A Rose By Any Other Name
For the most part, I only make cakes for close friends and family but sometimes the definition of family stretches a little to take in my urban family: those people who have been friends for such a long time that they feel like they are an impossibly important part of my life. And that is how it came to pass that when one of my best friends asked me if I would make a wedding cake for her little brother, I said yes. It probably also helped that I have known him for more than two decades. The design was difficult, their original ideas seemed a little old-fashioned to me so I gently pushed them towards more internet research and they came back with an idea for silhouettes that represented their interests. They also wanted a royal blue cake as the bride was going to have a dress in that colour and they loved the idea of contrasting the blue with white. We bounced ideas back and forth and I struggled to find a design that tied the whole thing together right up until a week or so before t
