Weddingbee Blog

I will do anything for some free dessert. Including being sneezed on by a cow.

Let me back up.

Mr. Potato Head and I decided early on that we didn’t want cake. I always think cakes look better than they taste. No offense, cake, I’m just not that into you.

We made the immediate decision to serve gelato. I mean, immediate. I mean, we saw the gelato vendor at the bridal show and I just about fell over them throwing out blank checks. We haven’t yet narrowed down flavors but I look forward to a tasting in the spring, where I will enjoy all that yummy gelato roundly!

Back to the cows. We decided, in lieu of cake, to go with pies, which led to us driving down to Rhode Island this past weekend to visit a dairy farm + bakery.

Do you see that look in ol’ Bessie’s eye? This photo was taken about three seconds before she attacked, and by attacked I mean she sneezed, or made some sort of cow-noise, whereby I screeched and jumped a mile.

Animal encounters aside, we immediately loved the dairy farm and bakery. The cozy little bakery was packed with shoppers (a good sign) and jammed with heavenly smelling delectables, from light-as-air chocolate cream pies to strawberry shortcakes piled high with freshly whipped cream to jugs of coffee milk, a Rhode Island classic. It was love at first sight. Nothing fancy, just fresh and homemade and distinctively “Rhodie”.

The proprietor sent us home with two kinds of pie to taste: a chocolate cream pie and an apple pie. Naturally I couldn’t wait the two hour drive.

Neither could Mr. Potato Head:

Don’t worry; we were parked.

We tasted the apple pie later that evening and ooohh boy was it good! A perfectly flaky and buttery crust filled to the brim with sweet and tart apples with just a hint of warm cinnamon.

The most difficult part is next: deciding which ones to serve!

What kind of wedding dessert makes you drool?