Extreme Wedding Cake!
Sugar Lips Cakery in Mesa, Arizona recently sent us this picture of an amazing wedding cake they created. The bride and groom had spent time together in Russia and LOVED the Smolny Cathedral, and wanted to recreate the cathedral with their cake. The ornate wedding cake served 150 people. What do you think, too much, or too perfect? What special building or place would you replicate in your wedding cake? Have you seen any outrageous wedding cakes? Helpful Links Find a Great...
Budget Wedding Tips: Saving Money on Your Wedding Cake
Looking for a delicious way to save a little money? Alissa Levine of Pastry Girl Cakes was recently kind enough to share these money saving ideas for your wedding cake. FAKE IT Get a smaller tiered cake (or dummy cake) for the reception and ask your baker to make sheet cakes that your caterer can cut and serve to guests KEEP IT SIMPLE Cakes from magazines are usually very expensive because they are so ornate. The less decoration on your cake, the less the cake will...
Wishpot: Cupcakes, This Season’s Wedding Cake!
This month Wishpot brings you an innovative alternative to the traditional wedding cake. Today brides are looking for ways to spend less money but still have a beautiful cake, hence the trend of Wedding Cupcakes. Wedding cupcakes can be more suitable for guests and less expensive. They offer convenience but still have a look of sophistication and elegance. If you’re a bride in the New York area, Wishpot wedding vendor The Hudson Cakery is a custom cake boutique that does many...
Spotlight on Chicago: Let Us Eat Cake!
One of the few good things about Chicago weather is that the months and months spent under heavy coats give you a great excuse to indulge your sweet tooth! Chicago is known for some fabulous bakeries and fabulous bakeries mean fabulous wedding cakes. You could eat your way through the city starting with the old-world charm of The Swedish Bakery on the North Side and winding up at Brown Sugar Bakery, part of the innovative I Love Food consortium on the South Side. The group is...
Are Divorces the New Weddings?
As you may have seen on our news’ section, last week’s Project Runway featured the designers reworking the wedding dresses of divorced women. The idea was to create an outfit the woman could wear in her “new life.” I've seen a lot of articles lately about bakeries that specialize in “divorce cakes,” cakes that celebrate divorces, usually with a humorous take on wedding cakes. As a general rule, I don’t have a problem with divorce. I think relationships are difficult and...
Ask the Wedding Maven: I Hate Wedding Cake!
In this week's column, the Wedding Maven answers a question about wedding cake alternatives that turns out to be about something just a little bit different. Don't forget, OneWed offers two great resources for getting your questions answered. If you have a question about wedding etiquette, traditions, or relationships, ask The Wedding Maven at weddingmaven@onewed.com. If you have questions about wedding how-tos, ranging from logistics to decorations, write our all-star panel of...
Wedding Cake Traditions, a Little History
One of the things that makes planning a wedding so challenging is that people like to tell you that either you can’t, or must, do something because “it’s tradition.” What’s so interesting about this is that most of us actually know very little about the wedding traditions to which we’re so attached. For example, did you know that wedding cake was traditionally a meat dish, and not a very tasty sounding one. Lamb testicles anyone? It wasn’t until the 1500s, when sugar...
Savvy Steals Winner- A Vintage Chic Cake Stand Made For This Bride!
Congrats, sdbtrflygrl! Your comments this week earned you the beautiful antique white, 16’’ Victorian Frill handmade cake stand from Handmade Cake Stand. This will be a perfect accent at your vintage chic-themed wedding! We know your cake will steal the show atop this stunning cake stand! And for the rest of our Savvy Scoopers... Grab your best girls and head to The Proposal (starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds) this weekend, all the while thinking about how you would...
Custom Couture Wedding Cakes
Yes, there's beautiful you and your handsome groom and the magical moment when you're finally married... But after those, your guests only have eyes for the cake. If you want a wedding cake or groom's cake that's truly one-of-a-kind, check out Custom Couture Cakes by A Bountiful Harvest. You get to choose every aspect of your wedding cake - they have no set designs. And if you have special dietary needs or preferences in the family, no problem. They specialize in delicious cakes...
Bridal Shower Cupcake Treat
Maybe because it’s Passover, and I’m not allowed to eat certain things, but I’m drooling over these lingerie cupcakes from Two Parts Sugar. Have you ever seen anything more perfect for a bridal shower? Wedding cakes tend to be beautiful, classic, and classy, but a bridal shower cake (or cupcake) has room to be a little more original, and a little more personal. Let’s see, if I were designing cupcakes to represent me, I’d put tiny cups of coffee on top of each one. If I were...
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