Roses and Geometric Lines Wedding Cake
This was my very first wedding cake. At least officially. I've made plenty of cakes that could have been wedding cakes, but this was the first cake I've made that was actually for a wedding. When I asked my friend what she wanted, she pointed at my architecture inspired farewell cake for inspiration. But she needed different colors. In red and green, she said. What kind of red and green? Forest green and bordeaux red. Forest green wasn't too hard. I was actually able to buy some already colored. Bordeaux red is a bit harder. I started out with some red fondant. Then I added some black. Now, I cannot explain at all why, but mixing black with red fondant turns it kind of muted and not at all dark. I had noticed that before. So, I added more red gel food coloring to get the brightness back. I wasn't quite sure if I was finished, but I decided to try this one. I rolled out a piece. And cut out some circles. And made two r...