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I Will Definitely Eat the Cake

05/10/21 | Delicious Eats, wedding planning

Gold Drip CakeGreen shot by Antlers Photography

Source:  Gold Drip Cake Shot by Antlers Photography

Welcome back to another edition of wedding planning and today we are talking about cake.  Now there are two default things I keep hearing – the first is that all wedding cake tastes bad and second, people keep telling me I am not going to eat my own wedding cake.  Let’s address that latter point first, I don’t think they know time that well.  I was able to do a tasting of my cake over New Year’s and it is DELICIOUS.  I will be stopping whatever I am doing and you better believe I am going to have some of my wedding cake.  Full stop.  (That is what the Brit’s call a period to end a sentence but “full stop” is just stronger, don’t you think?)

Now the fact that people say wedding cake tastes bad, this is an interesting one and I can see it go both ways.  Sure, if you are dancing or drinking and you get to your cake nearly an hour after it is served – especially if it has been in the fridge – I can see how it may be soggy and not taste great.  Or if the couple chose an odd flavor, like lavender cake, and you do not care for that. Lastly, I can understand why so many bakers use fondant to create gorgeous masterpieces – it holds up so well – but in my opinion is not the tastiest.  But outside of these three reasons – cake is delicious and wedding cake usually uses the best ingredients, or at least mine will!   While I have the flavors picked out I still have to finalize the design with the bakery and here are some of my inspiration shots:

Gold and White Wedding Cake from Caketown Velvet

Source  Gold and White Cake from Caketown Velvet

Wedding Planning LeRusticChic Wedding Cake

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Wedding Cake by the Wildflour Pastry

Source:  White and Floral Cake by the Wildflour Pastry

Fern Cake shot by Jenny Fu at Palmetto Bluff Wedding

Source Fern Cake Photographed by Jenny Fu

Ruffled Blog Glamorous-Monochromatic-LA-Weding-Cake

Source: Glamorous Monochromatic Cake Shot by Rene Zadori Photography

 

What do you think of wedding cake?

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Comments

  1. Stephanie says

    May 24, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Such pretty cakes you have featured!

    Glad that you got to taste yours and that you were so happy with the flavors. Looking forward to hearing all about it on the big day!

  2. Rebecca says

    May 23, 2021 at 6:09 pm

    I ate my wedding cake too. Good for you.

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