Wedding Cakes

[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.

[AOEforme]

Like an actual plaster cake?
I've heard of people getting a small "designer" cake and serving it, but not that.

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

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.

It's more of a thing that is personal to me.
My grandma and I make hard tack at Christmas together.
Like if I could do little jars or bags as favors...
Idk. I probably wouldn't do it, but it's just one of those things that I think would be different that people don't see every day.

[KSUViolet06]

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by nittanygirl

It's more of a thing that is personal to me.
My grandma and I make hard tack at Christmas together.
Like if I could do little jars or bags as favors...
Idk. I probably wouldn't do it, but it's just one of those things that I think would be different that people don't see every day.

I was thinking it was a regional thing like a cookie table that I was just unaware of since I'm from somewhere else. I've had Sailor Boy pilot bread at more than one wedding (or other milestone life event) when the couple is Alaska Native or First Nation and the reception is more potlatch in style than just a wedding reception.

[southbymidwest]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I was thinking it was a regional thing like a cookie table that I was just unaware of since I'm from somewhere else. I've had Sailor Boy pilot bread at more than one wedding (or other milestone life event) when the couple is Alaska Native or First Nation and the reception is more potlatch in style than just a wedding reception.

I think nittanygirl is talking about making candy hard tack- basically sugar, karo syrup, water, flavoring and food color. It is cooked until it reaches the hard crack stage, is poured out, cooled, and scored/cracked, like a hard candy. The irregular pieces are then coated in powdered sugar. Very popular at Christmas- especially red/cinnamon and green/spearmint. But it can rip out your fillings if you aren't careful. Yeow!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by southbymidwest

I think nittanygirl is talking about making candy hard tack- basically sugar, karo syrup, water, flavoring and food color. It is cooked until it reaches the hard crack stage, is poured out, cooled, and scored/cracked, like a hard candy. The irregular pieces are then coated in powdered sugar. Very popular at Christmas- especially red/cinnamon and green/spearmint. But it can rip out your fillings if you aren't careful. Yeow!

Ok that makes a lot more sense than hard tack like pioneer or gold rush crackers. Hard crack/hard candy, like jolly ranchers.

[agzg]

Honeychile, please have a terrible towel groom's cake made. Please. Then post pictures.

Also, my non-engaged, not getting married for a bit opinion re: cakes v. cookie tables v. candy:

All three, please.

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by southbymidwest

I think nittanygirl is talking about making candy hard tack- basically sugar, karo syrup, water, flavoring and food color. It is cooked until it reaches the hard crack stage, is poured out, cooled, and scored/cracked, like a hard candy. The irregular pieces are then coated in powdered sugar. Very popular at Christmas- especially red/cinnamon and green/spearmint. But it can rip out your fillings if you aren't careful. Yeow!

yep that's what i was talking about.
good stuff though, but you do have to be careful with dental work lol

[ms_gwyn]

Originally Posted by 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.

When I get my business up and running, this will be an item for the budget people.....
Used Styrofoam and fondant for decoration, have a real piece inserted for cutting and then roll out the sheetcake (in the back of course) for service. It still the same recipe and filling.

The majority of the cost of a wedding cake is the decorations and the man hours.

[ms_gwyn]

Repositing

Originally Posted by ms_gwyn

Posted on 2/18/2010
Being fresh out of Culinary School (Pastry), and after reading through this thread, I wanted to give those who do not like fondant and have ideas in mind that a buttercream will not work....you may want to ask your Pastry Chef about using modeling chocolate...whether it be dark/milk/white chocolate or as someone stated earlier in the thread marizpan, but if you want a white cake, white modeling chocolate will work great.

For those budget conscious wedding party people: An idea of you don't want to spend too much money on a wedding cake: Have them decorate as elaborate as your budget will allow a bunch of styrofoam rounds (or whichever shape you want) in fondant, with a cutout for a real cake insert and then have them bake full sheetcakes with the flavors of your choice.