My very best friend has made me her Maid of Honor and requested that I make her cake!! I am super thrilled and honored to do this, but I've never done fancy decorations on any of my cakes. I am a little overwhelmed and hoping to get some ideas and tips on wedding cake decorations.

Keidi

Start studying the pix in the wedding cake gallery. There are many, many ideas that would be easier for a beginner to accomplish. Just remember - a wedding cake is nothing more than a series of 'fancy b'day' cakes put together. Plan, plan, plan ahead! Get together with her and decide what she wants that you *know* you can accomplish. One of you biggest things to remember is that this will take at least twice as long as you think so do as much as you can before hand Bake & fz the cakes as much as a month ahead. Make (or buy) the icing at least a month ahead. Don't get caught at the last minute w/o some important ingredients, decoration or tool keep in mind You will have other duties to do in the last week before the wedding as MOH & most importantly the day of! The cake can be made on Wed or Thurs for a Sat wedding so you can devote yourself to her needs on the day of the wedding.

Thanks for those tips. i had no idea a cake could bebaked and frozen a month prior. i have over 7 months to practice my tooshie off! XD we were looking through pics of all the beautiful cakes on this site and we found some that were pretty close to what she wants.she really like the look and the flowers of this cake.
but she wants the diamond and pearl look in this pic.
i've never done this kind of decorating before. can anyone recommend the right tools for this project?

Go to globalsugarart.com and look up diamond impression mat. That should make the process easy for you!

thanks! i will.

also grab some flower spikes too.