It’s been a bit since I’ve shared random pictures and recent happenings, plus you want to see that final bridal shower cake, right?! That’s what I thought.
Hooray! Here it is! Remember back in this post when I talked about making a cake for my BFFs shower? I did it! I mean, I’ve made cakes before, but it was usually for someone’s birthday or something, not a momentous occasion like a wedding shower. I was nervous that I would end up a stressed out mess 4 hours before, trying to piece together a cake with wilty frosting that was completely crooked, but it went better than expected! Probably one of the best things that I did to make sure I wasn’t stressed was baking the layers and making the filling the day before (actually I made the frosting the day before too). This reduced down on the steps that I had to complete the day of and gave me a better cushion for if something were to go wrong. Everyone loved and it and ended up having enough to bring home, so I get to keep savoring it for a few more days! Also, I kind of love doing cakes now. I find that frosting the cake and putting everything together is sort of therapy, so if you need a cake and I need frosting therapy, let’s be friends.
Moving on to my recent trip back to Door County (Northern Wisconsin)! If you remember, I went with a group of food bloggers back in April, but the weather was still pretty chilly and just starting to warm up. This time around, the weather was perfect and we couldn’t have asked for more quintessential Wisconsin summer weather (think 70s all week!). While we didn’t get to do our usual kayaking activity, we did eat a lot of awesome food and see our usual Door County haunts. The upper left picture is the Cave Point, a scenic area I visited with the ladies in April, then returned to with my parents when we went a few weeks ago. It was crazy to think that the last time I was there there were HUGE chunks of ice and the water was much colder.
My other favorite new place we visited was Jorns’ Sugar Bush. We had seen the signs advertising the maple syrup being sold there for years, but never made the stop to actually try them out. When you first drive up to the place it’s kind of a ‘Are we in he right place?’ moment. It’s essentially just a very small store selling all sizes of maple syrup, but the best part is that they bottle all the syrup right there in the building! The actual retail space was only big enough for about 4-5 people to comfortably move around, but the lady working the shop made for a much more interesting visit, providing snippets about how long they had been making syrup and how the business came to be. P.S. Did you know you can freeze syrup until you need to use it? Me either!
Among other things I made this vegan ricotta pasta and this super cool cucumber/watermelon dinner and they are both things you should just go ahead and make ASAP. I’m trying to implement meal planning and it resulted in better lunches/dinners, so let’s hope I keep sticking to it!
That’s all for now, I’ll be back with a recipe later in the week! xoxo
Kath says
Hey that’s my cake!! I wish there had been room in my suitcase to bring the leftovers home…I would kill for a piece today!! Unfortunately I had to squeeze 2 bottles of wine in the bag instead. 🙂
The Frosted Vegan says
Gah, I wish you could have taken some too! It’s totally shippable right?
sweetphi says
Your pictures look lovely…and of course, that cake is just adorable!!!
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks Phi! I was glad I got to eat more than 1 piece of it, I out enough work into it!
Karis says
Love the cake topper and photos from Door County!
Lilah W says
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The Frosted Vegan says
Hooray, so happy you are enjoying it! I love love love your blog name! : )
Lilah W says
Thank you so much! 🙂
amber says
Hi Abby!
What a beautiful cake! I, too, feel that frosting cakes is the best part of making it. It really is therapeutic, as long as it’s not crazy hot in your space and the frosting is a melty mess, haha! I actually sometimes wish I could make cakes as a job, like being a wedding cake/event cake maker or something? Like Lily Vanilli! Though, she has her own little shop 🙂 What kind of frosting did you make/use?
The trip looks fun. Such beautiful pictures! Where do you live originally? I never have been to Wisconsin, but it reminds me a bit of the Maine coast (only no ocean), which is where I live. We also have lots of maple syrup here, but I never knew you could freeze it! Good to know, thanks for the tip! My bfs dad used to make it a lot, so we always got it freshly made. It was amazing!
I love that first photo of the rock ledges/tree/water. Was the water warm enough for swimming? It looks really pretty! I’m glad you had a good time!
The Frosted Vegan says
Hi Amber!
Thank you for your lovely comment, it made my day! : ) I agree, cakes are so much harder when it’s hot and sticky, everything is a melty mess! I too wish I could make cakes for events, I think it would be so fun. I ended up making a lemon buttercream frosting, it was so so good : )
I actually live in Milwaukee, WI right now, but originally from IL. I have always wanted to visit Maine, it’s so gorgeous! We are pretty lucky here in WI that we have some gorgeous scenery. By the way, I LOVE your blog and sketches, they are so pretty! So happy you found me! xoxo