(A Rainy & Brief) Weekend in Pictures

A mostly rainy weekend, with a tiny pink birthday cake thrown in for good measure. Now, on to summer! Yes? Yes.

(Another Wedding Cake) Weekend in Pictures

{wedding cake transport in the back of a cab}

{swiss dots and pink peonies for my roommate's wedding}

{adorably vintage cake knife}

{roses, beheaded, that didn't make it onto the cake}

{cocktail hour on the roof}

{perfect new york city views}

{sparklers during the first dance}

{leftover wedding cake batter turned cupcakes}

{visiting my new friend ledley, he's the best}

This weekend was all about wedding cake. Finishing baking, frosting and delivering the cake for my roommate's wedding, then topping it with pink peonies. I loved it! (Are you supposed to compliment your own cakes? Oops, oh well!) Other than the wedding it was a low key weekend, recovering from a bit too much celebrating and visiting my friend's new puppy who has polka dotted paws. Hope your weekend was lovely, friends!

A Succulent Wedding Cake

I made another wedding cake this weekend, would you like to see?







It was for my friends Ian and Ashleigh (their story was featured in Style Me Pretty!), who can only agree on red velvet when it comes to cake, so I made a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. I’ve loved the look of two tiered cakes for awhile now, it feels casual but still special. And Ashleigh selected a perfect garden rose and two pretty succulents to top it off. I loved it!

Sprinkles

Sprinkles make everything better, right? I made this cake for my friend Tracey’s birthday last week and when the plain white (carrot) cake didn’t look festive enough...sprinkles to the rescue! There may or may not be sprinkles in my future since today is my (eek!) 30th birthday. I’m terrible about my own birthday (remember last year, when my friends had to tell me about my surprise party?), but looking forward to celebrating with friends tonight.

Happy Thursday! I hope there are sprinkles are in your future :)

Weekend in Cake

When your roommate gets engaged in San Francisco, it's time to make a two tiered cake with a bow for her engagement party. With pale, mint frosting, an homage to Tiffany blue. It's also time to try your hand at using fondant to make said bow. Congrats, roomie!

(A Roommate's Wedding) Weekend in Pictures

{the calm before the storm: a peony shower on my laptop}

{pie and cobbler baking}

{cake and pie prep in murph's dreamy kitchen}

{rainy day rehearsal dinner accessories + fleet week}

{day before the wedding picnic in brooklyn bridge park}

{married!}

{reception details}

{the action at the kid table}

{cocktails and cookies}

{the dessert spread}

{laughing + twirling}

{and off they go in search of a cab, followed by a very determined caterer}

Remember when I mentioned that my roommate was moving out to become a Mrs.? Well, this past weekend she did just that. They were married on Monday, so the whole weekend was full of fun wedding build up. From baking (cakes and cobblers, and assisting with three peach pies) to rehearsing to picnicking and catching up with friends who have moved away. The wedding itself was just lovely. With seersucker, vintage doilies, a 40s-style jazz band and a table full of pie, it somehow felt appropriate for Memorial Day, without feeling theme-y at all.

Congrats, Megan & Derek!

Cobblers in the oven photo via Murph Holder, program photo via Katy Rose.

Hi-Hat Cupcakes

For my friend Kate's birthday this past weekend, I was conflicted about what dessert I should make. I've made marshmallows for her for two years running, but started wondering if she'd maybe like a cake for a change. When I asked if she'd rather have marshmallows or cake, she helpfully answered, "Both!" So, both it was.



I made Hi-Hat cupcakes, which combine rich chocolate cake with marshmallow frosting piled high and dipped in melted chocolate. And they're really stinkin' adorable. I've been wanting to experiment with marshmallow frosting (so named for its resemblance to marshmallow fluff, I think it's also called seven minute frosting) and I'm in loooove with it! It's a little time consuming, but worth the effort. So fluffy and shiny and fun!





Topped with a pink cake flag with a sparkly skull (the birthday girl's favorite thing, next to marshmallows) they were pretty much too cute to handle.

A Gender Reveal Party

My friends Chelsea and Trae are expecting their first baby late this summer, and just last week were able to find out the gender. A few days after their sonogram (it must have been killing them!) they invited friends over for a little party to find out "Wat" color icing would be inside the cake. They asked me to make the reveal cake, and I was honored and excited to be the first to know if little Baby Wat would be made of slugs, snails and puppy dog tails or sugar, spice and everything nice.

Thankfully, friend and ridiculously talented photographer Trent was in attendance to capture everything in these lovely photos.

{The proud-papa-to-be bought out the pink and blue decor section of the local party store.}

{Big sister Pippa looks a little nervous}

{both sets of parents watched the reveal on Facetime}

{pink icing!!}

For some reason, it surprised me when they knew what it was after making the first cut. I had pictured the blog-perfect moment of them pulling the slice out and then knowing, but they got a little sneak peek when the knife came up with pink frosting (everyone screamed!). At that point, Chelsea couldn't even finish cutting the cake, she was so elated to find out that it's a girl. Friends had to remind them to keep cutting, their parents couldn't tell what it was yet! You can see it in the video on their cute baby blog.

It was such a fun night, and so special that Trae and Chelsea wanted all their friends to be there with them to find out. Hurry up, Baby Girl Watlington, we're all ready to meet you!

All photos courtesy of the talented and generous Trent Bailey.