Perfect Wedding Cake

I still haven't decided how to incorporate the name of my 6 1/2 yr old business "Unforgettable Wedding Cakes" with our 2008 acquisition of "Perfect Wedding Cake". Both "companies" have a following, so we don't want to get rid of one of the names, I am not sure if we change names or just keep the 2 of them. I wrestle with this decision occasionally.
It is nice having the 2 websites, more exposure and more picture space.
It is something I will think more about in 2010, but for now, enjoy both websites: www.unforgettableweddingcakes.com and www.perfectweddingcake.com !

Happy New Year!

A fabulous year coming to an end!

It has been such an eventful year! So many wonderful brides and some fabulous cakes have made the year so special. My husband came on full time, enabling him to quit his truck driving adventures. Now he our baker, delivery man, accountant, does web maintenance and over all a God send!
One of the last exciting moments of the year came when I was asked by "Get Married" TV show, to participate in a small cake challenge. I was filmed at my salon, making a wedding cake for a mystery bride. The next day, myself and the other cake designer met the bride at the "Big Reveal". This is the photo of the "winning design". The episode will air on WE TV, Jan 9th at 9:30 am. Very exciting, indeed!

We are looking forward to a very busy 2010, the wedding cake orders just keep coming in. Some very interesting cakes are on the agenda.

November is almost a memory. It has been a busy and exciting fall. Our youngest son Joshua was married on October 24th to Tiffany Simpson, the new Mrs. Oskirka.
We had so much fun designing their wedding cake. It was all captured in Tiffany's words when she saw the cake: "It is exactly what we wanted". These words grabbed my heart. It is what I always love to hear but they were so much more special when my daughter-in-law spoke them.

Their cake tiers were fresh strawberry cake with a chocolate ganache filling and almond cake with a strawberry french cream filling. Many guests got a slice of each.
Hope you enjoy the photo.

September 2009

It was definitely a busy weekend! Sept 18th, 19th and 20th, we had 12 weddings and several groom's cakes. Chef Amanda is still feeling a bit out of sorts but being the trooper she is, she made it through the weekend.
We had two 5 tier wedding cakes that required a 2 person delivery. It is quite daunting to deliver the big ones when you are doing it on your own, so Amanda and I delivered the the five tier cakes together.
The first "big one" went to St. Peter Chanel Church for Jennifer and Shane's wedding. The hot pink and black were fabulous on the cake and in the room.

The next "big one" was delivered to the Old Towne Athletic Club for Stephanie and Tyler. The light pink and white wedding cake was a 5 tier square.
Shane's groom's cake took hours to complete but was well worth the time. It top tier is a replica of Tech Tower. I carved the tower from styrofoam but then covered it in fondant. The tower sat upon a chocolate fudge iced cake.

On Sunday, the 20th, we delivered a very fun cake to Villa Christina for Natalie and John.Their plan was for an outside wedding. It was a shame that it was raining the entire weekend. (We know how that big rain changed things!). Natalie wanted a fairytale, Alice-in-Wonderland cake. Her colors for the cake were deep purple, champagne and gold. Sandra, Natalie's mother, found the cutest ornament and we were able to match the colors of the champagne/gold. I just love how the cake came to life, step by step.

We had many great cakes this past month and are looking forward to another month of exciting cakes with new challenges!

August 2009

As the owner of Unforgettable Wedding cakes andPerfect wedding cake, I am very excited to now be blogging!
I am blessed to be able to create some awesome cakes and I would like to share the experiences.
The plan is to post about my favorite cakes of the current month.

A very fun and challenging cake that I made, was for the August 15th wedding of Matt and Jessica. Their wedding was at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, Ga.

Matt's mother came to me with the idea of what she wanted for her son's groom's cake and together, we came up with a plan. It was to be a Georgia bull dog, "Uga", wearing a sweater, sitting on the football field. The cake needed to serve over 160 guests, so the base was a 16" square cake that Uga sat on.
This cake was going to be a bit interesting to create because of the way Ms. Rudy wanted it decorated. But I was up to the challenge!
Uga's legs where 9"support columns, partially covered in Rice Krispie treats, but the rest of the body was all chocolate cake, with red colored chocolate icing as a filling. He was totally covered in fondant. Special supports had to be engineered, but I won't give away all of my secrets!
I was working on the cake for hours and at 2 a.m. , the cookie dog bones that were baked to go on the sides were too heavy and started pulling away from the icing, so I had to come up with plan B, which was making fondant dog bones for the side instead. Finally, at 3am, Uga was finished!
I hope to get a better front view, but I hope you like it as much as I do!

Welcome to Our New Blog

Watch for future updates. We will be posting our newest designs here as we make them!