Let me just start by saying Mountain Man and I have great friends.
Since we moved to Texas we've had the opportunity to meet even more awesome people.
When all the wedding planning began I wanted to try and make it as personal as possible; using the talents of the amazing people in our lives. Of course my girlfriends have been extremely supportive, especially those that just recently got married or are well into the planning phases themselves- it is invaluable to have people like that around you when you're making the big leap or you would be completely lost at where to begin...
I contacted a friend from college who now has his own photography to do our pictures and could not have been happier when he accepted the job...
A close family friend of MM is an ordained minister and my aunt, who just recently became a nun, are going to perform our ceremony...
And a friend in Texas, who is also trying to begin his photography career, agreed to do a few engagement photos for us.
So what does this have to do with an animal birthday cake?
Well, when we asked our friends here to take a few photos for us we did a little bartering. Our friends Richard and Ursula have an adorable little boy who recently turned 1, and in exchange for a small photo sesh, I agreed to make his first birthday cake.
Completely trusting each others creativity, Ursula simply gave me a napkin of the party favors, requested one cake for the party and one little cake for Lucas and sent me on my way.
A Strawberry Cake was requested, with a Strawberry Pastry Cream filling and the Best Buttercream covered the rest of the cake.
I spent the next week coloring fondant, cutting out little shapes and assembling all the little animals for the decorations.
It was all worth it when I got a sweet text from Ursula and saw these pictures all over Facebook...
Playing with his little zebra...
Toooo much cake...
How cute is he?! As for the engagement photos, lets just say I was more than impressed and I can't wait to send out our save the dates now!
Happy Baking!!
ps. If you are having trouble leaving comments could you possibly send me a message (sweetebakes@gmail.com) with the error you're getting? I'd like to get it fixed, but don't have the necessary information! Thanks!
33 comments:
Awwww - what a great job (AGAIN!. You are so talented and it looks like Lucas LOVED his cake!!
Adorable! And what a beautiful cake!
What a gorgeous cake! It looks like Lucas LOVED it! I know I would :-)
Evan! This is such a cute cake. I love that you also have a smash cake for the little guy. Isn't it awesome to have people close to you be a part of your wedding? My husband's cousin got ordained to perform our marriage and it was so special...
Ohhhh, Evan....your cake is stunning!! Gorgeous and looks like he loved it (how could he not!?) Great post!
awesome cake!! I love bartering:)
Fantastic! Your cakes look amazing. :)
Super adorable cake! So helpful to have friends of many talents :)
How ADORABLE!!!!!!!! This cake is beautiful!!!
Evan, the cake is gorgeous! You did such a lovely job re-creating the little zebra. :o) I would barter with you as well if I could get such a fantastic cake out of it!
What an awesome cake and such cute pictures of the birthday boy enjoying it.
Weird, it worked this time, but I commented from google, not fb like I did last time. It was just a blank page. How sweet, I bet Lucas really loved it.
-Gina-
Oh, my, you are incredible!!1 Such gorgeous cakes!!!
Your cake is beautiful and Lucas is so adorable!!! Nice job on the cake!
the cake is so pretty!
You are so talented, Evan...that is the cutest cake I've seen in ages. What a lucky little boy to dig into that on his first birthday!! And strawberry? Even better!!
That is such an adorable cake! :) You are so talented- the little animals are so cute. :)
This cake is amazing - I love it. What a beautiful job you did.
I am amazed at your talent! That little zebra was identical to the napkin! What a sweet cake and what a great trade of abilities!
A wonderful trade of services. :) The cake looks amazing. You did such a lovely job.
Evan, this is GORGEOUS. You are so talented!
Adorable! I always love your cakes Evan... you have some real talent. Hope the wedding planning is going well!
Awwwww.... my son's first birthday cake was an inedible disaster. Wish I'd have bartered for you to make it instead! I'll be making his 5th cake soon, though, and I think (hope) I'm a bit better now than I was! ;-)
Precious! You did a fabulous job! Very impressive little animal cut-outs on this cake :)
Have a great week!
Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog, Evan.
Your cake is absolutely gorgeous. You are so talented, and the decorations with the adorable animals are a "labor of love".
Looks like little Lucas had a super fun time with his own personal little cake. Bartering, or not...cannot ignore the kind gesture from you.
Thank you, for sharing!
This cake is too cute! What a great trade :) You are so talented!
What a beautiful job you did on those cakes! Just stunning!!!
I think this is probably the cutest cake I have seen yet on here. What a great job you did. Absolutely adorable!!!
Those are the cutest cakes ever. You are so talented Evan! And Lucas is just so adorable eating his cake. It looks like he's enjoying it. :)
i love the monkeys! so adorable!
What a beautiful job! And I love hearing about all the people that are going to be a part of your wedding. This is how weddings should be done! Thank you for sharing such an adorable birthday treat! I hope you are doing well. Stay warm and enjoy the end of your week!
What an amazing cake...nice job with the bartering :) Really fantastic!
Um wow how the heck did you do that?!?! It's beautiful! I would LOVE to know how to make a monkey cake like that. I've never worked with fondant. It seems difficult! You have such a talent!
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