frances and rob's vegan wedding cake, 1

Carrot, coconut and candied ginger cake with "cream cheese" frosting. This was the vegan cake I made for Frances and Rob's beautiful wedding.

In retrospect, it was a bad decision to frost it in a frosting I'd never made before. I later determined that it was not at all a good substitute for my handy buttercream--it was very soft and not very cooperative, though it was perfect taste-wise with the cake. Finishing touches were made with natural food dye, a new set of cake decorating tips (50% off at the soon to be no more Verna's Cake Decorating Shop in Cambridge) and flowers from the garden and the farm stand.

I'm back on buttercream for everything save sheet cakes after this, but it was a good lesson. All the vegans at the wedding were so excited to have cake they could eat, they didn't bother to notice the imperfections of the frosting anyway, as it should be!