Neighbors Cake

I FINALLY had a chance to bake something! My across-the-street neighbors hired me to make them a cake. It was both of their 70 birthdays, and they were celebrating over 7 days! The cake was one of the Wednesday "event".

A consultation was done.

* It was the first "out-of-family" cake I've ever done!

The cake was started on July 21, 2014 and finished on July 22, 2014

Here are the cake's details...

6" Round
2 Layer
1 Layer Chocolate
1 Layer Vanilla
Filled with Cream Cheese Icing and Raspberry Reduction
Covered in White Fondant
A strip of Black Fondant around the middle of the side
2 Chocolate "S&C"s
Edible Gumball Pearls atop the Black Fondant
Top and Bottom Shell Birders
With a red buttercream rose atop the center of the cake

It took 6 hours and  46 minutes

Take a look at the pictures...

Flouring the Pan for Vanilla Cake

Vanilla Batter Making

Piping Chocolate

Templates

Pouring the chocolate into the bag.

Piping the Chocolate

The Chocolate Batter

Forgot to take pictures of pouring...  :(

Cream Cheese Icing

(Into bag and filling)

Raspberry Reduction

(In bowl and filling)

Aligning both layers

"Dirty Iced" Cake

Rolling out and kneading White Fondant

Covering the cake in fondant

Cake with white fondant, strip of black fondant and gumball pearls plus chocolate

Icing the border

Attaching the buttercream rose and adding onto it.

Finished Cake.