Mrs. Robin, Portland
Age and Occupation: 26, Client Services Coordinator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Professional Poker Play/Options Trader
Engagement Date: September 5, 2007
Wedding Date: January 5, 2008
Blogging Since: November 2, 2007
Venue: Portland Armory
About Me: I am a wine-loving, earring-obsessed foodie who lives in Portland, OR. I design jewelry as a hobby and love to shop for jeans, shoes, and vintage furniture. I am a crazy mix of modern and traditional values, and I can't wait to marry my best friend and see where God will lead our lives together.
Taking The Cake…
January 2nd, 2008 @ 3:59 pm by Mrs. Robin
I had a whole cake plan. Well, it was more of a dessert plan. See I don’t really love cake - I mean plain birthday/wedding cake type cake with frosting and such. In fact, I border on dislike with a few exceptions, but I love dessert. I love baking and Mr Robin’s mom has made wedding cake and other family members have baking talent. So I thought that we would lay out an amazing dessert spread of a small wedding cake, cheesecake, cookies, tres leches cake, and pie. Something like this:
(From Josiah’s Catering, a crazy beautiful caterer from Manila)
I still think it is a grand idea, and if it had been any other time of year it would have worked out, but we put our families in a pinch, we know, by getting married only eleven days after Christmas. There just isn’t enough time to do everything that we want.
So, about two weeks before Christmas, we all began to realize that there is a certain love expressed in buying dessert - love for our families. Though it would be meaningful to have a course supplied by family, it is also meaningful to just let everyone relax and enjoy.
We turned to Saint Cupcake. Fellow Portlanders will be familiar with Saint Cupcake’s amazingly delicious cupcakes, but what they might not know is that the sweet little bakery does full size cakes in the same flavors of their cupcakes, and they will even put together a sweet little arrangement like this:
A small little cake on the top for the two of you to cut and custom dyed cupcakes all around. And since I am slightly obsessed with the Toasted Coconut Cream cupcakes, guess what our little personal cake shall be…
Once again not exactly what I wanted to happen, but I think it turned out for the best.
4 Responses to “Taking The Cake…”
I assisted at a wedding that had cupcakes from Saint Cupcake. There were simple and beautiful. Not to mention DELICIOUS. Minimal fudge frosting on a divine yellow cake. Seriously scrumptious.
Oh, just make sure to have a post-wedding cupcake plan. We had to ask for take out boxes from the hotel and send everyone we knew home with the left overs. The bride and groom, bridal party, and MOG got took as much as they could, but the rest was either given to staff or thrown away.
What are you doing writing right now?! Aren’t you going crazy? Don’t you have millions of things happening right now?
In fact, a genuine question, because I totally adore your style (aesthetically and life-wise), how have you managed in these last critical weeks (esp. through the holidays?!)? We’ve heard what you decided to compromise on, but what have you left to the end by design?
Hi Nicole!
I left quite a few things. I just finished making programs with me Future In Laws. It was just tying ribbons, and we had a lot of fun.
But I am actually at work today!
Your intented plans sounds great? If I were a guest at your wedding, I’d be all over it. 
Too bad it didn’t work out, but those cupcakes look delicious too!
Congratulations btw! I hope you had a beautiful wedding. It was pouring here in Cali, not sure how it was up there…
