I made my practice cake square and decided it was to much work.  I have made several Wilton shaped cakes and decorated them with a #18 tip.. this was my second attempt at stacking a cake and working with fondant.  The square practice cake was my first time with fondant and actually stacking a cake.  

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The OP made a beautiful wedding cake! But it appears that what you label negativity was quite helpful for her. She was warned (about square cakes, taking on too much when she had little experience, etc.) and those warnings held true. We're not here on CC to blindly support every post. With those comments she was able to reach her goal. Well done, OP!

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Agreed.  But there were some not-so-nice comments in the beginning of the thread, beyond the helpful negativity.

I would agree.  I almost quit this project due to comments such as "your going to make news" or "you'll end up on e-bay" ect.  Thank goodness for my husband who was there to reassure me.  I think it is one thing to offer realistic advice, but completely different to attack someone and belittle them.  I knew I had the skills to do this, I wanted advice on what brand of this and that to buy and also advice on what support system to use.  I am grateful to the ones who were kind and offered advice, and to all of the people who sent me private messages with help and words of encouragement.   This forum has some talented people who were very generous with their time and information.   Much of what I did was directly related to the people who helped me.  

And again, thanks for all of the recent compliments! I'm relieved that this project is over... but anxiously awaiting a new (hopefully smaller) project! 

EDIT - I'm also blow away by the amount of views and comments this topic has received! 

Posting a question on any public forum invites everyone to respond. We each have our own way of communicating. (Unfortunately even nasty trolls get to have an opinion and often divert reasonable discussion.) As the OP you appeared to handle it well. Your cake was a success! The best to you and your husband!!

This is the information we were given.  Based on that, I think most of us assumed that Nickitthebaker had very little experience.  While some people can be great the first time out, most of them really do end in disaster.  As such, many members expressed concern.  Honestly, how many disasters have we seen from someone being more confident in their skills than they should be?!

What I now know is that Nickitthebaker felt the need to exaggerate her inexperience.  She felt she wouldn't get as much help if she was honest with us.  

Based on a great deal of advice, she decided to do a practice cake where she learned that square cakes are much harder than they seem.  Wow.  The advice she got was accurate!  According to the published story, that was the only practice cake.

Behind the scenes, several pros took a great deal of time to walk her through every step from planning to delivery.  Some of them good have saved the energy & time since she already knew some of the steps.

Now, the thread has turned to applauding an absolute novice for a job well done.  None of the accolades should be erased.  Still, how enthusiastic would they have been if they'd known the true level of skill and experience she had?  This is NOT the first tiered cake.

I also see a good deal of people jumping in to say how some of us shouldn't have been so pessimistic.  Again, this turned out as well as it did because this was NOT the first tiered cake.

Even if it had been, this would be the exception not the rule.

I write all of this because I don't think it is fair to offer this as proof that people were wrong to caution.  This could have ended very badly.  Luckily, for everyone, it did not.

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