Thanksgiving comes early at my house...
What a weekend. I took off Thursday and Friday from the music store so I could work on cakes. I had a large wedding cake and a fall themed cake for my friend's work party.
The cakes turned out great! This fall cake is one of my favorite cakes I've ever made.
Everything was edible. I hand made the acorns, twigs, pumpkins, berries, vines etc. And the leaves were made by marbling fondant and cutting them out. Then I used fondant tools to make the lines on them.I love it.
Then I did Chelsea's sister's wedding cake :)
Buttercream is not my strength. I am a fondant girl. I promised myself not to point out any of the flaws in the icing to anyone at the wedding haha. I could pick it apart all day, but at the end of the night, what mattered was that people told me they thought it was beautiful and tasted wonderful. The bride supplied me with the flowers and ribbon. I would have rather done this cake with entirely edible accessories (and with fondant hahaha...) but it's okay lol
I had little time to prepare for Thanksgiving, which we do the Sunday before Thanksgiving at my place.I put together a heck of a party though :)
Apple pie made with our apples from last week's trip to the apple barn!
Home made cranberry sauce with organic cranberries and fresh orange zest and cinnamon sticks and freshly ground spices.
And, of course, this golden beauty...
A 15lb turkey, stuffed full of apples and oranges, juniper berries, all spice, pepper corns, kosher salt and then covered in butter, soy sauce, orange zest and squeezed orange juice, paprika, Himalayan pink salt and kosher salt.
I roasted it for about 3 1/2 hours at 325, basting every 20- 30 minutes, and then it was done a bit too early, so we turned the oven down to 200 and covered it in foil. Then we let it rest on the counter, covered in foil for about 10 or 15 minutes. It was the must succulent, juicy, tasty turkey I've ever made. It was incredible. When I cut into it, juices were just pouring out of it.
All 10 of us sat down and ate a wonderful meal and great times were had by all. Little Lauren put up a fuss about how much she hated all the food... but she's 2. I guess that's what you do when you're two.
Then we had pie and ice cream for dessert.
We made up dishes with a tiny slice of pumpkin pie with cool whip and a tiny slice of my apple pie with ice cream for everyone. It was all delicious and everyone was excited to have the pie made from the apples we got on the trip!
I'll leave you with this hilarious photo of Gibson and his new favorite toy.
Don't worry, we'll have the tree up soon and the whole place decked out for Christmas! More photos soon!
The cakes turned out great! This fall cake is one of my favorite cakes I've ever made.
Everything was edible. I hand made the acorns, twigs, pumpkins, berries, vines etc. And the leaves were made by marbling fondant and cutting them out. Then I used fondant tools to make the lines on them.I love it.
Then I did Chelsea's sister's wedding cake :)
Buttercream is not my strength. I am a fondant girl. I promised myself not to point out any of the flaws in the icing to anyone at the wedding haha. I could pick it apart all day, but at the end of the night, what mattered was that people told me they thought it was beautiful and tasted wonderful. The bride supplied me with the flowers and ribbon. I would have rather done this cake with entirely edible accessories (and with fondant hahaha...) but it's okay lol
I had little time to prepare for Thanksgiving, which we do the Sunday before Thanksgiving at my place.I put together a heck of a party though :)
Apple pie made with our apples from last week's trip to the apple barn!
Home made cranberry sauce with organic cranberries and fresh orange zest and cinnamon sticks and freshly ground spices.
And, of course, this golden beauty...
A 15lb turkey, stuffed full of apples and oranges, juniper berries, all spice, pepper corns, kosher salt and then covered in butter, soy sauce, orange zest and squeezed orange juice, paprika, Himalayan pink salt and kosher salt.
I roasted it for about 3 1/2 hours at 325, basting every 20- 30 minutes, and then it was done a bit too early, so we turned the oven down to 200 and covered it in foil. Then we let it rest on the counter, covered in foil for about 10 or 15 minutes. It was the must succulent, juicy, tasty turkey I've ever made. It was incredible. When I cut into it, juices were just pouring out of it.
All 10 of us sat down and ate a wonderful meal and great times were had by all. Little Lauren put up a fuss about how much she hated all the food... but she's 2. I guess that's what you do when you're two.
Then we had pie and ice cream for dessert.
We made up dishes with a tiny slice of pumpkin pie with cool whip and a tiny slice of my apple pie with ice cream for everyone. It was all delicious and everyone was excited to have the pie made from the apples we got on the trip!
I'll leave you with this hilarious photo of Gibson and his new favorite toy.
Don't worry, we'll have the tree up soon and the whole place decked out for Christmas! More photos soon!