Of Fall and Wedding Cakes

I have absolutely loved these past couple of days. It feels like Fall!!! I can finally break out my sweaters and jackets and eat delicious pumpkin flavored treats. Sooo excited for Fall. I have many plans in this season such as taking beautiful fall drives, collecting leaves, corn mazes, carving pumpkins, making yummy soups, celebrating the marriage of my dear friend Kim and turning 23! Wow. I can hardly wait. :) Even though I usually love this season, it somehow seems even more exciting than usual because it is my first Fall married. I feel so excited to start new traditions with Ty and do all of these festive holiday things together.

This weekend I had to do a creativity project for class. Basically, our teacher recognized that our major this semester is sucking the life and creativity out of all of us. The assignment was to do anything creative-anything we love to do or want to try or just something random that brings us joy. What a breath of fresh air for an assignment! I thought about a lot of different things but finally decided to make a wedding cake. I feel like it is a cool skill to have and I was super impressed by the lovely cake my wedding cake maker made for me out of her own home! So Ty and I went to the store and got all of the ingredients to make a scumptious two layer pumpkin choc-chip and red velvet cake with cream cheese filling and buttercream frosting. :)

It was a LOT harder than I anticipated. I spent 7 or 8 hours over the weekend baking, cutting, frosting, freezing, refrosting, constructing, and finally decorating. Oh and eating. Lots and lots of eating took place after it was all documented. :) First the most part, it was a success! Only two major errors: for the first batch of frosting I used regular sugar instead of powdered which made for some crunchy texture, and then while decorating my frosting got all melty and didn't look so hot. Oh well. The project itself was a success-I really really enjoyed those hours not worrying about regular homework or life, just creating something I had never done before and taking pride in my work. What do you think? Do I have a future career in the wedding cake business?

It might take some work. I think I'll stick to just baking and cooking for fun and for my inner joy and creativity. :) Ty and I love to cook together and have tried out some really good recipes. Can't wait to make all the yummy pumpkin food and soups I'm craving now!