We've all seen or at least heard of the show saying I Do to the Dress, but what about the cake? Each wedding is different and what a bride or groom concentrates on as being the most important part of the wedding. For this wedding they kept telling me how the cake was going to be the show piece of the reception and all I could think about was how everyone would be looking at them not the cake...at least not until they cut it.
Well when I got to the church (the reception was in the social hall for the church), I was greeted by covered but empty tables, and the bride, with hair done and veil on getting ready to slip into her dress for photos, and several people who just looked at me in my jeans, polo shirt and ball cap concerned that I was dressed for the wedding. As I looked around for the cake table it was hard to miss. 
On the wall hung a large wooden cross with white sheer fabric draped to each side and a ball of the fabric in the center. I found out later that the ball of fabric was actually filled with small white lights that looked really incredible when lit. In front of the cross and under this fabric ball was a round table, the cake table. To either side against the wall were two tables, with photos draped with cloth so the groom could not see the bride in her dress before the wedding (by the way I did get to see her in her dress and she looked like she stepped out of a fairy tale...every girls dream of how she hopes to look on her wedding day.) Through the middle of the room was a Z shape of tables for all the food that smelled so good simmering in the kitchen.
On the wall hung a large wooden cross with white sheer fabric draped to each side and a ball of the fabric in the center. I found out later that the ball of fabric was actually filled with small white lights that looked really incredible when lit. In front of the cross and under this fabric ball was a round table, the cake table. To either side against the wall were two tables, with photos draped with cloth so the groom could not see the bride in her dress before the wedding (by the way I did get to see her in her dress and she looked like she stepped out of a fairy tale...every girls dream of how she hopes to look on her wedding day.) Through the middle of the room was a Z shape of tables for all the food that smelled so good simmering in the kitchen.
I went to work constructing this cake. There are days when I feel like I am either an architect or construction worker as I build these rather large cakes. I started with an 18 inch plate and placed the fountain and greenery around it and then added 13 inch columns. On top of the 6 13 inch columns sat a 16 inch heart shaped butter cake with off white icing, rose colored roses and sage colored leaves, stems and seashell border. Three inches above that cake sat a 12 inch cake and a nine inch cake on top of that. The topper was the most beautiful Lucite heart with two intertwined hearts, their names, and wedding date etched in the center. By the time the cake was up and constructed it was an inch shy of being a three foot wedding cake.
The bride saw it dashing from one part of the church to the other (trying to avoid being seen by the groom), and commented that it was beautiful. The groom had the opportunity to see it on his way to change for the big event, and seemed pleased with how it turned out. I gave cutting instructions to a very nice lady who was in charge of cutting the cake after they cut it, and she seemed ready to divide it up quickly and efficiently for all.
Today, the day after the wedding I have received several reports on how much people enjoyed the wedding and how happy the couple looked. I also heard from one of the guests that the cake was really good, which makes me happy that it was up and tasted good (because that is the most important part to me..who wants to celebrate the happiest day of their lives with a bad cake?). I am looking forward to hearing from the happy couple when they return from their honeymoon...in the meantime I will work on their wedding cake photo album, and enjoy being able to take a part in this happiest of occasions in their lives.
