Let Them Eat Cake

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Ah, cake.  Mary Antoinette said it best.  Full of creamy, buttery sugar and fluffy carbs.  Yum!  This past weekend, we met up with our baker extraordinaire and brainstormed our ideas for our wedding cake.  I knew what I liked.  Of course, Pat had to put in his two cents.

At first, I had suggested cupcakes.  He didn’t like that idea because he felt it wasn’t as traditional.  I was cool with either.  Originally, I suggested cupcakes because it would save on cake cutting costs (for those who do not know, caterers often charge a cake cutting fee, per slice, to cut and serve your cake!).  After meeting with our caterer, we were informed that the cake cutting fee was included, so having a traditional cake was still on the table.  (hee hee yes... on the table!!! … bear with me, wedding planning is stressful.)

I showed Pat a few sample images of cakes that I liked:

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He hated the look of the thin layer, particularly a square or rectangle one, with a round layer on top.  He said it looked like a top hat!  Of course, as soon as he said that, that’s ALL I saw.  Decorated top hats!

So we continued to brainstorm, and thanks to our baker, we came up with some great ideas that made us both happy.  The top and the bottom will be round and the middle layer will be square, with rounded edges, but not too thin, to avoid the top hat look!  Three different flavors will be incorporated into the cake: chocolate coffee for the top, lemon vanilla for the middle, and finally, red velvet cream cheese for the bottom layer.  And it will all be covered in white butter cream, with beautiful gold dots of fondant streaming down each cake layer.  Simple, elegant, but gorgeous.

My cousin Annick will be making the cake topper, and we have a beautiful silver tray that Patrick’s parents gave us to put the cake on.  They received the tray as a wedding gift when they got married and their names and wedding date are engraved on it.  We’ll be adding our names and date on it too.  I can’t wait to see it all come together!  m.