best wedding cake ever, from a wedding I went to last week in Texas.

8/20/2010 3:23:38 PM

so that store in union square ended up not being so great. did manage to get sparklers (which I had nearly forgotten to pick up) and the I Do rhinestone thingies for my shoes, so it wasn't a total bust.

8/20/2010 3:36:47 PM

that will be present at my wedding to a UNC girl.

8/20/2010 3:39:52 PM

^^^so super cool!
^^maybe that's how I can get a blue in! I'm petrified that any blue will fade to Carolina colors

Perhaps it's my constant insecurity, but I'm so super worried that, even though I properly reserved the ceremony and reception location, something will fall through and cause a lot of stress and extra $$. Is this a stupid feeling?
Btw, I want to thank you guys for putting up with my constant questions!! You're my #1 vendor advice site.


[Edited on August 21, 2010 at 3:16 AM. Reason : ]

8/21/2010 3:12:04 AM

i don't think its a stupid feeling!
someone in this thread used the mantra that as long as the venue isn't burning down-itll be ok.
thats what im going by.

if something goes wrong, ignore it.
chances are if anyone even notices they'll forget about it.

if something goes terribly wrong laugh it off and make an announcement.
ie:
"Ladies and Gents, unfortunately the cake fell on the floor tonight!!! but we have gone to Harris Teeter and bought X pints of ice cream for everyone to enjoy, so come and watch the bride and groom take the first scoops and enjoy some rocky road!"
then you forever be known as the wedding that had ice cream for desert.


thats my thinking at least

8/21/2010 10:03:23 AM

Heh...that was my mantra . Totally made for a stress free wedding day

8/21/2010 10:17:44 AM

^i thought it was you!
wasnt your wedding album on facebook titled that?

i went to go look and it wasn't

8/21/2010 10:23:50 AM

Quote :

"stress free wedding day"

That would be fantastic. Ok, just nervous jitters! Going to pick up a veil soon. I think I'm going to get a cathedral length very plain one. I'm short so I'm not quite sure how that length will work, but it's so pretty in pictures!

8/21/2010 10:36:06 AM

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Eric has made it very, very, veryyyy clear that he wants a cake like this for his groom's cake. I think I'm going to surprise him and have a cute Mr. and Mrs. Wuf made to set near the cake (not on top though because I'm pretty sure it wouldn't go very well with flowers or fruit)

In other news, I found a picture in a magazine the other day that had an awesome cake... it was similar to this but didn't have the black bands I don't think:



and the anemones were sugar flowers...

also found this cake, which I know others would find tacky but for some reason I love it because it pulls from every single fruit I"m getting inspiration from and it has the exact colors I'm using (except for the green, mine is a little brighter)



but in that magazine I also saw a plan white tiered cake with a few lemons, tangerines, and granny smith apples sitting on and around it... I love the simplicity, so I might take that into consideration

8/21/2010 10:55:04 AM

^ i dont think its tacky at all.

different? yes. tacky? no

8/21/2010 11:18:20 AM

Quote :

"^i thought it was you! wasnt your wedding album on facebook titled that? i went to go look and it wasn't"

I've got like 3 wedding albums on fb
But it's there......it's titled "as long as the reception hall or chapel isn't on fire..."

I love both cakes

8/21/2010 12:44:40 PM

The 'fruit' cake is very interesting!

A croquembouche is pretty weird, but I think i'm liking it!


[Edited on August 21, 2010 at 1:05 PM. Reason : ]

8/21/2010 1:05:10 PM

I think maybe I was worried about it being tacky cause of the bows...


I might consider that cake if the gauze ribbon is taken off

[Edited on August 22, 2010 at 2:27 AM. Reason : and just make it plain fondant (leave the colors)]

8/22/2010 2:27:24 AM

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"fondant"

this is just my opinion, but i never understood making a cake out of something that tastes awful

8/22/2010 7:41:53 AM

i think i may be the only person who doesn't think fondant is that bad, at all.

8/22/2010 7:48:15 AM

you must be

i've met people who didn't think it was "bad," but not a single person that thought fondant was "good" compared to even the cheapest icing

i want my cake to taste GOOD, not "not bad"

[Edited on August 22, 2010 at 8:18 AM. Reason : .]

8/22/2010 8:18:08 AM

I agree. And fondant is too "neat" looking for us. Buttercream tastes better, and has a more random/accidental quality that I like.

8/22/2010 8:23:56 AM

i agree. buttercream is the way to go. here was mine

8/22/2010 8:28:38 AM

hehehe i LOVE the "neat" look!

and ive been to weddings where people have asked for other peoples fondant!! (if the other person wasnt a fan)


to each his own amirite?

ie:





[Edited on August 22, 2010 at 8:30 AM. Reason : ^oooooooooooohhhh pretty, pretty ]

8/22/2010 8:29:27 AM

Most fondant cakes have a layer of buttercream under it bc it's notoriously not good

And you can make buttercream look neat...just don't have an outdoor reception if it's hot

8/22/2010 9:15:56 AM

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"Most fondant cakes have a layer of buttercream under it"

this hasn't been my experience

or, at least, after peeling off the fondant, it was mostly cake and very little icing

8/22/2010 9:32:10 AM

When it is done, bc most =/= all, it's not a lot but just a thin layer to give it some flavor.

8/22/2010 9:51:39 AM

Quote :

"i think i may be the only person who doesn't think fondant is that bad, at all."

I love fondant.. but I have a huge sweet tooth, so maybe that's why.. tastes like candy

but every fondant cake I've seen (although I'll admit, hasn't been a lot, just a few) had what LK was talking about

plus, outdoor May wedding... pretty sure fondant is the way to go

8/22/2010 11:55:36 AM

y'all ought to see the crazy shit that QTPie does with fondant.

she could be on those make a crazy cake tv shows.

8/22/2010 10:33:35 PM

9 days away... and I still haven't finished (or started for that matter) the letter for our welcome packages. I'm just drawing a total blank

On the plus side- paid off the venue/catering today. Man this stuff is expensive!

8/27/2010 9:12:11 AM

15 days away for us...getting close

17 days until switzerland and italy, though

8/27/2010 9:39:33 AM

^, ^^ that's so exciting! Do you feel stressed out right now or do you feel like you have all your ducks in a row?

That wasn't a ribbon on the croquembouche, it's spun sugar! But I can't find a bakery that will do it, so I think we'll stick with cheesecake/pies.

8/27/2010 10:30:43 AM

my fiancée is still stressing over some small things, but i, for one, feel good

really, the most stressful thing is that we are 4 "yeses" away from hitting max indoor seating capacity for the place where the reception will be and we've still yet to hear back (yay or nay) from ~30 people

out of those 30, 4 are strong "maybes"...i'm fairly confident that the others are simply people who won't be coming (since we've sent emails and called and still not heard back)

i'm also expecting (hoping!) that 8-10 people won't even show up for the reception (which is a reasonable assumption, i've been told), but it's still going to be a full room

8/27/2010 10:37:09 AM

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"The only valuable wedding favors I've cherished were beer/drink koozies, and a lot of his family are not so fanatic about promoting drinking. So I think we're going to try to do donations to local charities as our favors. We'll have a list of 3 that our guests can choose from and we'll donate maybe like ~$3.00 per person for that charity. "

I saw a wedding where they had a really cool way of doing this.

At each table people had 4 "chips" (I think they were stones rather than actual poker chips). Each chip was worth $1. Then they had 3 tins at the bar with a hole big enough for the stones and a sign talking about each charity. Guests could drop their chips into the tins for the charities they wanted their money to go to.

Here's another person that did a similar idea:
http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/02/05/sweet-charity/

8/27/2010 10:52:50 AM

^I LOVE that idea! Especially since my fiance and I are very into poker, I think using poker chips would be pretty cool. Maybe at each seat we can put a few chips and a poker card that quickly discusses what how they can use the chips.

Thanks for the link!!

8/27/2010 3:03:06 PM

booked River Ridge today!

8/27/2010 3:18:08 PM

^ Congrats! It's such a relief to have your places booked!

8/27/2010 3:19:49 PM

Yeah, especially considering we're 1 year and 9 months in advance

So now photographer and venue are out of the way and I feel really great about both!

[Edited on August 27, 2010 at 3:24 PM. Reason : and of course, Eric loves them both too ]


I would also like to mention.... we got those Emeril pots/pans (engagement gift) replaced. Cauphalon (sp?) is the jammmm

[Edited on August 27, 2010 at 3:26 PM. Reason : .]

8/27/2010 3:24:30 PM

Quote :

"Do you feel stressed out right now or do you feel like you have all your ducks in a row?"

I am definitely on edge- but mostly because I am spending all tomorrow driving to NC, and have yet to finish much of my to-do list. I'm trying to use elkaybie's mantra, and remind myself that as long as Earl doesn't hit SC next week(end), everything will be fine. My fiance has been chill as hell all week though. Maybe it's a guy/girl thing?

8/27/2010 3:50:44 PM

SHAMELESS PLUG

My husband and I just started our own catering company.

He's worked in restaurants/catering for over 15 years.

He's been the executive chef at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Cary for the past 6 years.

Here is our website:

http://www.spicecubedcatering.com

We have an on-premise reception hall and we can do off-premise as well. You don't have to get married in the St Michaels cathedral to use our catering/reception hall.

A big difference between our catering company and many other caterers is that our on-premise catering includes staff, disposables, linens, tables, chairs and centerpieces. Off-premise price includes disposables, food and beverage linens and platters.

8/27/2010 3:56:30 PM

Oh snap, yall do bbq? Bookmarking...

8/27/2010 4:10:58 PM

the BBQ rocks!

When we got married in Vegas, we had a reception at home for people that couldn't come to Vegas. Our sous chef did our at-home reception as her gift to us. She did whole pig BBQ. It was so good.

8/27/2010 4:13:31 PM

That sounds amazingly nom nom nom

8/27/2010 4:26:23 PM

<3 these cakes

8/28/2010 3:06:59 PM

LOVE the symmetrical clean lines

8/28/2010 3:12:58 PM

i like #3 and #5

8/28/2010 6:07:11 PM

i like 1 and 4

8/28/2010 6:17:55 PM

1 and 4 are my faves too especially 1... bookmarkingggg

8/28/2010 6:28:53 PM

so far this, or something from the same seller (on etsy), is a number one contender for a cake topper

8/28/2010 6:42:42 PM

[Edited on August 28, 2010 at 7:57 PM. Reason : .]

8/28/2010 7:55:59 PM

^^ LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. i posted a pic in here a few pages back of a cake i liked with birds on top. i'm a try to find it to repost.

here it is!


[Edited on August 28, 2010 at 9:56 PM. Reason : .]

8/28/2010 9:54:26 PM

^so cute


and while im here i found these boots for one my bridesmaids (the one with the pink and turquoise bouquet):



im not gonna get them just yet, but i asked her and she said she loved them! we're both keeping an eye out for ones she may like better though


here are mine (these are for sure, the come in at the beginning of october! ) :


[Edited on August 28, 2010 at 10:06 PM. Reason : jfkds]

8/28/2010 10:02:46 PM

our wedding cake was buttercream and was sooo yummy. I don't like the taste of fondant. All of the ingredents and cream came fresh from a farm-you could taste the difference!

8/29/2010 6:09:54 PM

i was watching amazing wedding cakes.... this one made me wanna gag



apologies if anyone else likes it...

8/30/2010 11:05:06 AM

our cake, no fondant, with raspberries inside... was quite delicious



[Edited on August 30, 2010 at 11:12 AM. Reason : .]

8/30/2010 11:12:06 AM