Weddingbee Blog

In our search for a wedding cake vendor, we took a pretty circuitous route: we thought we were going with Company A, then realized that they were too expensive. Then, we thought we were going with Company B, but they never emailed us back (still, to date, some of the worst customer service I’ve received). Then finally at our venue’s food tasting, we landed upon Company C, who we quickly booked upon tasting the cake and getting a rough per-person estimate.

Actually, “Company C” is more like “Woman C Who Does This Out Of Her Home” or “WCWDTOOHH”, if you’re into acronyms. We met with her back in the early spring and quickly decided on a two tier cake. The bottom tier will have chocolate cake with peanut butter cup frosting/filling, and the top tier will have chocolate cake with mint chocolate chip frosting/filling. Delicious. We left the appointment with strict instructions: call 2-3 weeks before the wedding to set up a date to drop off our final payment, and any cake accoutrements that we might have (flowers, topper, etc). Easy peasy.

So, I called this past week to set up our final payment date and talked WCWDTOOHH. She quickly went over our order: the tiers, the flavors, and how we wanted it decorated (in her words, “frosted smooth, with big borders”). Um, sure. I’m not exactly sure what “big borders” means, but I think she’s talking about the frosting in the little crack between the top tier and the bottom tier. Maybe. Sure, let’s go with that.

Then she asked me if I had a topper —

I replied that I had ordered a large clay cake flower, and I wanted it placed in the side of the cake, rather than on top as a “topper”. What clay cake flower, you may be asking yourself? Why, this one right here, from Etsy seller FentonFlorals.

Image Courtesy of FentonFlorals

It’s pretty kick ass, if I do say so myself. Anyway, I told her about the flower and then she asked if I had another one “for the cake that you’ll be cutting”. Um….say what? I always assumed that we’d be cutting into the big cake. You know, the one that they’ll be ushering in the back to cut for everyone to eat? I was kind of thrown by her asking me this, so I just said “um, no… I only have one.” To which she replied, “well, I’ll have to figure out something to decorate for other cake that you’ll cut, then.” Okey dokey.

I can only surmise that we’ll have one big “show” cake with our cake flower stuck into the side, and then another little cake for the two of us to cut? I’m not sure how I feel about that — I always thought we’d be cutting the “big” cake. Additionally, I’m not 100% sure how they’re going to look. But, at this point I also don’t really care. It’s too late in the game for that.

I know three important things: 1) that there will be a cake at our wedding, 2) that the cake will be delicious, regardless of how it looks or how many cakes there are, and 3) that people don’t really remember what the cake looks like after the wedding, anyway. Case in point — we were at a wedding 3 weeks ago and while I remember the cake was quite tasty, I couldn’t tell you what it looked like or how it was decorated. Oh, and if people aren’t into our chocolate cake combinations, there will be plenty of other desserts for them to choose from, including strawberry shortcake, fresh fruit, and cheesecake squares. That just means more leftover cake for me to eat after the reception’s over.

For wedding cake, which is more important to you: how it looks, or how it tastes? (I think we all know I’m in the “taste” category.)