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I present to you my first "wedding cake". I put it in quotations because I didn't actually make it for anyone's wedding. Today is my parent's 22 year wedding anniversary and my mom wanted me to make her a mini wedding cake to celebrate. I seriously loved every minute of doing this!

Eeep!!! I really do love it. Is there a better combo than white and baby pink for a cake?

I have tried everything under sun to glue fondant decorations on fondant and it's always such a hassle. Water takes forever to hold, corn syrup is a sticky mess, and I don't think I ever got simple syrup right. I read that alcohol is the best thing to use so I poured myself a shot of tequila and had a little party. HA HA! Just kidding! I poured out a little bit of tequila and it was seriously magic. It glues almost instantly and holds really well.

It took me about six hours to make the cake, frosting, fondant, cool, torte, fill, frost, cool, cover, and decorate. I was surprised at how much it didn't hurt to cut it. 

My mom's wannabe macro shot. She's so precious!

For the cake I used a yellow butter mix but spiced things up with extra eggs, pudding, sour cream the works. It was a nice dense consistency and yummy but I think the pudding gave it a weird fake taste. Here are the recipes I used for everything else and changes I made:

Fondant Recipe from Whatscookingamerica.com - Peggy Weaver is a wealth of information. I love reading her recipes, tips, and tricks over and over. I made the recipe to the T and it came out perfect. It is SO much more delicious than Wilton and ridiculously cheap. I usually buy a 24 oz box of Wilton Fondant for $6, this recipe made 47 oz and cost me about $3. That's basically double the amount for half the price. Do I hear "Cha-Ching!"?

Buttercream Recipe from Wilton - I doubled the recipe but ended up with about 2 cups of left overs. I was about a cup shy of using the whole 2lbs of powdered sugar. I also had to add more liquid than called for because this recipe is usually on the thicker side and I needed spreading consistency.

Best Frosting Recipe from Tasty Kitchen/Pioneer Woman - I've made this frosting before and it really was the best frosting ever. I don't know if this is even proper filling material but I used it anyway and it was scrumptious. I did the recipe exactly the same but i also added about 4 oz of cream cheese because seriously what's cake without cream cheese somewhere in it, right?