Weddingbee Blog

As told in photos.

Have I mentioned that I’m making my fiance’s Batman themed groom’s cake? Oh, I didn’t explain that little bit of crazy? Well I am, and I probably didn’t mention it because I didn’t want any of you sane ladies talking me out of what could prove to be a big stressor two days beforehand. Ah, well, check out the trial run for yourself!

It all began with a box. Three boxes, technically—two butter golden recipe and one dark chocolate fudge.

Six eggs, two sticks of butter later, I had this:

It fit perfectly in my 12 by 18 inch rectangular cake pan:

And then I wanted to marble it. Well, I tried:

While that monster was baking, I tried to make a fondant Batman signal. My mad skillz were not quite with me today. Check yellow tinted, boxed fondant rolled into some type of shape:

I had much better luck blackening my chocolate frosting:

Fifty minutes later, I had a cooked cake:

Originally, I intended on simply cutting the cake into a simple oval shape (yes, I know they make oval pans- but they only come in 4 packs for 40-50 bucks, and I only need ONE pan… so I opted for cutting…), but Mr. Pencils wanted to try to shape the cake into the bat signal. He created a template on poster board:

While I FAILED at popping the cake out, despite having greased and floured the pan:

The marbling looks great, though, no?

No worries, though I used my mad skillz (now returned to me) to make it work:

Just in time for Mr. P to finish the template:

He traced his design:

And shazaam! There it was (minus the slightly too large template on the right side, which we’ll adjust):

I frosted that sucker:

Mr. Pencils doesn’t like the addition of the yellow fondant bat signal. What say you?

We cut into and chowed down with our officiant and Mr. P’s Uncle J.

Yes, Mr. Pencils’ makes/mocks my funny faces too.

One slight problem. The black food dye had the frosting leaving a metallic after taste. Suggestions?

Anyone else insane enough to make a cake/baked good for their wedding? Suggestions?