I was apprehensive to just go with the bakery recommended by our reception venue, so we met with the baker.
Andrea put Lilac Dude and me at ease with a book full of photos and a great go to attitude. She recommended that we bring in pictures of what we wanted and not just try to pick out something from the book.
So we returned to Johnnie’s Bakery in Canton with a few photos that we wanted merged into one cake.She assured us that it was possible and she definitely delivered! The cake was exactly what we wanted… and I mean it looked exactly how I pictured it in my mind.
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I’m a detail-oriented person so I think as I begin to share the elements of the Lilac wedding with you, I’ll share some details first. Bring on the pictures….
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I know that in my previous post I said that my mom was planning on making our wedding cake. I would still be 100% thrilled by this ideas as she is a very good baker but she is having reservartions due to the fact that she wouldn’t be in her own kitchen and that she will be flying in with the rest of my family only two days before. So I have signed myself and Mr.Pom up for a cake tasting! I am further along in our decision about colors and saw this cake and fell in love with it. It’s simple but so pretty:
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Because Mr.Pom and I are very concious of the amount of money that can be spent on a wedding we are trying to keep all of our costs to a minimum. We are the kind of people who do not want to spend our life savings on one day and then have nothing to live off of. We are also not the type of people who are willing to have their parents spend ten’s of thousands of dollars on one day either. So we find ourselves in a very lucky situation with the friends and family that we have. I say this because here are the things we are cutting out of our spending budget.
Photography-my mother and brother are excelent photographers and honestly I’ve been to weddings where people have spent thousands of dollars on photography and somehow my pictures turn out very similar and just as good as the professional. I’m not at all tooting my own horn, but rather saying that you don’t get what you pay for. We are also going to put together a way for people to take their own photos in a feauxto booth 
Cake-my mom is also an excellent baker so as of right now she has decided that she would like to bake a cake for everyone to enjoy!
DJ - Mr. Pom’s brother in law and cousin have been and are DJ’s so between one of them mixing our tunes and the other brining some fantastic sound system with him we are good to go!
Where are you cutting back on the costs?
MMMMMM CAKE TASTING.
I basically could leave it at that… but it makes for a boring read.
The venue we are having the wedding at has their own pastry chef, but unless they’re doing a wedding they aren’t baking cakes, so they don’t do a tasting. I’ll give them that it’s probably a good cake. But how can I know which of the many flavors I want to choose if I’m not sure what they end up doing best? However, our venue does offer one great option. They’ve partnered with a cake shop down in the valley (because our venue is up at a ski resort) And with this particular baker they don’t charge a plating or cutting fee. (Yeah–look out for that charge, and find out if they partner with someone to avoid that fee). So, we opted to use their out of house cake vendor, as she does cake tastings ,a bit more for the decor, and we avoid the plating fee. She plans all of her cake tastings for Tuesdays so that she has fresh cupcakes for tasting once per week and can do one big batch.
So, we came in and looked at pictures and planned a bunch of things with our cake. And for the ENTIRE time that we were planning there were two plates each of eight delicious looking cupcakes covered with delicious looking butter cream frosting.
So we still don’t get to taste yet, we talked about decor and cake set up.
Instead of having a big tiered wedding cake we’re having an eclectic set of cakes on different stands and different flavors. And we set it up in foam to see how it would look and feel.
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Apricot Dude and I had our first cake tasting this weekend! I know it’s pretty early but before football season hits (I work in collegiate athletic marketing), I need to get as much stuff done as I can. So we headed off to a local bakery here in Cincinnati, one I grew up going to. I have always loved their baked goods so it was a no brainer that I would love their wedding cakes. Their white cake is delicious and then we picked out a strawberry and lemon filling, not together…on separate layers. The tasting was great and I’m sure we’ll go with their cakes. However, since the cake is fairly simple, I know I want to add some awesome decoration to it. I can across this idea to do a cake with crushed candy on the outside. Since our colors are coral/orangey/peachy, I thought that an orange hard candy would be delish. The lady at the bakery also suggested CreamSavors too! What do you think of this idea? I think the crunch on the outside would be yummy!
Candy cake!
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I’ve narrowed my cake design choices down to two. Are you ready?
Option #1: a mix between Cake A and Cake B.
Cake A.
So, our cake would have the little pearl dots lining the bottom of the cake, the swirls above the fondant ribbon. No flowers (we’ll perch our love birds on top). And instead of having a fondant ribbon, we’d have a ribbon bow, with a medium-sized flower on top. Like this:
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… because you’re going to be, after reading this post.
It’s all about cake. I LOVE cake. I love cake almost as much as I love chocolate. And the cupcake trend? Totally cute. But wedding cake to me is the second thing I think about when you say “wedding” (“princess dress” is the first thing). And so, ladies (and gents?), I present to you my cake inspiration.
Wowza. Just look at the details on this cake. I love the flower arrangement.
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Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. ~Ernestine Ulmer
It’s no secret with my friends and family that I am a fan of dessert! After my dress this was the next item on my list…my initial thoughts were to do many different varieties of sweet treats – a dessert bar.
www.sweetandsaucyshop.com
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My wedding colors are pale green and blue. Obviously since it is a wedding, there will be white involved… especially since this bride loves pearls!
So I’ve decided to include a lot of white on white details to make things look more clean and romantic… and to not push the color too much.
Here are just a couple of my white on white details that I’ve been working on:
White ribbon on white bubbles {Personal Photo}
White pearls on white tulle {Personal Photo}
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