This was my second wedding cake, and the first one that I decorated.
The first wedding cake I ever made was an sponge cake, which I'd never made before, in a bunt pan, with a more of the same for both the bottom layer and the sheet cakes. They came out perfectly. But as I'm not a decorator, I left that chore to a close freind who is.
The Red Velvet cake, like the sponge cake was new to me. But the cakes turned out perfectly. And I did decorate it. The wedding party, the guests, and the parents raved about it. I tought the decoration job looked amature at best. But they got the cake for absolutely free (the flowers for the decorations cost $50!). I also grilled a large chicken with a side dish of yellow rice, that I really wish I'd written down the recipe that I made as I cooked it. The rice came out so good, as did the chicken. If you cook a chicken on a Webber, over a drip pan, with two charcoal beds on either side, topped with sticks of maple, unless you overcook it, it just can't help but being great. I'm proud of the food, not so much the cake decorating.
Oh, and I did have to use red food dye in the cake, but only have as much as the recipe called for. Here's pictures.
Seeeeya; Goodweed of the North