Showing posts with label cakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cakes. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Cake...

So I have cake samples sitting in a little box in front of me which Emma from Ruby's Cakes just dropped off... Why are they not in my belly you ask? Well because I have banned myself from eating them until after dinner (damn me!). Anyway, I found Emma at a bridal expo a while ago and her cake sample was the best there by far, so moist and it had that texture that melts in your mouth. I must say she is a lovely lady AND she said she would do a coconut lime cake for me to taste (as a special request because its my favourite flavour) which would be PERFECT for summer.

Anyway we are looking at a cake with horizontal stripes the same colours as the table runner or possible some sort of floral design. Arg! its so hard to make up your mind on what design you want, AND to make it harder I bet Jarrod and I are going to really struggle on choosing a flavour!
photo by Martha Manning

I should probably mention also that we're having a cakes table like above (cant wait to use my glass cake stands I've been collecting!) and then just having a small cake to eat with family the next day but to have on display for photos and cutting. There is nothing worse than spending $800 on a cake to feed 150 people and then no one touches it because they're either too full or too busy dancing.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

They just don't make 'em like they used to...

My future business partner (Mary) and I have been collecting all sorts of glassware for our weddings/ future weddings we will design - bottles, vases, etc, and I have been collecting cake stands from around different antique stores. for our cakes/candy buffet. I am so excited to introduce my two new additions to the cake stand family. Aren't they gorgeous?! They have the most beautiful etching I have seen yet. Sorry the photographs are pretty poor.

Now I am on my way to a fabulous cakes table!(cakes by Perfect Ending, image via Snippet & Ink)

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Cakes in all their glory!

To all my fellow design conscious, sweet tooth cake lovers out there...who agree that stuffing yourself stupid with your divine looking wedding cake is the best reward for successfully banning yourself from sweet things to shed those last minute kilos...I present to you...

Cake

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Jim Smeal Wedding Cakes / La Tulipe Cakes

Carlos Bakery / Confetti Cakes

cake by Jan Kish La Fleur / Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Margaret Braun cake / Collettes Cakes

Cheryl Kleinman cakes / Carlos Bakery cakes

and my two favourites
Confetti Cakes / Ron Ben-Israel Cakes


Interestingly... "The tradition [of the wedding cake] may have its roots as far back as the Roman Empire. The groom would eat part of a loaf of barley bread baked especially for the nuptials and break the rest over his bride's head. History tells us that breaking the bread symbolized the breaking of the bride's virginal state and the subsequent dominance of the groom over her. As wedding cakes evolved into the larger, more modern version, it became physically impractical to properly break the cake over the bride's head."

hmm... there would definitley be hell to pay if Jarrod broke cake over my head.

all cake images via Brides.com