Weddingbee

Our first cake tasting was this past Saturday at Romano’s Bakery. Because the bakery is pretty popular, and obviously busy, we had to have our tasting at 9 am. Talk about early!

We arrived and were seated to look through albums and when the saleswoman finally came to talk to us, I showed her some pictures of what I liked and explained how I wanted to add our monogram. We talked about both bride and groom’s cakes, but I was surprised at her lack of suggestions. In the end, I like what we chose, so it shouldn’t be a big problem.

Next came the tasting. I wasn’t expecting full sized pieces of every cake, but I was hoping to have more then a small bite and also get to taste the fillings as well. The chocolate bites contained their fillings, but all of the bride’s cakes had no filling in the bites, and none on the side to try. So pretty much, we had to choose something and *hope* that it tastes good when all is said and done.

We ended up going with the following for the brides cake:
- White champagne w/ strawberries and strawberry mousse
- Raspberry swirl
- Italian cream w/ cream cheese filling
- Bride’s white cake with lemon filling

For Mr. H’s cake we chose:
- Caramel fudge
- Cappuccino

The pricing on the cakes was very reasonable and within our budget, so I haven’t ruled out this bakery. Mr. H and I were taken aback with a couple of the saleswoman’s comments that seemed to rub us the wrong way.

While a little disappointed with the tasting, I know that their reputation is great and it was a busy Saturday (we saw MANY wedding cakes being rolled out) so I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt. Oh yeah, and their cake tasted really good

We have another tasting coming up this week with another bakery, so we’ll see how that goes. How many bakers did you all try before you found the one? Is it normal to taste both the cakes and the fillings, or was our experience pretty norm?

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