Bridal Shower

My moms’ friend is getting married and my mom is a bride’s maid. Her friend originally wanted me to do her wedding cake but, I didn’t want my mom to get stuck in the middle if her friend was unhappy with it for some reason. The compromise was that I would do the bridal shower cake. I am really happy with how it turned out. It has been a long time since I have done a wedding cake that I actually had trouble covering the cake in fondant. Took me 2 tries before I remembered my handy dandy fondant smoothing tool!!! I felt so stupid…. I can’t believe how many hours that I wasted trying to smooth it and not being able to figure out why it wasn’t working. DUH!! Well, once I remembered my handy dandy $3 tool… I was off and running!

The bottom tier is coconut with caramel filling. And the top is Collette Peters Coco Loco… and I have got to say that Collette’s recipe for Coco Loco is hands down the best tasting chocolate cake EVER!! And that is truly saying something. The only problem is that it did not bake flat… it was a big ole dome!! I even followed the instructions just like she said and baked it at 275°. I don’t have the book on me or I would post the recipe (I am at my sister in laws house); I will definitely post when I get home.