Lazy Saturday afternoons

Crazily enough despite my chosen profession I have Saturdays off. Unlike most normal folks I have split days off which most people tell me sucks. I don't really think that's true though. Do you ever get those weeks where it seems the Friday just won't get here? I don't. Well not usually. Thanks to having split days off I work two days, have a day off, work three days and have a day off. It's nice for the most part and more importantly it allows me to have Saturdays off for religious purposes. I've heard that is also weird. My day of study is on Saturday as opposed to the traditional Sunday. Anyways, I'm rambling.

Last night I had the honor of working on a wedding cake for a friend of mine. The crazy part is that it was for a friend from high school. This week alone I made a wedding cake and a birthday cake for a friend's son. These are the people I went to middle and highschool with. At what point did we become adults? I mean I still dress up as a super hero from time to time (cosplay post for another time). I shouldn't be surprised, hell I'm married but it feels a little surreal to me.

I absolutely adored how this cake came out. I usually hate my cakes, I usually look at every angle telling myself that I'm not a decorator. The trouble with cake decorating is that, not unlike writing, the only real way to get better at it is to just keep doing it. Lucky for me rosette cakes are in high demand.

A few years ago I wrote about red velvet wedding cakes on my old, very neglected, pastry blog. I admitted to rolling my eyes when people ordered red velvet wedding cakes because at the time it was all anyone wanted. Having now worked in the wedding industry for a brief period time I can see that is just how it is. Wedding trends come, and the come full force. Now the it color for weddings, at least in my area, seems to be petal/blush pink. It's lovely, it's soft and easily adds a splash of color to vintage or rustic weddings.

All that being said, I love this cake. I really didn't stress about it as much I usually do because I knew I was making it for an incredible human being on a very big day of his life. Hopefully it will survive the drive to his out of state wedding. This cake has inspired me to work on more challenging cakes. Sometimes I wish I had the resources to just make and decorate cakes as I pleased, but sadly ingredients cost money.