I have recently talked to my wife's Nephew and his wife; They do DJ work for weddings, quincinereas, parties, etc., and have recently branched out to fill more roles people are looking for at big parties. They do videotaping, photography, custom wine labels and CD's, etc. They're looking for someone to make cakes and cookies, and as I've always been a halfway decent cook, they asked me, I told them I'd think about it.
I'm going to start practicing today, going to make an 8in layer cake and try to ice it with (store bought) fondant. My wedding cake had this icing, I know it's supposed to form a seamless, almost painted on look. I also need to start getting the hang of decorating, starting with beading around the borders of the cake and basic flowers with leftover fondant. I've signed up for a cake decorating class at Michael's in a few weeks.
Any of the ArfCom crowd with baking, decorating, etc experience care to throw some advice my way? I'm pretty much completely new to this, from a decorating standpoint.