Wedding Cake: Gluten-Free Golden Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Sooo my momma got married a few weeks to this awesome guy. It’s never too late to find love <3
{Photo credit to my Aunt, Jacqueline Miller}
Guess who was the Maid of Honour?
And guess who made the cake? {Gluten-free for my celiac “Papa.”}
{Photo credit to my Aunt, Jacqueline Miller}
A gluten-free golden cake with vanilla buttercream frosting that had everyone raving. It was moist, flavourful, & not at all crumbly. The frosting was creamy, rich, & satisfying. Not bad for my first wedding cake, eh?
Garnished with one of the beautiful flowers that was in my hair <3
Believe it or not, the cake came from a Betty Crocker Gluten-Free Cake Mix. Mom thought it might be best to stick with a cake mix she knew & trusted rather than have me try to figure out a new recipe for golden cake. Oky doky! Of course, because the box only contains dry ingredients, the mix itself was vegan.
I used Earth Balance for the cake rather than butter, but when it was go time to make the cake, I realized I hadn’t brought any egg replacer with me to mom’s place. I was down to the wire time-wise, so I used the eggs my mom has been buying from the free-range farm down the road for years. After the wedding, I even got a chance to visit the chicken farm 
Content with what I saw, I bought a dozen of my own eggs to bring home.
Curious li’l guys.
Look at the llama!
Chillin’ in the shade.
But back to that cake! I made 4 cakes in an 8×8 and made a big square with all 4 of them. I filled in the cracks, sides, & tops with icing to make it look like one big cake. I used my awesome cake decorating set that Dallas bought me for Christmas to pipe on the lettering & flowers {both coloured with blue & yellow food-colouring}. I tripled this Classic Buttercream Frosting recipe, as it had great reviews & looked pretty fool-proof. Unfortunately, because we had to leave the cake on the counter for more than 24 hours {definitely no room in the fridge!}, I couldn’t use Earth Balance since it melts so easily. The icing itself contained butter, as it was the only way to make the cake shelf-stable.
For the finishing touch, my mom’s good friend Lana donated the wedding cake topper, as it used to be her parents’. So beautiful :’) I’m so happy with how it all turned out.
And that’s that. A beautiful cake for a beautiful wedding on a beautiful day. In case you’re wondering, everything else was perfect, too
peace, love, food <3
Char, xo
Categories: Life | 12 Comments
beautiful maid of honor, beautiful cake! I love that you made it yourself, great job!
awww thank you, Kristina!
Everything looked BEAUTIFUL. Oh God perfect everything. i love it. thanks for sharing with us.
CHAR! It’s been so long since I commented here. I blame summer and not being on the computer as much. I’m glad to look through your post as always though
Makes me hungryyyy… The cake looks BEAUTIFUL and so do you! WELL DONE! <3
Thank you, Malin!!
haha, it’s been so long since I’ve been on here! I’m only recently back to posting, as I’ve been working lots & enjoying the summer, too. I hope you’re having a great summer. I’ll have to make up a new package to send to you soon! <3
Good to hear! Summer is not about sitting in front of the computer anyways. Thats what I’ll do all winter
Haha! YES! We should send a new package to each other sooon. I’m off to the States in three weeks though so maybe when I’m back home again? xoxo
Agreed! That’s exactly what winter is for, haha
Ooohh where in the States are you going? Have fuuuun!! Yes, we will definitely do a package after your trip 
xoxo
I’m doing a road trip with a couple of friends. We start out in New Jersey going to Atlantic City then Philadelphia, Wash DC, Knoxville, Asheville and finally down to Georgia and our final destination Atlanta. Very excited
I’m in company with three meat loving dudes though so I will have to fight for my visits to whole foods market etc. Haha. Looking forward to sending you a new package!!
oohhh haha have fun!! sounds like an awesome road trip
looking forward to sending you a new package when you’re home! xoxo
You looked beautiful!! And that cake looks amazing!! Great job!!
awww thank you, Jillian!
<3