Comments on: Not quite classy, but darned tasty

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:35:41 +0000

If I were to do this (a big if) I would dye the bridesmaids to match the snowballs instead!

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:02:11 +0000

Cheers, Anonymous!

A wedding, IMHO, should reflect the tastes and desires of the bride and groom, even when those tastes and desires go against convention. I may have my opinions about what makes a good wedding, but I would never try to stop the future man and wife from having what they truly want.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:43:29 +0000

When I married my husband (2nd for both of us) it was a family and very-close-friends-only weekend affair at our summer house on a small New England island. I made a buffet-style dinner and instead of cake, which both of us are at best ‘meh’ about, we had an all-out ice cream bar, complete with all the home made trimmings I could think of and sterling ice cream scoops engraved with our initials. It was a huge hit and we were able to use the leftover ice cream and toppings for some really fun drinks for the ‘after party’!

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:04:53 +0000

The croque en bouche is truly a fabulous thing!

I do so hope that you’re on the ball, jj, in predicting a new trend of edible, nay, fantastically delicious wedding confections.

By: jj

jj — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:46:54 +0000

Actually, the cakes at the last few weddings I’ve been to have been excellent. I think bakers are finally responding to the stereotype of the dried out, flavorless wedding cake. I went to a wedding of some dear friends just last month where the dinner was forgettable, but the cake was a moist, melt-in-your-mouth marizpan number that was incredible.

But then personally, I detest both doughnuts and prepackaged snack-cakes.

By: LNLisa

LNLisa — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:00:40 +0000

The Krispy Kreme cake reminded me of a traditional French cake, croque en bouche. Maybe donuts are the americanized version?

Here’s a website that has several images of the French cakes. (Hopefully this link works…)

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:08:13 +0000

Hmmmm. My wedding cake was devil’s food, with a non-sickly-sweet white frosting (sourcream base?), decorated with hand-tinted marzipan fruits (to go with the autumnal colouring of the bouquets). We both liked chocolate cake, so we had a chocolate cake. Seemed like a good idea at the time - and since there was none left, I gathered we weren’t the only ones who liked choolate cake!

Lesson: If it’s not what you’d ordinarily choose in a cake, why would you choose it in a wedding cake?

By: Annalucia

Annalucia — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:33:55 +0000

Are those Krispy Kremes in the first picture? The Annalucia, she thought they were bagels. But the “Hostess’ cake it made her laugh because she loves the chocolate (even of the Hostess variety) and would find this more fun to eat than some of the flavor-free confections that she has encountered at actual weddings. And the cleaning up of the leftovers would no doubt be much easier.

By: Gigolo Kitty

Gigolo Kitty — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:59:26 +0000

Yes to the Krispy Kreme! But Snowballs?!? I’d have horror flashbacks to cafeteria lunches (that maybe just a personal trauma)!

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:35:10 +0000

Agreed, Lori!

Wedding cake should be as beautiful to taste as the bride is to look at.

Perhaps the fact that is typically isn’t is the result of bakeries producing mass quantities of sheet cake? Or something as simple as the cake being made the day before the reception?