First Paid "Commission"

Today I delivered my first paid commission - a birthday cake for a friend's wife.  I had a lot of fun making this cake and was the highlight for me over the past few days.  The specs given to me were:- white sponge, white icing, flowers on top.  Favorite colors are pink and purple.  This was what I made:

It's a white cake with lemon curd filling, white frosting and fondant flowers/plaque.  I must say that it was a mildly stressful undertaking as it calls for decoration skills a little ahead of the pastry program curriculum.  But with a few books from the library, I think I managed to pull it off.  Most importantly I am super thrilled that the birthday girl loved it :)

There was a small problem during delivery.  I forgot to put some icing under the cake cardboard, so when Vince hit the breaks a little too hard on 5th Ave and 60-somewhat street, the side of the cake smeared against the side of cardboard box.  I decided to turn around and went home to fix the sides.  2 lessons learned - #1 glue the cake to the cardboard box.  #2 always have extra icing (which I did).