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I really like cake, the yummy frosting, the moist deliciousness of the cake, mmmm.  Wedding cake, however, is the worst!  I’ve never heard such ridiculous pricing for cake.  There is one bakery in town who wants $4-5 a serving…which is absurd!  Have you seen wedding cake servings?  there like this ( ) big!  I do cake on the side…sometimes, I’ve drifted out of it, too much work and not enough money, but I only do shape cakes.  So I know how much money goes into it, and a cake to feed 100 people costs approximately $75, depending on fondant and decorations, so why do people want to charge me $400-600?  I’m waiting to hear from a lady who makes amazing cakes with buttercream alone, but I’d be willing to pay a little more for her, because all of her cakes look amazing so I know I’d get what I want.  Here is my inspiration:

From the amazing pinkcakebox.com

We had originally pick out cake from an amazing place in Nashville, but it would just be 4 cakes, it wouldn’t look like a wedding cake.  We tried a lot of it and i just thought one day it was way too rich and I just wanted something simple golden yellow cake with fruit fillings and vanilla buttercream, but no one around here will do it!  The bakery I really liked, but it was in my hometown 45 minutes away, doesn’t do fillings because they make the cake too unstable, well that’s weird everyone else does fillings….I’m talking to a lady right now who is willing to do my fruit filling and deliver it to the cave, which I was worried about, but it’s been almost a week since she said she’d get me a price and I haven’t heard from her, but I’m being patient!

The cake will be just like this except no top tier, and the ribbons will be brown and possibly real, I’m not sure yet.  I still have to find some brooches that i like, it’s proving difficult at a reasonable price!

The next cake is the groom’s cake!  Fi doesn’t really like cake so I’m not making him cake…I’m making him a tiered dessert I suppose.  The bottom layer will be layers of brownies separated by vanilla buttercream, covered in butter cream then fondant and decorations.  The middle layer will be layers of cookies separated by buttercream, covered in butter cream then fondant and decorations.  The top will be s’mores treats, rice crispy treats but with golden grahams and chocolate pieces, covered in butter cream and fondant and decorations.

Jeremy has always loved Super Mario Brothers so I found this cake and knew it was it!

The middle layer might be more like the underworld area of Super Mario Brothers, because…that’s what Jeremy wants for some reason, I’ll have to do some sketching for that.  He is so excited about this cake he doesn’t really care about the other cake, it’s just this one he cares about.  I think he’s even said he’s most excited about this cake of the whole wedding….except for marrying me of course!

I also got the Mario and Peach plastic toys to be our toppers, they are so cute

I’ve seen a picture where someone added a veil and bouquet to Peach’s hand and I might do that, I’m not sure!!

This is very fitting because for our engagement party we had a halloween costume optional party.  We were Mario and Peach

Coolest halloween costume I’ve ever had!  We were the talk of the party…and town because after the party we went to see Paranormal Activity in the theater, but it was sold out for the show we wanted to see so then we went to wal-mart to get new tights for one of our crew… I’ve never had so many people stare at me before!  Granted it was October 17, but still it was october!  And yes, i was still wearing the crown, it was awesome.  Both costumes were completely home made, his was much easier than mine, but it was completely worth it.  I kind of want to bust it out at the reception because it was just such a fun costume!

So, now you know all about my cakes and the coolness of the groom’s cake, and my awesome Peach outfit, I show it off anytime I can!

Next up…..no clue!  Stay tuned for something else fun!