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They’re good for building Lego people and doing mock-ups of one’s weddin’ cake…
OK, well maybe not for everyone, but this last Saturday that was our plan o’ action. Remember how Sweetie Scone surprised me with a cake topper? Here’s a picture of the evidence:
(Personal image / And yes, they really customize the box!)
If you have the urge to customize your own cake topper (or any other Lego project), you will want to go directly to their website and select the Design byME section. From there you can set your imagination free, place your order, and wait for a little box of fun.
I am feeling very cakey right now, probably because it isn’t on the menu plan and I really would love a bite. So let me share some more cake ideas with you…
Early early into our unengagement I came across Lego cake toppers. Let me pause here: both Sweetie Scone and I were giant Lego nerds growing up, so these were just too fun not to look at in Fall 2009.
Image via Etsy / From Folded Fancy Creations
Well one day I came home from school and Sweetie Scone had a surprise…she had custom designed and ordered our very own Lego cake topper! (FYI, it was less expensive than buying one on Etsy.) Our cake peeps are still in pieces waiting for their grand entrance.
“Circle-square,” she says…Sweetie Scone is pretty opinionated about the shape of the cake. It needs to be a square-circle-square, kind of like these guys:
Image via The Knot / Photo by Carrie Patterson Photography
OK, well maybe just the cakey cake part. There are so many beautiful cakes available now! We aren’t constrained by limitations of the imagination. When I was growing up, oh how I thought this was beautiful…
Image via Wedding Cakes for You / Cake by Lorelie Carvey
Today, not so much. I could totally fall for this lovely lady. (Cakes are people too, you know.)
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We were in a bit of a travel haze when we walked into the house of baker number one, Margie. Apologies because I didn’t bring my camera…so let me paint a picture.
The door opened and the house smelled like freshly baked cakes. After escorting us to her dining room table, she and Sweetie Scone chit-chatted a bit about Margie’s daughter-in-law (a college friend). There was an unassuming white cake box on the table and a couple of photo albums. Prior to our meeting Margie had asked what kind of cake we liked from her list; the list didn’t include my favorite (butter yellow cake, mmmmmmm). We asked if she was able to do butter yellow, and she said she would work on it. Now let me tell you, the fresh-baked-cake smell was butter yellow cake—I knew in an instant the smell. (Word to the wise, I bake by smell. No timers are used in my baking, so I know a thing or two about the smell of cakes.)
The unassuming white box opened, and we found six very large cupcakes (pupcakes if you are my niece). Two red velvet, two butter yellow, and two chocolate large-and-in-charge pupcakes. We cut them in quarters (because they were no small thang) and tasted the different options. She nailed the butter yellow cake, which was from scratch. The cakes were all light and moist. We then tossed them in the trunk of the car where they rested for 36 hours or so until we got to a friend’s house. Around 10 PM the next night we busted out the cupcakes that had been sitting in an abnormally warm trunk, and they were as good as they were fresh out of Margie’s oven. Strangers that did not know her said they were great. There was only one thing I wasn’t super excited about—the frosting was flavored with amaretto, and I prefer vanilla, which she was totally open to doing. Frosting question: Is flavoring completely regional? What flavoring do you like for your frosting?
It’s been a while since I’ve talked cupcakes, but over the weekend, the mister and I headed to our favorite local cupcake shop, Pearl’s, to have our tasting. (It’s actually quite surprising that there were flavors for us left to try! When one of the owners asked us how we heard about their shop, another lady working said, “oh, they’re regulars!” Embarrassing? Maybe a little. But I am powerless to resist their cupcakes. I’m not afraid to admit it.)
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Are you tired of me talking about cake toppers yet? It’s okay, I’m tired of thinking about them. Luckily, this is the final cake topper post. In my last post I showed you the potential winner. Although most of you agreed with me that it was perfect, I had a call to action from Miss Woodpecker and Future Army Wife. They both told me that I should just try and make one.
I don’t know why I had not thought of that before, but it was worth a shot. I started my Google search on “how to paint shabby chic.” Many different tutorials came up, but they all seemed a little too technical and confusing. A few seemed a little weird, such as applying Vaseline on the project before painting. I’m sure it works great, but I wasn’t up for trying that. I needed something easy.
I decided to just go with it and figure out my own way of doing things. These were a few supplies I bought to start the project.
Have you heard of Hyperbole and a Half? It’s a hilarious blog that covers a range of topics from the simpleton dog to the childhood exploits of the author and illustrator. A little over a year ago, she wrote about being a sugar addict as a child and ruthlessly pursuing a cake made for a grandparent once she snagged a bite of it.
I had no idea that once I scheduled cake tastings that I’d morph into a bit of a cake monster myself. All I could think about was cake. Cake. Cake. Cake.
God of Cake is one of the funniest blog posts I’ve ever read / From Hyperbole and a Half
I managed to hold myself together on our way over to Charlottesville baker Anita Gupta’s house one Sunday morning for a tasting. Anita is the wonderful woman behind Maliha Creations and half of the team behind EyeCandy, a company that creates beautiful dessert tables. I met Anita a year ago while attending an event for a charity I was working with as a volunteer (I have met the most interesting people while volunteering…more to come on that front) and was really looking forward to finally trying some of her beautiful cake.
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I truly take to heart all of your comments, and you were all especially helpful in my last post about cake toppers. The mini bunting received quite a few votes, but my reservation on that is there will already be quite a bit of bunting throughout the reception. I don’t want to overdo the bunting—I think small touches might look better.
Many of you mentioned that the cake is beautiful and very detailed on its own, and does not need any type of intricate topper. Knvprincess143 made a great point by saying that the cake has a shabby chic feel to it. Another option that received many votes were the wooden letters, but everyone said they seemed a little too modern.
I liked the idea of having our last initial on top of the cake because it would add to the beauty, but not take away from it. I set out on a search to find a shabby chic monogram, and this is what I found.
{Image via Etsy}
I’ve always figured we wouldn’t have a cake topper. I never understood the point of them, and to be honest…I still don’t. I have no idea what purpose they serve, or what the heck we will do with it after the wedding. I mentioned this to Mr. Buck recently, that I wasn’t planning on getting a cake topper.
He looked at me and said, “but why not?” I responded with, “well, it doesn’t really serve a purpose. I don’t think it is necessary.” He looked at me with a straight face and said, “So? Is anything really necessary? Just get a cake topper.”
So I guess we are getting a cake topper.
Don’t get me wrong; I think they are adorable. I guess I was being boring and a little too practical for my own good. I am glad Mr. Buck made me step back and realize…who cares if you don’t need it? Have fun and just get one.
Hive, I need your help. I am stuck between various options that I love. First, I should probably show you my cake inspiration. I am seriously crushing on this ruffled beauty.
{Image via The Cake Blog/Cake by Wendy McClendon/Photo by Brian Clay}
Now that you have an idea of what my our is inspired by, let me show you some cake toppers that I have had my eye on.
I’ve been waiting (not so) patiently for our cake tasting ever since we made the appointment back in October (or, to be honest, since we got engaged). I mean…it’s cake. It’s hard to go wrong.
Unless you’re like Foxy and don’t eat sweets, cake included. Needless to say, this was not his favorite wedding related task. (Not to mention, we combined it with a flower consultation on the same day—poor Foxy, he’s a trooper!) However, as luck would have it, Foxy Mama was able to make the drive down from NY to meet up with us again, as she did for our linens/room assignment meeting. Having her there was a total life saver.
But back to the cake: one of the awesome things about our venue is that said cake is included in the catering cost. They commission it out to a wonderful, little local place called Desserts by Rita; thank goodness, too, because I really didn’t feel like having to research local bakers and be continuously shocked at how much people can charge per slice or as a cake cutting fee. The easier, the better, I say! I was ready to get this party started.
First things first:
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I have a HUMONGOUS sweet tooth. I would probably be happiest if my diet consisted of flan or chocolate anything, so you can bet wedding cake was high up on my to do list.
There was no debate on what type of cake we wanted for our wedding. Even before being “officially” engaged I was enamored with the idea of doing cupcakes. It might be a popular in the wedding blogosphere but its very uncommon in weddings in my hometown.
Fad or not, I like the idea of having cupcakes for one very important reason….getting to have so many yummy flavors! Mr. Boa and I love tasting new sweets together and I wanted incorporate that sense of culinary adventure into our wedding cake selection. Having cupcakes allows us to choose as many flavors as we want rather than limiting ourselves to the number of tiers or sheet cakes.
In my search for inspiration I stuck to cakes with minimal embellishment, as the flavors were the highlight. I love the happy medium between the quirkiness of a cupcake and the formality of a traditional wedding cake.
How can you not love these?
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I am a bad blogger.
I went to my cake tastings and did not take a single photo.
In my defense, I was really hungry and the cake was just begging to be eaten. So I ate it. Which means that I will not be able to distract you with photos of awesome cake in this post. (But that’s OK—I am sure I will find ridiculous images to share with you.)
I pretty much already knew who we were going to use for our wedding cake, because their cakes are just deeeeeelicious and we use them for most of our parties (they did our engagement cake, which made an appearance in this post)…buuuuuut I like to play it safe so we decided to meet with two different bakeries. On a lovely Saturday afternoon, my momma, Mr. Coyote, and I stopped by our preferred bakery.
Since getting engaged months ago, I haven’t actually “bought” anything for the wedding. I have paid deposits, but those deposits aren’t unnecessarily taking up space in my apartment. I need things unnecessarily taking space in my apartment! For the sake of this argument and eliminating small stuff from my to-do list, I set upon the quest for the perfect cake topper.
I knew I wanted a figurine cake topper, rather than a monogram or flowers. (When else can you have cute people on top of a cake?) And so began the great interweb search for the great cake topper.
There’s no point in dragging this out. Yesterday, I wrote about trying to decide between cupcakes and mini cupcakes for our wedding. It all sounded so cute and fun, but we changed our minds. We want cake. Wait. I want cake.
This is one of those situations where Mr. Mink has been totally easy-going. He doesn’t care if we have cupcakes or a traditional cake. He just wants to get to the part where we have a couple tastings! Every time I started taking about cake and cupcakes, Mr. Mink would joke that we were going to have his mother’s red velvet cake for our wedding cake and we could smoosh my mother’s chocolate chip cookie fingers (almost shaped like biscotti) into the sides. I finally stopped talking and just looked at the inspiration pictures I saved to my Pinterest boards. Almost every image was of a cake.
I think I was swayed by two things. First, the pictures of couples cutting their cakes are appealing to me. I know we could cut a one tiered cake or a cupcake, but amidst the non-traditional decisions we’ve made, I like the idea of doing something traditional. Second, I love the variety of cake designs. Some of the cakes out there are works of art.
From Style Me Pretty / Cake by Tallant House / Photo by Red Box Pictures
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