Weddingbee

Sorry, I’ve been on hiatus from posting my wedding pics. Things have been busy here in Radish land. Hopefully you guys still remember me around here and are still interested in my post-wedding details.

Anyway, I just wanted to share the details or our wedding cake with you. Here it is, the most well-photographed pastry I have ever eaten! Isn’t it purty?

I loved our wedding cake, I really did. I put a minimal amount of thought into it, and It was beautiful and, most importantly, delicious!

It was made with about 90% organic ingredients and it was so, so good. I’m really picky about desserts, so having it taste great was the main priority for me! The top layer was carrot cake, the middle was chocolate with cherry filling, and the base was vanilla with raspberry filling. On the side were about a dozen vegan cupcakes, since a lot of our friends are vegan.

The best thing about our cake, though? It was super cheap!! A friend of my mom’s is a baker and she did it for us. It was enough to feed about 200 people and we only had to pay about $250. Quite a steal in my opinion.

I got the birdcage topper at AC Moore for about $30. It’s the “song of love topper” made by Wilton. Like everyone else, I originally wanted an Ann Wood topper, but that was far too rich for my blood, so I went with this instead. We had a very loose bird/garden/antique kind of theme, so it worked nicely.

The flowers were edible but I have no idea what she made them out of. Frosting maybe?

I was so impressed with the overall look of the cake. I really didn’t give her any detailed specifications. I didn’t even meet with her about the cake until about a month before the wedding, and by that time I was so burnt out on details that I didn’t even care.

Basically, I just gave her the birdcage topper that I got and told her to make something that went along with it that wasn’t too busy looking. I was shocked when I got to the reception and saw how perfect the cake came out. It was like she knew what I wanted better than I did. It even seemed to match with our venue somehow.

If anyone is looking for a great cake baker in the Syracuse NY area, the woman who made ours, Terri Lynn, works for Gingersnap Bakery and she does wedding cakes there, too.

**All photographs by Tim Forbes of Forbes Creative Photography**

Previously on The Radishes Get Hitched…
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back at the Church
Part V: The Procession
Part VI: My LAST Unmarried Moments!
Part VII: Ceremony Highlights
Part VIII: Making in Official!
Part IX: Well Received
Part X: Say Cheese!
Part XI: Waiting Around
Part XII: The Grande Entrance
Part XIII: Shall We Dance?
Part XIV: Sister Radish’s Adorable Toast
Part XV: The Best Man’s Toast

Stay tuned - there’s still more to come. Someday I’ll finish the whole story, I promise!

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