Sunday, August 8, 2010

Sweet Tooth Brides

If you have a sweet tooth like me, quite often, you politely nibble on your dinner, just so you can make it to dessert - the highlight of your evening. Dessert is quickly turning into yet another opportunity for you to incorporate your own touch, and wow your guests. Whether it’s a grand five tiered cake you’re interested in, or an elaborate display of Viennese desserts, here are a few tips for you to keep in mind when deciding.
Don’t feel pressured to have a cake just because it’s a wedding. These days more and more couples are letting go of the notion that a wedding isn’t a wedding till you cut the cake, and they’re embracing more unconventional dessert ideas. If you’ve never enjoyed cake, and would rather have something else, go where your taste buds lead you, its your day!
Cakes are no longer the typical 5 tier, white fondant covered cake topper holders they used to be. These days almost anything can be made into a cake. From having a replica of the couple, to a representation of your favorite past-time, your options are endless. If the shape you choose isn’t conducive to feeding large crowds, then simply have extra sheet cake in your favorite flavors to pass out for the guests. You can also have mini-cakes for each individual guest, or have cupcakes come together to make a picture. Another tip is to be sure to have lots of pictures of the type of cake you want, it leaves much less room for discrepancies between you and the baker in terms of what you want.
If you want to add a personal touch, you can always incorporate something about your story into your dessert. Maybe the two of you met at a carnival, you can have cotton candy displays, funnel cake, caramel pop-corn, and a flavored ice bar. Or perhaps the two of you fell in love over a shared dessert at a favorite restaurant, see if you can bring in the dessert for all of your guests to enjoy. If both of you just love cookies and milk, have warm cookies passed out with shots of flavored milk and cream based liqueurs.
Remember, no dessert is too simple or too unconventional; it’s just another way for you to make your wedding your own unique event.
Bonus tip! Cake Toppers aren’t what they used to be either! Click here http://www.weddingcaketoppersideas.com/handmade-personalized-wedding-cake-toppers.php for a website that will let you submit a photo of you and your fiancĂ© and your wedding outfits, and voila, within a few short weeks, you have a custom cake topper complete with wedding day details, that has an uncanny resemblance of the two of you!

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