Beauty and the beast

18

Time flies when you're under pressure.

I've been in and out of Marianna's culinary school since Wednesday. I started off by buying the food we needed to prepare. After my trip to the grocery store and collecting all the necessary ingredients for baking I dropped them off. 

The cake was the most tedious task I was assigned. It took two whole days to bake, ice and decorate. It's safe to say I haven't been sleeping much. The end product was worth it. 

We were currently loading everything into the truck. Boxes of pastries, trays of food, drinks, and a lot more were loaded one by one. We took extra caution when it came to the cake. I separated the layers into different boxes to prevent any mishaps on the way there.

The party starts in three hours. It takes thirty minutes to drive from the shop to the manor where it is being held. So I have an hour and a half to set up everything before guests start arriving.

I stared at the large metallic gates as a security guard approached the car. Mrs Hernandez mentioned that we would have to go through security so it wasn't a surprise.

Five minutes later the three cars were through security and parked in the manor's large driveway.

The driveway was beautiful. An angel pouring water out of a pitcher stood in the large fountain. The hedges were neatly trimmed. A few white roses added colour to them.

"You're here. Come, come," Mrs Hernandez ushered us through the house.

The house was just as grand as the driveway. Large and luxurious. It screamed wealth in its simplistic white design.

Expensive decorative art hung on the walls, adding colour. The tiles reflected the image of my yellow sunflower wedges. That's how clean they were.

We walked through, passing decorators and house staff setting up for the big event.

We made it to the entertainment area near the backyard and set up there. The baby shower would be held in the backyard so the food will be close by in the adjacent room.

The backyard was beautifully decorated with round tables that catered for five people. The blue linen that covered the tables looked on par with the entire house, expensive.

There were balloons, banners and signs up. All in the same colour scheme of pastel blue, white and gold.

I instructed the students I had for assistance to set up the trays of food while I began putting together the cake.

I stood back after assembling the cake and smiled. The three-tier, blue frosted, chocolate goodness stood tall on the cake table.

I put on a banner that says ' Luisa's baby shower' on the top. It was made on edible paper and held up with white chocolate pretzel sticks. I added small, white teddy bears all around the cake. Spreading them evenly.

I added small details like the baby's due date, tiny diapers, shoes and footprints to the cake.

It looked simple but complete.

I placed cupcakes around the cake along with the other sweet confections. I made sweet jars, cotton candy bags, macaroons and doughnuts.

"Oh my, it's beautiful," a lady's voice sounded from behind me.

I turned to face the source of the compliment and I was faced with a beautiful woman.

Her naturally tan skin shined against the warm sunlight. She wore a beautiful long white dress that had blue flowers around it. She had on a matching flower crown that contrasted beautifully with her curly black hair. The large bump added to her magnificent appearance.