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Bat Mitzvah Cake

Stacey May 9, 2011 8 Comments

Bat Mitzvah Cake

How was your weekend? Good I hope. If you’re a mom, I hope you managed to have the day off yesterday!

Aside from Mother’s Day, this weekend was busy because it was my (sort of) niece’s Bat Mitzvah. I only say sort of because technically, we aren’t blood related but in my heart she’s definitely my niece.

When she first entered the double digit years 3 years ago, I made a sea turtle cake for her birthday. That was her favorite animal at the time.  This yesr when she was turning 13, I was requested to make the cake for her Bat Mitzvah. Wow! Talk about pressure! Of course I wasn’t going to say no, but I have to admit I was definitely a bit nervous!!

This time around there were no animals involved. Instead she wanted a green cake (we share the same favorite color), flowers and lattice. OK, I NEVER made lattice before so this definitely was going to be a challenge. Fortunately the cake was more of a presentation cake and didn’t have to be big enough to feed the whole crowd.

I started by baking the cakes,

cake

filling the layers

cake

covering it with icing and fondant,

cake

making the flowers

fondant flowers

fondant flowers

and coming up with some kind of easy (is there such a thing?) lattice solution.

garden cake

I bought a bunch of cake stands a while ago – this being one of my favorites. I liked the simple modern feel to it and especially like that it was square rather than round for a change.

garden cake

Did I mention this cake (including icing) had.. get this…

16 BARS OF BUTTER in it!!!!!!

garden cake

It started out as 2 tiers but then I decided to only use one. (used the top one for Mother’s Day) I never saw so much butter in my life!

This week I’ll be sharing more photos from the party.

Do you like to decorate cakes?

Or just eat them? That’s fine too. 🙂

Filed Under: Cake Decorating

About Stacey

Hey - I'm Stacey! I'm the owner of Total City Girl. I'm a professional photographer in NY specializing in kids and their special events. I love all things creative. Connect with me if you want info about a photo session or have any questions about something you read on my blog.

Comments

  1. Crystal says

    May 9, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    That looks fantastic! Too good to eat! I’m not a baker! AT ALL! Very appreciative of those who are!

    Reply
    • Stacey says

      May 11, 2011 at 10:52 am

      Thanks Crystal!

      Reply
  2. nancy says

    May 12, 2011 at 8:04 am

    that is the most stunning cake!!!!

    Reply
    • Stacey says

      May 13, 2011 at 11:18 am

      Thanks Nancy!

      Reply
  3. Heather Fonseca says

    May 16, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    Oh my gosh that is a work of art! I like eating and baking cakes, but I have to say frosting them (Unless it’s a glaze you pour on top of you bundt cake) do not excite me. It’s so much work! On birthday I tried to frost like 30 cupcakes and it almost killed me. I was a stressed out mess!

    Anyway your cake is gorgeous!

    Love,
    Heather

    Reply
    • Stacey says

      May 18, 2011 at 9:38 am

      So funny Heather! I would rather frost cupcakes!! So much faster and easier. 🙂

      Reply

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