Not quite classy, but darned tasty
By Never teh Bride
It’s no big secret that I hate wedding cake. Wedding cake is typically dryish mass-produced sponge cake topped with icky, too-sweet buttercream frosting. Which is why I love, love, love the idea of a Krispy Kreme wedding “cake.” Future brides and grooms who don’t like the KKs can choose another doughnut or even some alternative individual cake-like item. Like Hostess snacks!
You could even dye the Snowballs to match the bridal party. Now that would be unique.
November 1st, 2005 at 3:07 pm
Oh my is that tacky. And played out.
November 1st, 2005 at 3:47 pm
Too true, Karen.
However, I’m not thinking of it so much as a trend, since I imagine such cakes are as old as doughnuts themselves, but as a good way to thwart the typically boring innards one finds in the average wedding cake.
I’ve found that none of my girlfriends could afford anything more tasty than the usual bakery standard. There are many lovely cake makers out there for those that have the bucks, of course. Moderately priced wedding cakes, no matter how pretty to look at, however, often end up left untouched on the plates.
For the frugal or the not-so-well-off bride and groom who want something a little different or something they can create themselves, I see such “cakes” as a great solution!
November 1st, 2005 at 4:23 pm
Years ago, I went to a wedding where the cake had some green icing on it. Everyone who ate it had green lips and teeth. Talk about tacky!
I don’t understand why any cake has to taste like styrofoam. An extra egg, a little extra cooking oil in the batter, an infusion of pudding once it’s out of the oven, and you’ve got a cake that will be consumed in minutes.
BTW, I find the Krispy Kreme cake delightful!
November 1st, 2005 at 6:35 pm
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?
November 2nd, 2005 at 2:59 am
Yes to the Krispy Kreme! But Snowballs?!? I’d have horror flashbacks to cafeteria lunches (that maybe just a personal trauma)!
November 2nd, 2005 at 9:33 am
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.
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:08 am
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?
November 2nd, 2005 at 12:00 pm
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…)
November 2nd, 2005 at 1:46 pm
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.
November 2nd, 2005 at 3:04 pm
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.
November 2nd, 2005 at 4:43 pm
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’!
November 2nd, 2005 at 6:02 pm
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.
November 9th, 2005 at 9:35 pm
If I were to do this (a big if) I would dye the bridesmaids to match the snowballs instead!