Wedding Blog

When we left off, I had fallen in love with little wooden versions of Mr Pretzel and me, like the ones made by goosegrease on Etsy. Mr Pretzel was pretty smitten with the idea, too. Something about the simplicity of these minis spoke to our clean, modern sense of design. This project stayed on the back burner until a trip to Jo-Ann’s Fabric. Mr Pretzel…

Mr Pretzel loves cupcakes… no, no, no, I don’t think you get me… he LOOOOVES cupcakes. According to him it is the perfect serving of cake. They are like little cake nirvana in your hand. I like cupcakes and I’m not too crazy about wedding cake. So it was a no brainer early on---we were having wedding cupcakes.

I spent this past weekend in Savannah tying up the last few loose ends of our wedding in person. One of those loose ends was making sure our wedding cake is constructed as close to my vision as possible.

When I first visited Publix to discuss our cake, I was told there would be no problem recreating the Martha Stewart cake I found online. Remember this?

We’re not having a big, traditional wedding cake. We’ll be having a little cake, made by my sister (who works in a bakery). We’ll have a groom’s cake from a local bakery and a table full of other desserts that family members are making. So, I haven’t put a ton of thought into the cake, but I have a few criteria. It won’t be fancy,…

As we’re in the midst of picking a caterer and all the madness that comes along with designing a menu within our budget, I wanted to share my idea for dessert. Mr Trail Mix and I decided almost immediately that a big, fancy wedding cake was just not in the cards for us. I love wedding cakes; many of them could be pieces of art,…

So I finally found someone to do our groom’s cake at a price that didn’t include an arm, leg, soul, or firstborn child! I’m working with Sonja of Art Cake Company in Savannah and can’t wait to show you the finished cake! But since I can’t share the cake with you quite yet, I figured I’d at least share a couple details about it not mentioned in previous episodes of my cake saga.

Mr. Lab: With only single digits left until the big day, I think you’re more than capable of refraining from clicking on the link below! :)

Back when I pitched this idea, many of you were worried that if I didn’t permanently glue to the plates to the candlesticks that we would end up with cake on the table and the floors - or basically anywhere opposite of the place we want the cake (in our tummehs!). I considered the options, and while I still like the idea of being able…

Initially I had absolutely no desire for a cake topper. I figured I’d slap a couple of flowers on there and call it a day. Then came Etsy and its endless supply of ultra-fab cake toppers. Etsy is like the kryptonite to my wedding planning nonchalant-ness. Those darn Etsy vendors, they make everything seem so whimsical and cute and necessary. Needless to say, my cake…

Today is my second day at home from work with bacon flu. Okay, I don’t really have bacon flu, but it’s fun to say bacon! I can’t stop blowing my nose, sneezing, or eating Gardetto’s (skipping the sesame bread sticks, eek). Anyway, I was watching The Office: Pam and Jim’s wedding promo, and I noticed the adorable cake toppers!! It’s vintage, but quirky at the…

Before I do the "big reveal", let’s talk about my aversion to cake. Ever since I was a child, I was never fond of cake. I love the batter, but the spongey, saccharine sweet, iced after-effects? Not so much. It’s just not my thing; it never was and probably never will be. Now, you’re probably wondering what I did for my birthdays, as what’s a birthday without a birthday cake? Enter the one, the only, the cheesecake.

This is one item I thought we didn’t need. That was before wedding planning. After we picked out our cake, the baker offered to rent us a cake stand similar to this:

When I originally discussed our decision for our cake, I noted that I really wanted to get a simple white cake stand to fit the cake. I had discussed this with the first baker we met with, and found out that the stand needed to be 16″ in diameter, since the bottom tier would be 14″. So, I began to search for cake stands/pedestals in…

This post is dedicated to cake, sweet cake. I LOVE wedding cakes. Not necessarily what’s inside (I don’t really like cake, more on that later), but the beautiful, delicate, gorgeous outside. Needless to say, as soon as the FI and I were engaged, the cake hunt had begun. I scoured pages and pages of wedding cakes before we chose "the one". Here are a few of my favorites:

Oy, the Bunny Bridal Countdown has been languishing as of late. We’d best get a move on or it’ll be my first anniversary before I finish recapping that shindig!

After polishing off the too-small experimental Pepperidge Farm coconut cake, I was back to square one with no cake ideas.

All the cakes I saw online were too fancy or too complicated. I wanted something simple, rustic, and…

Our first round of cake tasting went well, all things considered. The people who helped us were very nice, and obviously well versed in weddings. We were seated at a little bistro table (the bakery is tiny) and given 2 pieces each of the four types of cake that I had listed. Those flavors again:

• Genoise cake with vanilla mousse and fresh strawberries covered with white…