Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake

October 7th, 2010 @ 8:40 am by Mrs. Ostrich
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“When someone asks if you’d like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?”

- Lisa Loeb

The cake.

If there is one thing Mr. Ostrich and I have in common, it’s our love of no-tier, un-fancy cakes. And the sheer delight of fun-flavored cupcakes.

So when it came to deciding on THE cake, we knew exactly what we wanted.

One small retro shag tropical cake, topped with a fresh brilliant colored dahlia (like the second photo below).

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And for our our favorite family and friends? An eclectic spread celebrating the sinful cupcakes Mr. O and I are always craving and occasionally indulging in.

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And then we’ll sprinkle the treats, a few blooms, tealights, and some sparkly confetti across a linen-covered table like this.

Let Them Eat Cake : wedding cake hawaii Dessert1 dessert

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And voilà! The classic wedding cake, deconstructed and redefined.

Now it’s your turn, fellow bees! What are the sinful sweets you’d love to have at your wedding or any other celebration?

Here’s to changing the rules…and making life a little sweeter.

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16 Responses to “Let Them Eat Cake”

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Miss Jaguar (message) 4,656 posts, Honey bee

Mmmmm. I want cake. RIGHT NOW. I love the smaller block cakes, what a clever idea!

10/7/10 @ 8:48 am (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Those cupcakes look delicious!

10/7/10 @ 8:59 am (reply)

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WhatAHoot (message) 23 posts, Newbee

This is exactly what we’re doing, too! Except I think we might be doing more of a mini cupcake bar so our guests can try a bunch of different flavors. I love the look of your cake. It looks absolutely delicious!

10/7/10 @ 9:18 am (reply)

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TheFutureMcBride (message) 4,479 posts, Honey bee

I love those dahlia cakes. They’re gorgeous.

10/7/10 @ 9:37 am (reply)

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camrie (message) 3,044 posts, Sugar bee

There need to be more drive-thru cupcakeries.

10/7/10 @ 9:46 am (reply)

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aribari (message) 350 posts, Helper bee

@camrie: such a good idea! i always wonder why they arent open 24/7 for ppl like me who have cupcake cravings hehe

We’re also going with cupcakes….YUM
cake tasting next week ….ok i need to stop i’m drooling hehe

10/7/10 @ 9:49 am (reply)

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Violet Violet (message) 985 posts, Busy bee

That looks so good right now…yum

10/7/10 @ 10:00 am (reply)

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posydesign (message) 6 posts, Newbee

Oooohhhh… The individual block cakes are so cute! They are topped with tulip flowers! Very unique idea. I love the idea of choose your own craving!

10/7/10 @ 10:23 am (reply)

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Bride109 (message) 298 posts, Helper bee

I love the cake designs, and those cupcake flavors…Num num!
Our tea reception has a number of sinful sweets, including an assortment of petite fours and Italian cookies and our cupcake tree. We second the “Here’s to changing the rules…and making life a little sweeter!”

10/7/10 @ 10:31 am (reply)

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Miss Peach Tree (message) 339 posts, Helper bee

We are having dessert hors-d’oeuvres and a little cake for us to cut. So rice pudding, bread pudding, and chocolate until you drop. Everyone is always so down on wedding cake taste and dessert is my favorite part of food, so I wanted it to be great.

I love the inspiration pics at the bottom of the page.

10/7/10 @ 11:44 am (reply)

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Miss Cinnamon Bun (message) 1,100 posts, Bumble bee

I scrape the icing off any piece of cake or cupcake I eat, so we are having pie at our wedding. We both really prefer pie to cake, so it works out.

10/7/10 @ 12:09 pm (reply)

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NotYourTypicalBride (message) 1,294 posts, Bumble bee

Oh, if I had seen those dahlia cakes in time, I might have actually gotten a cake!! They’re so modern and elegantly simple.

Instead, we are serving individual Key Lime Pies (tartlet size) to go with our tropical menu for our Florida Keys beach wedding. I’m not a big cake fan to begin with, so paying a premium for wedding cake just didn’t sit well with me.

However, my fiance’s grandmother is a cake fanatic, and very traditional to boot, so instead of a groom’s cake, we will have a small “grandma’s cake” just for her.

10/7/10 @ 3:49 pm (reply)

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