OMG that cake is amazing! I would love to have had that cake at my wedding! Don't get down. It's beautiful!

Your cake looks wonderful. By all means, enter it in the fair! When your win, it will make all that hard work worthwhile for YOU!

your cake is gorgeous, and im sure you know that ...maybe it just didnt suit her fancy my daugther's 4, and im going to stop making her cakes when she's 18...

Daughter's weddings are once a lifetime events, so i guess she should be happy with the cake even if it means you have to toil away without sleep ..she'll understand what she put u thru once she's had kids

I know Ive had my unreasonable moments with my mom, and I was just stressed out and being difficult.... and now as a parent i finally understand the concept of 'unconditional love', the kind every parent has for their child.

So embrace in your unconditional love and find that bit of patience and everything will be fine.....

Wow!! I think it is Absolutely Gorgeous!!! Sorry that your daughter feels that way.I wish my mom made or bought my wedding cake.


Good Luck at the Fair,
stacy

When I became a mom, I understood some of the heartache I put my mother through. However, I also have not forgotten how scary it was to be leaving the comfort of my mother's house to go out on my own. I also have not forgotten how stressful it is to try to have a wedding when your parents are divorced. So, forgive your daughter once more and give her a hug and enjoy the wedding as much as possible. Your dummy cake is divine and I'm sure the "other" one will be fabulous as well!

Shelle

Your cake is absolutely beautiful!!! You and our daughter are both stressed. It is tough getting a wedding together. This will pass and you both will get back to normal after the wedding.

She is lucky for having some say in her cake. My aunt made my cake but I was told that she got to have her way if it was free. I simply asked if I could have daisies. She told me yes and I left the rest to her. I had the most beautiful three tiered wedding cake.

Take a deep breath and hang in there.

Your cake is amazing!! It is so beautiful!! I love the teal and brown together.

"Honey I'm really sorry you don't like this cake because I worked really hard on it and made it special for you. If you would like another cake then you can certainly go to a bakery and order and buy another one. I won't force you to use this one and I won't hold it against you if you decide to get another one."

I know that's being sort of a harda** about it, but being a bride does not give one the authority to trample on others. Your cake is absolutely gorgeous and I like the idea of the small cake for the couple to cut together. I think you're being awfully generous and understanding by making her another cake. I bet someday she'll wonder why she was being so difficult .

I hope you are not making a whole NEW tiered cake!?? That would be tragic! Just make a small little 4" for the top and put the bow back on and then she can cut that!

YOUR CAKE IS WONDERFUL!!! I LOVE the colors! Very nice! Tell her she could go and pay $500 for a new cake and maybe not even GET a cake because of short notice! OR she can shut her mouth and enjoy the oo's and ahh's!

For those of you follwing this thread - here is a pic of the invites I made.
We did go over her design and it's fine; she just wants REAL stacked cake and a more bluesy turquoise color!

christeena that cake is simply beautiful.... I absolutely love it... you did an amazing job and have nothing to feel bad about other than a daughter who didn't appreciate your hard work. I hope things turn out for the better. I hope you posted this in your gallery, I plan to save to my favs... AMAZING WORK!

I'm so sorry! If you were my mom and made a cake for me like that I would have given you a big hug and kiss and said "Thank you so much - I LOVE IT" - I'm sorry you need to redo it.

Wow... just looked at the cake and the invite side by side. Looks perfect. Sorry she's not happy with it.

Beautiful cake!

I fully agree with moxey2000 that is exactly what I would say.

and your cake looks perfect

Your cake is BEAUTIFULL.I love the colors and design.

Only a mother would go to the trouble that you are to make her another cake. I would do the same thing but boy would my husband hear an earful of rage . Take special joy that soon she will have her own children and reflect back on this moment and feel guilty, very, very guilty.

You are a wonderful mom so remember that with each layer you decorate!

I hope all of these replies set your heart at ease. They are right it is AWESOME!!! Is there any way to brush the Luster dust's to change the color a little? Maybe see if she wants to pay someone else for the incredible work you have done.

Oh my! I do know how stressed she must be, moving out on her own and the wedding is in just a few VERY short and stressful weeks. HOWEVER! She does NOT get to go around acting that way! I think your cake is just stunning and if she disagrees you just have her read this post! She needs to wake up and smell the frosting! You stand your ground and do NOT make another cake! What you have made is perfect! She has three options, she can either go buy her own cake with her own money, use the cake you have made, or she can make her own! If you go through the trouble of making another cake I would bill her for it! Maybe not the entire price you would normally charge but at least half. Just hang in there, it will be over soon. HUGS

I think your cake is simply gorgeous!

I agree with your daughter on 2 points, though. Real cake (at least some of it) and a lighter teal color for a wedding cake. The color contrast is quite strong. Remember, too, that the colors get darker as they sit, so what started out being the right color may have darkened on you. If you are going to redo the teal accents, I would make them a bit too light and they should turn out perfect.

Her behavior, however....something only a mother would tolerate

Did you say you made the invitations, too? Wow, great job!

Hope you win first prize at the fair!

I too am dealing with my first bridezilla and it's my daughter She doesn't want any of my input on her cake. She wants 4 tiers buttercream no borders just satin ribbon and fresh flowers. Don't these girls know cake is our business and we do know a liitle bit about what we are talking about.
I think your cake is beautiful. Knowing how moms are I'm sure you will do it over exactly the way she wants it Good luck I'm sure everything will turn out great.

Sorry your "little girl" is being a brat. I have 2 daughters and they are slowing driving me crazy already.(8 and 2) LOL

The cake is so pretty!! Best wishes!

Your cake is very elegant. I think your daughter might need an attitude ajustment and a real good kick in the but I just hope my stepsons other half dont give me attitude when it comes time for their cake in may. Cause i will tell them to go and get one from somewhere else. Besides, she dont even like us so it wouldn't matter. (ok maybe it would just a little.)
Good luck at the fair.

Moxy that was very well put

I understand a little of what you are going through!?!?!?

Our son 23 got married last summer. I offered to make the cake and they said " oh, we were hoping you would it would mean so much to have you make it and homemade!!! We don't care what it looks like, anything really, we don't even like cake...."

I offered to make a 3 tiered cake on the Wilton garden stand as the wedding was 4 hours away.

4 days later I get an email with a professional photo of a stacked fondant cake with gumpaste calla lilies...... the e mail says

"this is the cake we want, we are ok if you are not comfortable making it, just let us know!?!?!?

Sooooooo......... I made the exact cake, in cake dummies due to the long commute and staying in a rental at the beach and throwing the rehearsal dinner. and baked the cakes and flavors and frosting to their liking and served that from the kitchen of the church hall by the waiter staff....

made them a real cake same design and placed next to the dummy cake for their cutting of the cake....
entered the cake at the county fair 2 weeks later and won First Place.

This summer daughter and fiance say the same thing....oh great make anything you like....... I'm like uh oh .....here we go again.
Sure enough the fiance spent 3 months making the sketch of the actual cake they really wanted and they said........No dummy cake!?!?!

I pulled it off and actually loved the design and now will make a dummy cake re enactment for the county fair at the end of the month!?!?!

AH...... gotta love 'em though!!!!!

Well, your daughter is stressed. And, she is your daughter, and you love her unconditionally. Your cake is GORGEOUS, I think you matched the invites wonderfully. The invites are very well done as well.

Yes, she will only understand her mother when she is one herself. Please remember that and know that you will do very well at the fair!!

Good Luck!!
Sweetiemama

OK. First let me say the cake is beautiful and you (her mom) made it so it was made with love and she should be honored.

Now I'll tell you about the falling out with my daughter and her wedding AND I promise I'll make it short.

About 3 months before her wedding, I realized she is one of the most sefish people I know. EVERYTHING was such a hassle because of her selfishness and I hung up on her (she was across the state in college and i wouldn't take her call for about 2 days). Finally, she calls her dad and starts crying to him and he took her side until I ripped him a new one too. I refused to do anything else for her including dishing out $$$$. She had to go through her dad for the rest of the $$$ (that showed him to take her side).

I don't know the answers other than kids these days are just difficult and mine is so spoiled. Good luck with the rest of the planning. I know it is difficult, but TRY and stay calm. You should be enjoying this time, not worrying and stressing. I wish someone had told me to "just don't worry about it." The most important thing is that she wants to get married and the end result is that she will be married.

What a gorgeous cake and design. So sorry for your daughter.

I am going to side with your daughter. Mom is not making her wedding cake, she is making a fair entry. That is what I got out of it. On her very special day you are serving sheet cake and not her wedding cake. She probably was hurt badly and lashed out. You said you didn't discuss the cake with your daughter, just went with what you thought would be nice. I would be hurt too. How many cakes have you made for other brides, and she is supposed to be content with kitchen cakes. Mom, please put yourself in your daughter's place.

This is a beautiful cake!

Have your daughter show you an example of what she considers "teal"...that way you can match your frosting to that, if you do end up making another cake, and then she can't complain!

And remind her that you are saving her about $500 + dollars!

Wow, this is a beautiful cake! As a fellow cake decorator, I know how difficult fondant can be as far as cooperating, and you have done a fantastic job with it, especially how smooth and even your details are.