Going the distance

Today I delivered a beauty of a wedding cake, it was a four tier Yellow and Carrot cake finished with Italian buttercream icing and a Swiss Dot style design.  I have to admit that it is by far one of my best cakes in my opinion! The only downside to this beautiful cake was that I had to deliver it to Cambridge Maryland which is about an hour and a half away from Annapolis.  Of course the bridge traffic had to add to my drive time..  It was easily backed up beyond Rowe Boulevard (about 9 miles), and was moving at a snail's pace.  I spent about 45 minutes in the bridge traffic alone, but thankfully I had planned for this type of problem.

Not only did I prepare for the bridge traffic, I also brought along extra supplies just in case something happened.  I brought Icing, piping bags, icing tips, scrapers, large turners, non slip rags, as well as a heavy duty turn table.  Now I know that seems a little drastic but I failed to mention that I brought the cake in two separate pieces.  It was a four tier cake after-all and I wasn't planning on taking a chance that it may fall during transit.

I forgot to mention that I was delivering the cake to the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge Maryland.. a beautiful resort sitting on the waterfront, a picture perfect resort

Anyways.. here is the cake that I have been going gaga over all day.  Enjoy!!

Alternating tiers starting at the bottom with Yellow cake filled with Italian buttercream, 

and Carrot Cake with cream cheese buttercream

Hope the start to your weekend is going well..  see you on Wednesday!