American Baker in Germany

 This cake was basically designed by my 8-year-old. She told me exactly what she wanted for her birthday party. The bottom tier is 6-inch chocolate cake filled and frosted with white chocolate ganache. Then I cut a circle of cardboard about 4 inches in diameter and covered it with tin foil. I stacked and frosted a 4-inch red velvet cake with white chocolate ganache. Then I covered the top tier in turquoise fondant. And the bottom tier in pink fondant. I placed dowels into the bottom tier in this triangular formation. Then I stacked the tiers. The dowels may not have been necessary since this cake is so small, but I wanted to add them just to increase stability. Then I cut some pink fondant into strips. And, using the measurement marks on my silicone mat, I made diagonal cuts at regular intervals. Then I created a zig-zag on the side of the top tier with the diagonal strips. All the way around the cake. And I cut out some polka dots with a round piping tip and placed them on the top...

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...