Diary of a Cake: How do you do it??

As you probably know if you have been following my blog, I love to decorate cakes. I work full time, have two kids, and also run this blog. So, I often get the questions "How do you have the time to make cakes?" The answer: a lot of preparation and careful scheduling.

I thought it may be fun to take you step-by-step through a cake decorating week. This week, I am making a two-tiered baby shower cake for a work party on Friday.

About 2 weeks before a cake is to be completed, I decide on a design and flavors. Since I am making this cake for a couple at work, I gave them a list of options and they chose the flavors (chocolate with oreo creme filling and yellow with fudge filling).

For the design: It may be one I create, but more likely I find a great design online or in one of my cake decorating books. I decided on the "Lunar Lullabyes" design (I always make a few creative changes) from the Wilton 2010 yearbook.

Since I am still very much an amateur, I like to try out new techniques. The gumpaste topper is something I have never tried before, so I approached it nervously and excitedly! While the topper is technically edible, it will likely not be eaten so I decided to prepare this ahead of time to help alleviate the pressure to get the cake done.

I started the gumpaste baby before I went on my Las Vegas trip because the moon needed time to dry. I finished it today. The great thing about the Wilton yearbooks is they give you a step-by-step on how to make their fabulous cakes.

Here is how the topper turned out:

It is not perfect, but I am pretty happy since this is the first gumpaste figure I have ever made.

Lastly, I made a grocery list as I will probably go buy all of my supplies for my cake tomorrow.

Making cakes is fun, but it always makes for a very long and busy week! Stay tuned and I will post throughout the week and show you progress on this cake.