A Crazy Cake!
August 25th, 2008 @ 3:16 pm by Mrs. Penguin
Our groom’s cake was one detail I simply could not just gloss over! Groom’s cakes are a less heard of wedding detail here in California. I’d never even heard of the concept until I started reading Weddingbee, and I didn’t think much of it until I started thinking about how much Mr. Penguin would appreciate his own groom’s cake. I had asked our bride’s cake baker if she would think about whipping up a second “themed” cake for us, and she agreed with hesitation, as she typically makes normal, tiered cakes. I didn’t want to push her limits, so I eventually gave up on the idea, until I met Lien from the Crazy Cake Company. At the time, Lien was new on the cake scene here in the Sacramento area (she’s based out of Davis) but her portfolio was impressive and I knew I had to give her a try!
What, No Coconut Cake?!
August 21st, 2008 @ 10:59 am by Miss Coconut
Continuing with our wedding planning excursion, we stopped at our baker and picked up our cake tasting. We get the option of picking a different flavor for each tier, but I had no idea the cakes would be this huge! Since we were 35 minutes away from home, and just couldn’t wait any longer, we did a drive-by cake tasting just outside our wedding venue!
We didn’t have a knife, so we just forked it. Ya know.
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Kara’s Cake Topper
August 12th, 2008 @ 1:59 pm by Mrs. Bee
Weddingbee reader Kara won a custom cake topper from Lily’s Design in a giveaway we hosted in May of this year. Today she emailed us some pictures of herself with her hubby on their wedding day, and of course their wonderful cake topper!
I promised to send pictures of the AWESOME custom cake topper that I won on weddingbee.com and that Lily made for me. Lily was such a pleasure to work with and very responsive — and, as you can tell, she did a great job!!! Below are some pictures of the topper — isn’t it awesome? I also included a few pictures of Joe and I so you can see how much it looks like us. I HIGHLY recommend Lily’s cake toppers to everyone, especially the wedding bees!!!
All the best (and thanks for such a supportive and inspiring website)!!
- Kara
Thanks Kara! I have to agree that the cake topper really looks like you and your hubby! If you’ve won a Weddingbee prize in one of our past contests, please email us pictures from your big day and you might see them featured on the blog! 
Cakealicious
August 12th, 2008 @ 10:59 am by Miss Margarita
I’m sorry I’ve been MIA lately—I’m in a last minute scramble for wedding stuff and I will have many things (programs, favors, escort cards) to share in the near future. In the meantime, I’ll give you some visuals of fantastical wedding cakes that make me hungry every time I see them.
Choosing our wedding cake was quite the process. My Mom used to bake/decorate cakes in Sri Lanka so she is obsessed with having an elaborate cake for the wedding. I think she’d make it herself if she wasn’t doing a zillion other things before the wedding. Our inspiration cakes were all elaborate and sari-like:
I have no idea where this image came from- let me know if it’s yours!
Let Them Eat Cake!
August 11th, 2008 @ 3:03 pm by Miss Sweet Tea
After our tasting with Pigéon’s last Friday, Mama ST, my lovely DOC, and I were on to our next task: cake tasting! I could not wait to get some yummy red velvet cake in my tummy, since it’s been impossible to find good red velvet west of the Mason Dixon. 
We went to two bakeries and were so into it that I forgot to take pictures besides this one of my crazy face! Whoops…
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Simply Delicious Cake
August 8th, 2008 @ 12:21 pm by Miss Avocado
After the Hotel 1000 tasting came cake tasting time. I don’t think I realized how much I love cake until this experience. I, sadly, ended up throwing a lot of this cake away because I was attempting to finish all the cake on my own as I live in a household full of gluten/dairy/egg free people and I could NOT use the rule of moderation when it came to this stuff. From left to right, chocolate white chocolate, strawberry white chocolate, and chocolate fudge cake.
Simply Desserts in Seattle gave me a list of flavors and I am overwhelmed by the 17 options I have to choose from. So you choose 8 flavors for us.
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Our Entryway Cake Table
August 5th, 2008 @ 5:25 pm by Miss Pomegranate
To answer Miss Seabreeze’s comment on yesterday’s cupcake post, why yes, I WILL be making some cute little signs to guide guests to their flavor of choice! In fact, I’d like to showcase each flavor on our cupcake table, which will be front and center on a table in the foyer. I think it’ll make a fun, creative entryway arrangement for guests to ogle upon their arrival before heading up to Olive Hill.
The foyer in the R.H. Phillips Winery Tasting Room - our cupcake table will sit where the large barrels currently reside.
I Love Cupcakes!
August 4th, 2008 @ 2:55 pm by Miss Pomegranate
I fell in love with the idea of a cupcake wedding dessert after seeing a few gorgeous cupcake designs at a wedding show last December. The striped fondant ribbon-topped creations shown below will be paired with a couple different custom versions of the famed Hostess cupcake inspired designs shown underneath. With the decorations decided upon, the next step was to schedule a tasting!
Image via Cakeworks
Imagine these with black and white striped bows. Adorable, eh?
Snohomish
August 3rd, 2008 @ 12:35 pm by Mrs. Milkshake
I dragged Mr. Milkshake to Snohomish, a small town boasting antique stores near Seattle, one weekend in the wicked heat to check out their antique stores for random bits of furniture. I walked away at the end of the day with a sweet vintage hat and a rekindled desire to use a milk glass cake stand at our wedding. Most varieties are white, but it might be neat to nurture my passion for complementary colors by featuring an orange mango cake on a 9″ blue stand. A white one can certainly double as very classic, functional, collectible…. and while the white is very understatedly simple, I am in love with their undersides. Here’s a smattering from a few I’m following on ebay.
Cake, CAke, CaKe, CAKE! mmmmmm
July 30th, 2008 @ 2:05 pm by Miss Pineapple
Last night Mr. Pineapple and I traveled to Plum, PA to meet our baker at Jennuine Cakes and Cafe. We did not know quite what to expect because the cake was included in our venue/catering package. We were pleasantly surprised, the cafe was adorable and the cake was delicious!
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