S-U-C-C-E-S-S. That's the way you spell delicious!

We did it!!  We made an attractive AND delicious cake that fed all of the guests!

It was a long process, but absolutely, positively worth it.  I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Here's how the weekend went down:
Thursday
Fly from Denver (12:59 am) to Charlotte (6:00 am).  Fly from Charlotte (7:55 am) to Baltimore (9:00 am).
10 am - home to begin mixing and baking cakes.
11:30 am - fall asleep on the couch.
1:00 pm - wake up to sound of Mom mixing more batter.  Get up and help.
4:00 pm - begin frosting the cakes that are cool enough to do so. Cover and stack sheet cakes in tub for transport.
6:00 pm - set cakes aside, go to dinner.
7:30 pm - mix and bake last two cakes, then frost ALL remaining layers.

Friday
10:00 am - wake up and clean off counter top, prep for fondant.
10:15 am - fondant all three layers of cake, place them in their box/carrying container, then take over the fridge with them.
12:00 am - buy wedding gift (yay employee discount!)
1:00 pm - drive to venue
2:00 pm - lunch with some of the wedding party
4:30 pm - rehearsal!  in the heat :(
6:30 pm - rehearsal dinner with the most delicious crab cake ever!
9:00 pm - drive home.
10:00 pm - check on cakes to make sure they're still okay (they were.)

Saturday
Wedding Day!
7:13 am - wake up, shower, haul ass.
8:45 am - pick up friend and head to Annapolis for nail appointment
9:30 am - Manicure/pedicure with bridal party
11:00 am - sushi lunch with TWO for ONE special!
2:00 pm - Head back to venue to get hair done and change into dress.
3:15 pm - CAKE ARRIVES at venue!  Run downstairs to unload car and bring cakes into the reception area.  Poke holes in each layer and insert skewers for support. Assemble layers.  Pipe frosting around connection points.  Place cake topper in GOBS of frosting and add flowers.
4:00 pm - get makeup done.
4:30 pm - help bride into her dress, make sure everything is perfect :)
5:50 pm - head downstairs
6:00 pm - WEDDING! :)
6:15 pm - pictures and cocktail hour
7:00 pm - reception
7:05 pm - Make a toast to the happy couple.
8:00 pm - dancing!
8:30 pm - Cake cutting and eating.
9:30 pm - track down a piece of cake (after they had all been put away...I was too busy dancing)  bring cake to dance floor to eat.
10:00 pm - hear that the cake was DELICIOUS from many people, hear that someone ate 6 pieces.
11:30 pm - Go home and collapse.

SUPERB wedding, superb weekend!