Wedding Blog
Hello, Hive! I’ve abandoned you for awhile. 
I never would have thought that married life would be more hectic than engaged life, but it’s true–life with the Toucans has been CRAZY. I hope to make it all up to you by resuming our wedding recap with lots of pictures!! I’m going a little out of sequence here and moving from our first dance straight to the cutting of the cake(s) (I skipped the speeches, for now, because I’m hoping to get some video to show you!).
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Before we cut the cakes, our DJ/emcee told us to link arms for this champagne toast. I always thought it was quite cheesy, but I quite like this photo! Anyway, on to the cakes! Mr. Toucan and I are fortunate to have a talented friend who is quite the baker. She made us not one–but two cakes– as a wedding gift to us!
I had wanted a super simple cake, and pointed to a lot of April Reed cakes for inspiration. The second cake was for Mr. Toucan, but I think I loved it just as much as he did! She based the design of the Mario Cake off of the famous Mario Cake by Gateaux Inc. We think she really needs to get into the cake baking business!
After our champagne toast, we had a little smooch and cut the cake.
The thing about cutting wedding cake is no one tells you how hard it is! So, a tip from the Toucster: CUT A BIG PIECE! If you don’t, your first piece of cake will look like this: Mush.
I love Mr. Toucan’s reaction in the above photo, and I think I thought it was pretty hilarious then too:
After we fed each other the wedding cake, we moved on to the groom’s cake:
We learned our lesson this time, and we cut a humongo piece.
Note: Mr. Toucan also picked the flavor of the groom’s cake, his favorite cake flavor–confetti cake!
After feeding each other the Mario Cake, our DJ/emcee said that we had done it the “boring” way, and decided to have some more fun with us. She took the remnants of our humongo piece of cake, and took Mr. Toucan to the middle of the dance floor.
Then, she put a piece in his mouth and told him to hold it there. After she turns to me, and says, “Now, go get your cake!”
I love this series of pictures below, known as “the cake swap.” But… I’m not going to caption them–I think it’s pretty obvious what happened!
tee-hee! Good times! Do you know what just happened?!
*Please credit all photos to Robert Mirani Photography.
Relive our day! Previously in the Toucan Recap Series…
1. Getting Ready
2. Getting in the Door
3. First Look and Tea Ceremony #1
4. Get Me to the Church on Time!
5. The Ceremony and Something Almost Missed
6. We’re Married! Err… Now What?!
7. Tea Ceremony #2 and the Donning of the Qua
8. Dance, Lion, Dance!
9. Intros, “the 1st Dance”, and the Real 1st Dance
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Hahahaha!! I love the cake swap!! Honestly, nobody tells you how to cut the cake and it’s so much harder than you would think. We kind of panicked but we cut a medium sized piece and hand fed each other. Your pictures of the cake cutting are great, and I love the Mario cake. Your friend is very talented!!
hmm either the cake fell down your dress or there was some flashing going on. lol
WOW your friend is uber talented - she totally needs to go into business making cakes!
Also I do believe you got cake down your top 
Those cakes look really good. Your friend is super talented.
I got cake down my top too 
The cakes have made me hungry. I’m gonna go consume the rest of my halloween cupcakes now.
Love the cake swapping! I never seen that before!
Mrs. Toucan do you have a personal blog?
You two are so cute!!! I love the mario cake, but the confetti surprise was the kicker. Those little multi color dots look great with the cake’s color scheme!!!!
Okay, those cakes are fabulous! And, like Taffy, I love the confetti surprise. Mr. Cheese’s favorite ice cream flavor is “Superman” (you know, vanilla with food coloring) and it cracks me up that Mr. Toucan has a little kid food preference too!
I have to say I absolutely LOVE your dress. Who is the designer???
Yum, funfetti and boob! No wonder Mr. Toucan looks so happy!
@everyone: Yes! Cake down my dress!
@MsJoe: I do, but I won’t really be writing in it until I’m finished with our wedding write-up. I’ll be sure to link it when I’m ready to.
@Miss Taffy and Miss Cheese: yup, I loved the confetti too! It DOES work so well with the cake–and the groom!
@Jessica: Thanks! The dress was made by Tara Keely.
Oh wife I have missed you so! What a great post to come back to! Your friend is so talented and I’m gonna guess you got something stuck in your throat and Mr. Toucs had to suck vacuum it out for you?
Yall exchange cake that was already in each other’s mouths!!?? GROSS!!!!!! But sooo funny and I LOVE it! =)
You two are just the cutest couple. I love how you seem to be having such a great time!
Aww I love your pictures and I love the cake swapping too! You look very beautiful and very happy together Best of Luck to you both!
I had cake fall down my dress too! Toucan you look beautiful in all of these! And that’s awesome that Mr. T had confetti cake… like I may have to go buy some right now
hahaha, i think a mario funfetti cake would be the greatest thing ever. sooo cute.
your friend is SUPER talented!
@Miss Dumpling: you crack me up!
I love your cake and also how you two look so adorably, ridiculously in LOVE!
I, like Dumpling, am am a little grossed out by the cake switch (but still laughing about it) was it all soggy?
@Miss Dumpling and Mrs. Avocado: The cake wasn’t so much in his mouth… it he more or less clamped between his lips. It was a little gross, and I much preferred the cake that was fed to my via fork.
Your friend is talented and the cakes she created are AMAZING! Love the pics!
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Mrs. Toucan, Boston
Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: November 07, 2007
Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant
About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
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