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While we were up by our venue, we got to do possibly the most fun thing ever in wedding planning. We got to go pick a cake. Sure, sure, it sounds boring—until you realize that in order to pick a cake? You have to eat cake. Even Mr. Lox couldn’t pretend not to be excited about a cake tasting. What could be wrong with tasting cake?

This was made even more fun by the fact that the cake is included in our contract with the venue. So not only did we get to eat cake, but after the sickening number the florist had just given us, we didn’t have to look at another quote. Yay cake tasting!

First we sat down in the bakery and looked through their giant book of cake pictures. I felt this exercise was pointless, as I already had a picture of our perfect cake.

I totally gave this to our baker, just as I threatened to. (source)

Of course that meant that Mr. Lox and I totally found a picture in the book that we thought was fantastic. Having trouble deciding, we decided to pull out our cake topper (which I had cleverly brought along, and so should you!) and looked at it with both of the cake pictures. I even thought to capture a visual for you…

Picture by moi (cake image on right is from our bakery)

Now come on…you see the monkeys are clearly perfect with only one of these cakes, right? I mean, it’s obvious…right? Well, OK. But it was to us. Mr. Lox, the cake lady, and I made a unanimous decision. The cake absolutely must look like the picture I brought with us. It’s perfect! After that was all settled, we were able to start eating yummy cake.

You’d have to be dead or allergic to gluten not to appreciate the sight of these scrumptious samples!

Now, let’s see if I can remember the flavors. Starting at six o’clock (just to the left of the fork there) and going clockwise, we have: chocolate devil’s food cake with vanilla buttercream, lemon cake with lemon buttercream, plain devil’s food cake with vanilla buttercream, strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream, chocolate raspberry cake with vanilla buttercream, and almond cake with almond buttercream.

OMG the cake. You guys, it was delicious. Mr. Lox and I ate every. last. crumb. No lie. The cake lady just kind of stared in awe. In the end? The big hit was the almond cake with the almond buttercream. I am making a Homer Simpson like noise in my living room right now remembering it. The runner up? For the middle tier we will have strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream. Because just yum. Yum yum yum.

Right. So now I want cake.

Have you had your cake tasting yet? What did you pick? If you picked flavored cakes, do you worry some people will hate it? (I know, I know, I’m weird. I worry a lot. See earlier note regarding it being delicious to all who are alive and not allergic!)

All pictures taken by me unless other credit is properly noted