Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Wedding Wednesday + extras

So, I know last week I said I was going to write about invitations, but due to certain circumstances, I'm going to push that to next week and do the cake today.  This is the part John & I are oh so excited about!  We have been referred to a specific company for cakes by quite a few vendors in the area, so I figured we could check them out.  The owner is only there twice a week and my mom is going to be out scouting out florists and hotels for me Friday, so she graciously offered to stop by and gather some information cake for us.

We know what we want the cake to look like:
This shape...
With the design on the bottom layer...on a white cake in blue or silver...

We have not even thought about flavors though...and according to the girl on the phone I talked to, they do everything.  She mentioned Oreo cake, which definitely got my attention since I love Oreos!
My question to you ladies is:
What flavors should we ask to taste test? 
All recommendations would be wonderful!  I don't even know where to start, but I know I would like something fun and maybe a little different than the traditional yellow or chocolate cake!

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Now onto the Jambalaya...
It was tasty.  A little too spicy though and I like spicy.  I guess the extra red pepper I added mixed with the hot Italian sausage added a little too much when simmering all day :)  I will be making it again...that's for sure!

John, his brother and roommate tried it and they all liked it...success!

I'm off to try and finish out the work day, with Alka-Seltzer in hand.  I've felt worse every day this week.  No gym & running is keeping my from sleeping well, so I'm losing the battle.  Hopefully tonight I'll catch up on sleep, kick whatever's buggin' me and feel great tomorrow!  Happy Hump Day!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I don't know what kind they do - but I am definitely voting that you try the oreo cake!! how amazing does THAT sound?! I'm so jealous haha =)
BTW - LOVE your cake inspiration pictures =) it's going to be so beautiful!

Katie said...

Glad to hear the Jambalaya was a success. I think I'll need to try the recipe sometime within the next few weeks!

Now on to the wedding stuff:
We had our cake made by my friend's dad, and never did the cake tasting thing since we kind of knew what we wanted. We had a 4 tier cake (each cake being a different flavor). We had Red Velvet (Jon's favorite), Carrot Cake (my favorite), Vanilla with Raspberry filling (both of our favorites), and our baker's classic cake flavor; Amaretto (to die for amazing). All the flavors were with buttercream frosting (no fondant for us)! If you choose to have multiple cake flavors here is one thing to keep in mind that I didn't (and probably one of the only regrets from our wedding day). Make sure that your dj and cater know that your cake has multiple flavors. Have the dj announce that there are multiple flavors and either let your guest go up and get there slice of choice or have the option given when brought to them by wait staff!

Good luck & happy tasting!

Andrew Lee said...

funfetti...nuff said

Amber said...

Ask to try almond cake. It's one of my favorite wedding cake flavors. Yummy! :)