Wedding Cakes

[DrPhil]

Beautiful cakes!

I need to stop coming to this thread. It makes me crave cakes. Lots and lots of 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.

[ZTABullwinkle]

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.

Not only did I taste cake flavors before we decided, I made sure my husband did too. He is not a big cake person (ice cream is another story), but it was important that I got something he liked also. Is there any way you can arrange a cake tasting while you are in town doing wedding errands? I agree, bananas do not sound like a yummy cake flavor to me either.

We don't have cookie tables here in Virginia. However, because of our love of ice cream, we had Coldstone come in and serve ice cream! It was a hit with our guests! And it hit the spot since it was unseasonably warm on our wedding date.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Every cake she picks out has bananas in it, and I do NOT want bananas in a wedding cake!

Okay, now I must scour the internet for a recipe for banana cake, because that sounds like the most awesome thing EVER and my freezer is filled to overflowing with bananas ...

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally Posted by honeychile

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.

It isn't a wedding without a cookie table . My cousin got married this weekend in Pittsburgh, and when I called my mom to ask how the wedding was, her first response was, "OH you should have SEEN the cookies!"

< / Pittsburgh For the Win >

[KSUViolet06]

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

It isn't a wedding without a cookie table . My cousin got married this weekend in Pittsburgh, and when I called my mom to ask how the wedding was, her first response was, "OH you should have SEEN the cookies!"

< / Pittsburgh For the Win >

Lol I was explaining this to some people here (Kentucky) and they were like, "really???"
I DEFINITELY want a cookie table and to go easy on the cake. Half the people I know don't eat cake at weddings anyways.
I want my grandma to be there so badly, so I hope she is able to make cookies for my wedding. That would mean so much to me because I always hoped to have her there, obviously, and she is the one who I always cooked with growing up. I owe her a lot.

I'd also like to do hard tack in the colors, but it really depends on the colors and the season. Don't want it to melt and get gross.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by nittanygirl

Lol I was explaining this to some people here (Kentucky) and they were like, "really???"
I DEFINITELY want a cookie table and to go easy on the cake. Half the people I know don't eat cake at weddings anyways.
I want my grandma to be there so badly, so I hope she is able to make cookies for my wedding. That would mean so much to me because I always hoped to have her there, obviously, and she is the one who I always cooked with growing up. I owe her a lot.

I'd also like to do hard tack in the colors, but it really depends on the colors and the season. Don't want it to melt and get gross.

Hardtack at a wedding? That's different, I've never heard of it. I have eaten so many "Sailor Boy" pilot bread meals in the field I just can't imagine it in any other setting.

If I ever get married I'm probably going to have a traditional Norwegian cake (kransekake, made with almonds, sugar and eggs, no flour! and shaped in concentric rings), and depending on my spouse's background there may be some cake or dessert he wants. I'd love a Scandinavian cookie table/plates because a lot of those can be made ahead of time and represent me more than regular wedding cake. Krumkake, fattigman, rosettes, and all other kinds of tasty things with cream and berries.

[AznSAE]

has anyone here ever been to a wedding where there was a fake cake for show and sheet cake served to the quest instead? i went to a wedding last month where they did this. the sheet cake was still pretty good though.

i googled fake cakes and apparently this happens more than i thought.

[Leslie Anne]

Yes, a friend of mine used a fake cake for show and served sheetcake. They were on a real tight budget. I'm pretty sure the bride got the cake off e b a y.

ETA:

Just searched and found some listed under Display Wedding Cake.

Not fantastic but it would certainly do in a pinch.