Save Room for Dessert!

I was all worried that Ellen - of Ellen's Creative Cakes - would either freak or be extremely happy about the my sketched-out cake design. When Paul and I met her at 11:15 this morning to discuss our cake she told us the sketched design was great! And then we talked about the different kinds of cakes and fillings we'd chosen.


This past Sunday evening, Michelle and Tommy came over to the house to cake test. (We had to BEG them. LOL!) Ellen had given us a bag full of 12 different types of cakes, 7 different fruit fillings, and about 20 other different kinds of other fillings and icings. It took us hours to test out different combinations but we finally landed on 3 favorites! Each tier will have three layers. Tier #1 and 4 will be White Cake with Strawberry and Almond icing between layers, Tier #2 will be Chocolate with Pecan Creme Cheese and Almond icing between layers and then Tier #3 will be Humming Bird Cake with Creme Cheese and Almond icing in between its layers.

The whole thing will be covered in Amaretto Butter Creme. The burnt orange flowers will be cut from rolled fondant and cover the 1st and 3rd tiers. And the lime green stripes will be about 1/2 in width 1/3 of the way down from the top of tier 2 and 4. Ellen found a great cookie cutter that looks super close to the flower I drew - she said she's had it for years. I told her she'd been saving it just for our occasion. Paul and I enjoyed working with Ellen. Her cakes are yummy and she's a hoot.

So save room for our awesome cake! (I'm leaving it up to you to decide whether you eat dinner first)

Addendum (added 10.28.08): Figured folks would want to see the final version... and it looked as good as it tasted! (yum!)