Wedding Cakes

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

Arg, so my fiance and I have had some wedding cake drama! Our bakery, who has baked every cake I've ever had, has been forced to close due to the economy/horrific fire last year. So, the scramble was on to find a new baker (t-minus 2.5 months till WDay). My aunt and mom, being the networking ladies that they are, found a baker that used to work at a bakery they both went to when they were little. Apparently he's gone into a sort of "cottage" business of his own with one of the other bakers, and they do wedding cakes and cookies in Pittsburgh. He said he could replicate any cake we threw at him, so the search was on, because I decided to change the original cake idea. So, this is what I've found, and he's agreed to do this for us (in buttercream, not fondant (blech!))

From the knot

I guess I should have followed up this cake drama. Our cake and baker were fantastic. We ended up with 3 tiers with a cookies and cream filling (yes, it was oreos ground up with buttercream...omnomnom). Delivered to the venue more than on time, done exactly how we asked him to. He did a super good job of replicating the above cake based on a photo. Even improvised the pearls...in the original, they were like a hard sugar pearl, but my grandfather has dentures so in our cake they were just little fondant pearls. Did I mention that it was cheaper/around the same price as the original drama bakery cake? Did I also mention how lovely this guy is? And how good his cookies are? If anyone in Pittsburgh needs a cake, send me a PM and I'll put you in contact.

Here's the final result

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

I guess I should have followed up this cake drama. Our cake and baker were fantastic. We ended up with 3 tiers with a cookies and cream filling (yes, it was oreos ground up with buttercream...omnomnom). Delivered to the venue more than on time, done exactly how we asked him to. He did a super good job of replicating the above cake based on a photo. Even improvised the pearls...in the original, they were like a hard sugar pearl, but my grandfather has dentures so in our cake they were just little fondant pearls. Did I mention that it was cheaper/around the same price as the original drama bakery cake? Did I also mention how lovely this guy is? And how good his cookies are? If anyone in Pittsburgh needs a cake, send me a PM and I'll put you in contact.

Here's the final result

I love it - it's gorgeous! The story, the cake, the finished product. If you want to PM me the baker, I'll love you forever! Did you say he does the cookies, too? As in Cookie Table cookies? Wow!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

I guess I should have followed up this cake drama. Our cake and baker were fantastic. We ended up with 3 tiers with a cookies and cream filling (yes, it was oreos ground up with buttercream...omnomnom). Delivered to the venue more than on time, done exactly how we asked him to. He did a super good job of replicating the above cake based on a photo. Even improvised the pearls...in the original, they were like a hard sugar pearl, but my grandfather has dentures so in our cake they were just little fondant pearls. Did I mention that it was cheaper/around the same price as the original drama bakery cake? Did I also mention how lovely this guy is? And how good his cookies are? If anyone in Pittsburgh needs a cake, send me a PM and I'll put you in contact.

Here's the final result

Quoted for awesomeness and win.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

I guess I should have followed up this cake drama. Our cake and baker were fantastic. We ended up with 3 tiers with a cookies and cream filling (yes, it was oreos ground up with buttercream...omnomnom). Delivered to the venue more than on time, done exactly how we asked him to. He did a super good job of replicating the above cake based on a photo. Even improvised the pearls...in the original, they were like a hard sugar pearl, but my grandfather has dentures so in our cake they were just little fondant pearls. Did I mention that it was cheaper/around the same price as the original drama bakery cake? Did I also mention how lovely this guy is? And how good his cookies are? If anyone in Pittsburgh needs a cake, send me a PM and I'll put you in contact.

Here's the final result

That cake looks amazing- and a great story too!