FOOD FRIDAY: The Wedding Planners Try Cake

Anthony and Desiree visit Cake Chicago for The Wedding Planners to discuss wedding cake trends with owner Mary Winslow and try some of their ugly truffles and damn good cookies!

FOOD FRIDAY: The Wedding Planners Try Cake

Sweet Confections by Cake Chicago (Photo by Rush Darwish)

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MONEY MONDAY: Why are wedding cakes so EXPENSIVE?!

Sticker shock is something that happens for brides more than once during their wedding planning process.  Part of it is that whatever you are purchasing for your wedding, this is the first (and hopefully only) time you are purchasing these goods and services.

MONEY MONDAY: Why are wedding cakes so EXPENSIVE?!

Gorgeous Wedding Cake (Photo from www.sunela.wordpress.com)

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Gorgeous Wedding Cake

We love all the creative and over-the-top wedding cakes we see in magazines and on websites.  But our heart sings when we find a wedding cake that is beautiful in its simplicity with a little sparkle.  Check out with gorgeous wedding cake by SweetPea Cakes in Chicago!

Gorgeous Wedding Cake

Beautiful Wedding Cake & Cupcakes by SweetPea Cakes (Photo by CAZ)

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TIP TUESDAY: How To Cut Wedding Cake

There is probably more confusion over how to cut the wedding cake than anything else.  You probably have not thought about cutting the cake except the fact that you are going to do it.  There is no rehearsal for it and sometimes only the photographer taking 100 frames a second of you looking like an idiot standing next to the cake.  So… here is your 411 on how to cut a wedding cake!

TIP TUESDAY: How To Cut Wedding Cake

Cutting Wedding Cake (Photo from www.cakenews.blogspot.com)

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Simplicity At Its Best!

So much of weddings nowadays is over the top!  And we can appreciate that you want everything to be awesome… but take a step back and look at this gorgeous white wedding cake with beautiful, yet simple, floral decoration.

Simplicity At Its Best!

Love Everything About This Wedding Cake! (Photo by Annie Edmonds)

MONEY MONDAY: Cake Cutting Fee

When you receive your final invoice from your wedding, you see a line item:  Cake Cutting.  Are you surprised?  Why?  Was it not explained to you?  How could it have been avoided?

MONEY MONDAY: Cake Cutting Fee

Wedding Cake Cutting Costs (Photo from www.azweddingguest.com)

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Budget Bear: DIY Cake!

Mommy (without me!) and her friends went to a cake decorating class at Give Me Some Sugar.  Chef Alekka and her assistant, Natalie, led the class.  The girls had a lot of fun and learned something new.

Budget Bear: DIY Cake!

My special treat! Cake decorated by Mommy!

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TIP TUESDAY: Wedding Cake Protocol

Who knew the wedding cake has its own etiquette guide?  Thanks to LifeTips for this article.

There is a protocol to the handling, cutting and serving of wedding cakes.  This is hardly surprising because just about everything in a traditional wedding is governed by etiquette and protocol.  Many couples, no matter how formal or informal the wedding is, most wedding couples try to observe wedding cake protocol.

TIP TUESDAY: Wedding Cake Protocol

Gorgeous Wedding Cake from Take the Cake (Photo from www.takethecakeetc.com)

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TIP TUESDAY: Serving Your Wedding Cake

All cakes are NOT created equal!  And all cake plated presentations are definitely not equal!!!

We have all been at weddings when the final course is set before us and we swear that someone just slapped that piece of cake on the plate without any thought as to appearance.  And we “eat” with our eyes first!

TIP TUESDAY: Serving Your Wedding Cake

Plated Wedding Cake (Photo from www.bridalbubbly.blogspot.com)

Make your wedding cake course as special as the champagne vinaigrette you so carefully selected for the salad course.

Ask if the wedding cake course can be made special.  It is as easy as adding a swirl of fruit coulis, a scoop of ice cream or sorbet, a dizzle of chocolate sauce, a little shower of powdered sugar or a few delicious berries.  It will make it look more like a dessert plate ~ inviting and original.

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