My lil cousin Derek got married! Finally he found someone that would put up with him! haha!! I love my cousin Derek, we were together all the time when we were younger. We'd stay at Grandmas house in the summer and fight over the chalkboard and who would get to sit in the middle in the front seat of Grandmas car! We'd sweet talk Grandma and Uncle Rufus into taking us to Lamar Park to play, or to Dairy Queen for "Nanner Splits". I'd say to this day, we are both pros at sweet talking! As you all know, we all grow up and we all grow apart! But with Derek and I, no matter how long its been since we've seen each other, I still consider him close, and always remember the "old days".
He can play guitar...I mean play....really good. He inherited the musical talent that I didn't from the Stegalls! And, I'm jealous. I can sing, play piano by ear (sorta :-p), but Ive always wanted to play the guitar. So yes, I'll admit, I'm jealous! :)
Long story short, his wife Jessica, picked out a cake she wanted. 3 separated tiers, heart shaped cake with "C" scrolls on the sides of the cake. Peace of Cake.....right? Sure, until I delivered the cake....to NOCONA! The Friday before the wedding I'd say the temp outside was a nice 70's. We had the house AC running because my ovens were working overtime! That night, a cold front came in. And we're talking COLD front! Saturday morning I woke up to sleet & freezing cold air! No bueno! So, we went from running the AC, to switching it over to heat all within a matter of 12 or so hours. By the time I got the cake to Nocona, my piping began to fall off. Literally, you could watch the cake, and watch it just fall! I was devastated beyond belief! I just wanted to hide in the bathroom and cry! But, I took an extra bag of black icing, and just re-did it. I wanted it to look as good as it did the night before, or at least as close as I could get it. Jessica and Derek liked it, and it did turn out the way she wanted it!
Derek is hard headed, and stubborn....and will always be that way. Jessica and I talked about a Grooms cake, and Derek was against it. So I did what I wanted to and made him a Fender Guitar cake. It turned out pretty cool. But the weather had its way with that cake as well! The strings wouldn't stay in the Royal Icing, I didn't have time to recover my cake boards, my fondant cracked.....but I just have to remind myself, that these are things that really I only noticed. My family loved everything and realized that I could really bake! haha!!
Congrats Derek & Jessica Stegall!!
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