molds. The grapes are just balls of colored fondant. The cheese wedge is a wedge of cake covered in fondant. And, the napkin cloths are also fondant. I used one of my sons Play-doh tools to cut the scalloped edge. It came together very quickly, and nicely. I was debating earlier on how to build the side supports, whether I should use cake or styrofoam. Well, I went ahead and used cake. I just cut a big rectangle out of the middle. I hope that it tasted as good as it looked.

Now, onto my next project. I think I'm going to attempt to make a bearcat. That's one of the SWAT vehicles my husband drives at work. I'll keep you posted.