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Cakes, Sweets and Treats

Sweet Tables

Sweettables.jpgThere is more to nuptial desserts than wedding cake. A sweet table is everything to all dessert lovers—and a good choice for couples who can’t agree on a cake.

Your own mini-dessert buffet might include dozens of different finger pastries and is commonly seen at Old World-style Greek, Italian and Polish weddings. This option gives guests a chance to sample an array of tarts, cakes, confections and flavors. Include some fruit and sugarless treats for guests on restricted diets.

While a sweet table doesn’t replace your wedding cake, you may opt for a smaller version. Guests will want to save room for sampling, lingering near the table as they mull over their choices.

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Serve it with style

Finding the best

Your wedding cake—a very important part of your reception celebration—is more than just an elaborate and delicious dessert.

Customarily, your cake should be cut and served after the bridal party and all guests have been served their dinner. Don’t rush the moment. All your guests should have the opportunity to see the uncut cake in all its glory. Orchestrate the cake cutting with your caterer and your photographer. One of them should notify you when all guests have been served, and it is time for you to cut the cake.

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Cake Guide 101

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Choosing a cake can be a sweet treat for a bride who is in the know, prepared and well versed in wedding cake terminology. Use the guide below to prepare for your adventures in finding the perfect wedding cake.


WHAT’S YOUR PERSONALITY CAKE TYPE? (TYPES OF CAKES) Big or small, round or long, a wedding cake can suit your personality. Find a cake that fits your needs, budget and your personality. Keep in mind 3 points: design, size and decoration. The cake design can showcase your wedding theme or color scheme. You can create beautiful matching lace or beadwork from your dress onto the cake. Cake bases come in many shapes including: round, oval, square, rectangle and hexagon.Uncommon shapes are awe-inspiring but more expensive.

Your guest list will determine the size and amount of tiers. There are single tiered, multi tiered, cupcake tiered, novelty styles, and satellite wedding cake styles. Satellite, novelty and cupcake tiered cakes are more modern choices, giving a chic and very contemporary feel. Decorative icing with intricate design work, fresh flowers, sugar flowers and fresh fruit are all great ideas for cake toppers and decoration.

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Edible Treats

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Edible Treats

Wedding Goodies

Some of the sweetest wedding favors are those that may not even make it home with your guests. Edible favors are a great way to enhance the enjoyment of your loved ones – before, during, and after your wedding reception.

GIFT BASKETS Putting together some special treats in gift baskets for those guests that are staying in your selected wedding hotel is a really great way to help them tide their hunger over between the rehearsal dinner, wedding reception, and wedding brunch. Just about anything can be personalized in these “goodie” baskets, from all types of candies and chocolates for a sweet tooth to bags of popcorn and jars of mixed nuts for more savory palates, for wedding guests to munch on between all the weekend’s special events.

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Baker’s Dozen—Tips For Your Cake

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  • See the baker’s portfolio of wedding cakes. If you don’t like his or her style, move on and try something else.
  • Taste several samples. The ingredients don’t matter if you like the results.
  • Brainstorm styles and designs with the baker. Each cake should be custom-made.
  • Discuss alternatives to plastic bride and groom cake toppers.
  • Order your cake at least three months in advance.
  • Find out if the baker or the florist will add flowers to the cake and/or cake table. Don’t pay twice for that service.
  • Square and round cakes are simplest and will serve more guests than oval or heart shaped confections.
  • Get a total price in writing. This should include delivery, setup and the rental fee or deposit for pillars and columns.
  • Expect to pay $2.00 to $12 per slice of cake, depending on the intricacy of the design, flavor, shape and icing.
  • Expect to pay a 10 to 15 percent deposit when you place your order.
  • The groom places his hand over your right hand when you cut the cake.
  • Make arrangements for the return of any tiers, pillars or columns. If the baker won’t pick them up, find someone to return them for you.
  • Save the top layer for a future celebration. Cake doesn’t hold its flavor long, so your one month anniversary is a good choice.

 


Grooms Cake

Wedding groomscakeA fresh take on an old tradition—the groom’s cake—is retaking its rightful place at the reception table.

This cake is traditionally a gift from the bride to the groom. At the height of its popularity, single women would vie for a slice, believing that they would dream of their future husband if they slept with the groom’s cake under their pillow. Today, you are more likely to find groom’s cake served as a second dessert choice or as a capper to the rehearsal dinner. Dark, often liquor-soaked chocolate or chocolate fudge, it is often given to guests for a “take home” treat or consumed by the wedding party as a post-dinner snack.

The groom’s cake also signifies the bride’s understanding of her mate’s stereotypical “backstage” role in the wedding. Because of this symbolic sacrifice, a good groom’s cake usually spotlights his personality and interests. Consider a groom’s cake shaped like a football or adorned with trinkets related to his occupation, hobbies and passions.

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