Wedding Cakes

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Question: how many of y'all went to actual tastings prior to ordering a cake? Since I'm doing this all long distance, it's weird - my furture MIL is willing to pick out the cake for us, and I'm trying to find a nice way to say "over my dead and bleeding body!" Every cake she picks out has bananas in it, and I do NOT want bananas in a wedding cake! DF & I have agreed on buttercream, fairly plain, but with snowflakes. There's another twist to this that I'll tall you if it goes through.

DF has agreed to a cookie table, though! YEAH!!!! I'll have to make a little pass around, describing what they're all about but it'll be worth it.

I didn't get to taste my cake since I lived 6 hours away from where I got married. But my mom went and tasted the cake. Since I had a basic flavor of buttercreme and almond it wasn't anything tricky. Bananas might be a bit much for a wedding cake! Could you give your future MIL a list of flavors you are interested in so that would keep her on track? A cookie table sounds awesome!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Could you give your future MIL a list of flavors you are interested in so that would keep her on track? A cookie table sounds awesome!

I seriously considered this, but it would be like saying, "I've hated every cake you've ever served," and while I don't like her taste in cakes, she IS a lovely woman. I think I'm going to use ZTABullwinkle's idea and try them out when I'm in town. DF & I discussed cakes this week, and he's pretty much, "why not a yellow cake with chocolate icing?" I explanied to him that's what a groom's cake is for (he's totally against a groom's cake, for some reason). LOL at DSTRen13!!

[ZTABullwinkle]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I seriously considered this, but it would be like saying, "I've hated every cake you've ever served," and while I don't like her taste in cakes, she IS a lovely woman. I think I'm going to use ZTABullwinkle's idea and try them out when I'm in town. DF & I discussed cakes this week, and he's pretty much, "why not a yellow cake with chocolate icing?" I explanied to him that's what a groom's cake is for (he's totally against a groom's cake, for some reason). LOL at DSTRen13!!

We had our groom's cake at the rehearsal dinner. You can always surprise him with one. I did for my now-husband.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ZTABullwinkle

We had our groom's cake at the rehearsal dinner. You can always surprise him with one. I did for my now-husband.

I like the way you think! I had thought of surprising him, even if it was a simple sheetcake with his nickname on it. Then I thought of the Open House. One WILL be sprung on him!

I just thought: I should tell him to get in line with the Groom's Cake or there will be a Terrible Towel cake representing him!

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

That's pretty.

[GeekyPenguin]

Can anyone find me cute pictures of a simple (really simple!) cake that does not have fondant or marzipan? I want real buttercream frosting.

And a sheetcake with my face on it.