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Seeing as Burlington, Vermont was the closest real city to our Adirondack wedding, we tried to find the best cake place there, without looking much of anywhere else. And the consensus from everyone we talked to and everything I saw online was - that was Mirabelle’s! Mirabelle’s is a really great cafe that also offers an extensive wedding cake selection! We wanted a non-fondant and largely chocolate cake, that was a lot more low key and less fussy than the average wedding cake, since that didn’t seem to jive with our wedding so much. Which is to say, Mirabelle’s can create much more elaborately decorated cakes for those who are interested!
We wanted tons of chocolate so we got the two largest layers in chocolate and the smallest layer in a non-chocolate version for anyone who would prefer that. The flavors we chose were:
and then we had the whole thing covered in the best chocolate ganache I’ve ever had!!
They were all completely incredible and a bunch of people told us it was the best cake they’d ever had!
Alison, one of the owners, who we dealt with, was very nice but a little no-nonsense, and created our cake exactly as we wanted it (well the blue was a little paler than I wanted, but that’s because I told her I’d send her a color swatch and never did, so I can hardly blame her for that).
All in all, highly recommended!
Final review for Mirabelle’s Cafe: A+++++
And, as our cake topper, we used two Adirondack chairs from Escape Concepts, since my great-great-uncle invented them!
My only cake-related regret is that when our caterers started (nicely) putting flowers on the cake, I just told them that we already had a cake topper and had them take off the flowers on top to make room for the chairs. However, I really really did NOT want all the other flowers on the cake and every time I look at the pictures, I cringe at those hot pink flowers. 
But the cake itself was perfect, and it’s my own fault for not saying something to the caterers. They were just clearly doing a “nice” thing going above and beyond and I didn’t want to seem all bitchy and bridezilla, so I let them leave them there.
Ahhh well, c’est la vie. The cake was still a great success, regardless! And the caterers packed up all the leftovers in takeout boxes, so we had a bunch for our morning after brunch AND gave slices to quite a few people to take home!
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If I didn’t just have a huge cup of coffee and a brownie, I’d be drooling. As it is, I’m dreaming of cake!
what a georgous cake! yeah, sans flowers would be prettier but pretty nonetheless! 
I actually really like the colors the flowers add to the cake, but then again, I like colorful things, and flowers on cakes. At least the cake doesn’t look ugly WITH the flowers…just not as pretty as you’d hoped it to be. =)
Ooooh, I wish those little chairs were made of sugar or graham crackers or wafers…? Cute enough to eat.
Mrs. Bee! Is that a typo or freudian slip due to the photo of her sucking the frosting off Mr. B’s fingers?
Thanks everyone!!! Except Kiwi’s pre-taken-back insult. 
The ganache was totally set, like a thick dense fudge, and fully 3/4 of an inch thick!!!!!!! Oh MAN that stuff was good!!!!!
and L - thanks! I am not generally opposed to flowers on cakes OR colorful things, but these just didn’t “go” at all with anything else in the wedding and just seemed busy against the different-colored scrollwork. Ah well. I’m still glad someone else liked it!!
oh, I really liked the flowers! that’s too bad that you didn’t like them, though. that would be disappointing.
Do you mind if I save the pic of your cake?? it’s in my colors and it’s beautiful!
Awww! The chairs are so cute! Neat how you linked those in.
Miss Bluebell — you won’t believe it but Mirabelle’s is making our wedding cake too! I can’t wait as the tasting was SOOO yummy. We have a little less to travel — 4 blocks up the marketplace. I’m so glad you loved it sans fondant (we’re not going to do that either).
Cheers!
Miss Onion - that’s so great!! I was a teeny bit worried posting about how Mirabelle’s was the undisputed best baker in Burlington since I wasn’t sure if you were using them, but that really was what literally EVERYONE said, so I’m glad you booked them too! FYI even though we LOVED our tasting, the actual cake was A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER!!! I think it was just moister and richer in a large batch than in the tiny little tin. Are you getting the chocolate ganache or buttercream? If you like chocolate at all I hiiiighly recommend the ganache, hint hint.
And thanks everyone else! I loved the chairs too. 
And bethgraced - I’d be honored if you saved a pic!! Just please credit Jane Heller if you post it anywhere. Thanks!!
Mrs. Bluebell — I’m sorry if you were careful about posting for my sake, but I’m so glad we both booked Alison and that you loved your cake. We are going to do buttercream as I want out cake white — to look just like the picture I posted about Marzipan Pears (http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/07/16/marzipan-pears/).
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Mrs. Bluebell, New York
Age and Occupation in 07: 26, Finance Manager
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Playing with the cat and/or Consulting
Engagement Date: December 25, 2005
Wedding Date: June 2007
Venue: Bride's family summer home in the Adirondacks
About Me: Trying to find the perfect balance between family tradition (marrying at the house everyone else in my family gets married at), making our's modern, interesting and different from everyone else in my family's, and incorporating some Chinese tradition for my Chinese fiance. I really have no idea what it's going to end up looking like!
Also, I picked Miss Bluebell for my name because I have blue eyes and I'm a loser like that.
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