r/cakedecorating • u/MayBbwCandleBaker • Aug 12 '26
Wedding Cakes My first official wedding cake
Just wanted to share big milestone in my cake decorating journey. I have done other wedding cakes before but this is my first official one, cake tasting, delivery and all! Delivering this thing was actually so terrifying! I had a lot of fun doing it and it was a wonderful learning process. Hopefully I get to do many more!
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u/CorrectEmotion Aug 12 '26
What kind of cake was it? Very pretty!
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 12 '26
Classic vanilla cake filled with bavarian cream... She was a hefty cake! And thank you!
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u/Gothdoll001 Aug 12 '26
wait hold on, do u need help eating the leftovers because my sweet tooth just volunteered as tribute
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u/After-Winter-9595 Aug 12 '26
Lambeth... thats what I specialize in. Its a lost art. Now people think Decopac. Beautiful work!!!!!
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 12 '26
I love doing Lambeth!!! Doing all the piping is so peaceful to me... Except drop lines 😵💫😂
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u/ashley21093 Aug 12 '26
You did absolutely amazing. I remember doing drop lines in culinary school and they kicked my butt! I commend your amazing achievement.
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u/TXaggiemom10 Aug 12 '26
That is a work of art! I’ll bet that couple was thrilled with it.
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u/Legitimate_Ad2815 Aug 12 '26
Wow beautiful job. How long did the buttercream decorations take?
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 12 '26
Thank you 🙏🏻 just the piping it's self probably less than 3 hours maybe 2. I know all in doing everything took me around 6 hours. The bottom tier of course took the longest. I took a few breaks cause I was going crosseyed.
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u/Legitimate_Ad2815 Aug 12 '26
Wow that’s good timing, you have a blessed talent. 🙏🏼
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 12 '26
My first cake decorating job was all about production so I know how to knock stuff out pretty quick! Thank you so much for the compliments I appreciate it so much 🙏🏻🫶🏻❤️
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u/Loose-Voice-2940 Aug 12 '26
If I had one wedding wish it would be having this cake. STUNNING!!!!
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u/GdayMateyPotatey Aug 12 '26
Absolutely incredible. This type of piping is my favourite to look and do. Stressful but rewarding. Congratulations, you'll have no trouble getting more business :)
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 12 '26
Indeed it was stressful but honestly so fun and rewarding! Thank you ❤️
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u/Upstairs_Cat1378 Aug 12 '26
You are doing what you are destined to. It looks absolutely mind blowing. It is spectacular.
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u/Admirable-Hippo9080 Aug 12 '26
Absolutely stunning! No doubt you’re on your way to a beautiful profitable journey! Best of luck!
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u/nopatienceforcrap Aug 12 '26
Gorgeous! Would you mind sharing how much you charged for this?
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u/Popular_Salamander28 Aug 12 '26
Beautiful! The detailing at the bottom? Wow. What size tiers are these?
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u/WordAffectionate3251 Aug 12 '26
Excellent work! Did you have to deliver it? Those heavy were always nerve-wracking to deliver!
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 12 '26
Thank you so much 🫶🏻 I did deliver it! I had so much anxiety! The traffic HATED me I started laughing half way through the drive it was great!
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u/PolyesterPantsuit Aug 12 '26
WOW! This is absolutely amazing! I cannot believe this is your first wedding cake. It looks like you’ve been doing this for decades! How many hours did you put in and how much did you charge?
Doing the cake tasting must have been so fun! How many options in cake flavours and icing were there for them to try? What flavours of cakes were these layers did they choose and is there different icing flavours under the white, or did you just use vanilla buttercream cream?
This cake is absolutely sensational, OP! Are you working in a bakery, out of a commercial kitchen, or are you working from home? I would be truly thrilled if my cake showed up like this! It’s like a lambeth cake but in all one colour. The piping you have done here is incredible!
I would freak out transporting this cake! I think I’d max out at 20km/hour with my hazards on!
Thank you again for sharing your wonderful work with us, OP! I look forward for seeing your work as the orders flood in now! 💗
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 12 '26
I think all in I put in maybe 6 hours of work. I work in a bakery, maybe some day I'll open my own business but for right now I enjoy what I do. I have an incredible team I work with. The cake was a classic vanilla cake filled with bavarian cream with American vanilla buttercream. Definitely drove about 20 under the speed limit and yes I did have my hazards on. I was hysterically laughing cause I was so nervous. There was a lot of pissed off drivers behind me BUT that cake made it!!! Thank you for your kind words and compliments it means the world to me 🫶🏻
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u/PolyesterPantsuit Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
You need to get one of those diamond signs on the back window that usually say “Baby on Board,” to say, “Extremely Large and Expensive Wedding Cake on Board.”
Then drive however slow you want! You should get one of those old 80s police car lights that they always pulled out and added it on to the roofs when they needed to do some illegal driving and get there! Have those wired into both sides of your driver and passenger side and Bob’s your Uncle!
Problem solved!
Also, still OBSESSED WITH THIS CAKE! 💗
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u/MayBbwCandleBaker Aug 14 '26
🤣😂🤣 love it! You're too funny! I bet you're a hoot!!!!
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u/PolyesterPantsuit Aug 16 '26
Thats very kind, thank you! People laugh at me a lot so I don’t know if I’m doing that right?
My family often tells me to put my single brain cell to use, so I get on Reddit! I can be annoying, throw out some terrible jokes (and I can’t see anyone roll their eyes at me on here like my husband does and I’m certain every Redditor does too), pretend I know a lot of shit about stupid shit, and work on my jokes so I can be a licensed wedding and bar mitzvah entertainer, (again, my husband told me I needed a license to do that, so I think that’s probably a lie, but I do use too many swears for young people). Maybe I should hit up funerals (at least I know one person can’t be laughing in advance so I wouldn’t take it personally).
Mostly I try and spread as much love, joy, and kindness as I can, in all the subreddits I’m in, subreddits I don’t know I’m in, (or haven’t been kicked out of…I don’t think that’s happened yet…).
Besides, if I can tell someone that is out there on [r/foodporn](r/foodporn) that their pot of instant ramen, made with a can of Cream of Mushroom Soup, an Earl Grey Tea bag and canned salmon, amongst 300 empty 2 liter bottles of Mountain Dew, because they are trying out recipes to add to their repertoire, that their dinner looks super fucking good but maybe help them a bit, I’m going to do it, because being nice and sharing kindness with strangers is fucking free! (I know, too many F bombs right?! My husband didn’t even have to tell my brain cell that!)
That, is my favourite part about life (and the interwebs including Reddit). Saying nice things to people you love and mean it, saying nice things to strangers because it will mean something to them, and say something nice to yourself, because we are all awesome in our own ways! Like I said, kindness is free, and I try and use it use it as much as I can until they try to tariff it! 🫢
Lastly, my husband is currently out with visiting family and it’s too smoky for me outside, and I just put chocolate chips in my Shreddies, and he will never fucking know! 😂
* throws fist in the air like Judd Nelson in the final scene of the Breakfast Club and I briefly hold my raised fist until I can get Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" to play in my iPhone
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u/Zealousideal_Tax9413 Aug 12 '26
I am not getting married but I’d order an exact one from you just cause😭
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u/elonbemybabydaddy Aug 12 '26
Gorgeous! Great work. I wish I could run my finger along the frosting scoop lines and eat it.
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u/curious-heather Aug 13 '26
The detail is breath taking!! You made an incredible wedding cake.
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u/InevitableJeweler133 Aug 13 '26
I think this might be the most beautiful cake I’ve ever seen…..
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u/Busters_mum Aug 13 '26
Just wow! That looks absolutely beautiful. I hope you're charging a worthwhile amount for the level of skill you've put into this. You are clearly a very talented cake baker. I wish you every success in your business.
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u/SnowMirage64 Aug 13 '26
OMG that is absolutely gorgeous. I wish my wedding cake had looked like that.
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u/Exciting-Duty-8302 Aug 13 '26
Your pipping is done so so nicely! Wow wow wow!! Stunning simple cake!
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u/No_Entertainment5968 Aug 13 '26
I wouldn't want to cut this cake it looks so heavenly. So gorgeous 🤩
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u/LongjumpingFinger115 Aug 13 '26
Very beautiful. I think the piping at the bottom is so heavy that you lose some of the details, but that is the only critique. Great work!
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u/Icy_Marsupial_3018 Aug 14 '26
I adore traditional and sophisticated looks such as this. Brava!! 🤌🏼🤩
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u/Living_Emergency9536 Aug 15 '26
I see now-decorating. I wondered how many wedding cakes there were gonna be for you!
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u/CheckIntelligent7828 Aug 15 '26
Gorgeous!
Did you do the swags directly onto the cake or did you apply them after they "dried"? I just did some for the first time, on my niece's princess cake, and it hadn't occurred to me to pipe them flat and then apply them.
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u/Careful-Time-9926 Aug 15 '26
Beautiful and classic. I love it, don't know if my opinion counts. I still love it.
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u/MendeShele Aug 16 '26
Beautiful cake! I just did one very similar! I actually transported it undecorated from Missouri to Florida for my friend's daughter's wedding. I decorated it at the bride's church kitchen.
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u/Financial_Pudding106 Aug 12 '26
Those drop lines are STUNNING!