Weddingbee Blog

I asked Paul, my long time friend of 15 years to bake and design our wedding cake. He’s been baking for years and I gotta admit, he knows his stuff. When I ask him, “So what’s the difference between fondant and buttercream?” He’ll go on a 20 minute rant and you can just tell he loves the culinary arts, especially baked goods. We’re not talking Duncan Hines in a box baby, we are talking imported raspberry sauce from southern France. Sheesh, I had no idea one had to be so globally oriented to bake a cake.

A couple of years ago he started his own cafe in Las Vegas where he made these delicious cakes and French style pastries. I was so impressed with his baking abilities that I made sure to ask him to reserve a day to not only attend our wedding, but I also asked him to be our wedding cake baker!

He is going to make us two cakes - one for the guests to eat (undecorated) and one for the picture taking/cake cutting (fondant and some more fondant!). The decorated cake will basically be an empty shell except for the top tier which we will save in our fridge for one year (it’s an Asian tradition). He’s already baked a few sample mousse cakes for us to try and again we were very impressed. He really strives to work around our personal preferences with the taste and design.

We wanted a cake that wasn’t heavy or too sweet (sweet as in all you can taste is sugar paste after the first bite). Mr. Apple and I are both chocolate junkies - we love dark chocolate, but we asked for a simple chocolate cake because I don’t think most people like dark chocolate. Paul will be creating a miniature replica of our real cake next month so I’ll make sure to post photos. If you’re interested in meeting with him about your upcoming bridal or groomsmen cake in the DFW area, please email me!

Here are some of his nonwedding cakes:

Chocolate Buttercream Cake

Cassis Rasberry Mousse Cake

Chocolate Buttercream Cake

Strawberry Mousse Cake

We’ve narrowed down our cake design to these two cakes with our theme colors.

Cute bowtie and dotted cake

(via Martha Stewart Weddings)

I love the beautiful lace and details on this cake.

(source unknown)

Which one do you like better? And what cake flavor will you be having at your wedding?