Unbridled

When I was tasting cakes earlier this month, I realized there was a lot of baker's lingo being thrown at me. Brides.com has a great glossary of cake terms that covers shapes, frostings, fillings, decorating techniques and more. I've listed the terms for the fillings and frostings, but be sure to check out the whole list here.

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Posted by Stephanie Gladney at 07:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

A recent conversation with my fiance:

Me: "So, I was thinking we could serve the groom's cake at the rehearsal dinner instead of the reception. Traditionally, the cakes are dark chocolate, but since it's your cake, you can pick whatever flavor you want. Usually, it reflects your interests, like sports, movies or whatever. Any ideas?"

Him: (pauses, looks down at his hand, then looks up with a smile) "I want a hand."

Me: "What? A hand? Ha, ha, okay, let's be serious now."

Him: "I am. I want a hand and I want each finger to be a different flavor."

Me: (realizing he's serious) "Why on earth would you want a hand? That doesn't make any sense! People are going to think you're crazy!"

Him: "No, it'll be funny! It's unexpected! Besides, it's just a cake. And it's MY cake. Yep, I want a hand."

Me: "A hand?"

Him: "Yes, a hand."

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Posted by Stephanie Gladney at 10:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

The best part of planning so far? Tasting cakes.

I always thought wedding cakes were supposed to be boring white cakes with white icing, but I quickly found out that there are options!

Fruit fillings, whipped cream, chocolate mousse, buttercream frosting, fondant…so many choices and each one seems better than the next. I can honestly say that this was the easiest decision we've made. But, then again, I have a huge sweet tooth so anything with sugar sounded good to me! We ended up going somewhat traditional with the design and only deviated when it came to choosing fillings.

But I want to know about some of the nontraditional options out there.

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