The bride running off with a slice of cake at the cake cutting! Thankfully for the groom she came back - we laughed so much!
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Sit down and ask yourselves - what emotions do you want to feel when you walk into the room as a married couple to greet your guests? It will set the tone for what you need from your suppliers - Priceless! I ask my couples this question and the replies are so varied, but it really gives me an insight into their personalities and what I in turn, want to create for them. As suppliers, our main goal is your happiness.
Omg! My cousin had individual photos - some dating back years of each of her guests, in little trinket boxes on their tables. The photographer had his work cut out and there was so much laughter in that room as well as many tears.
We will have informal chats so I can find out roughly what they are looking for. Then we will book a consultation. They can choose to have the cake samples at the consultation or take them away. We will talk about how they met, their loves, their hobbies, passions... so I can get an insight into all the aspects of love I want to put into that cake. Then we will go through some rough ideas and I will sketch up a design or two for them.
Pecan & Cinnamon Swirl. It is utterly divine
Pecan & Cinnamon Swirl. It is utterly divine
A three-tier, square, grey and purple marble cake with cascading sugar florals taken from the bride's bouquet choices. Hidden at the back of the cake was a small volcano detail that was personal to the bride and groom. Their faces when they realised the detail as they stood to cut the cake was such a beautiful picture.
I started baking for myself - I love all things sweet. Then baked part-time for the coffee shop in the jewellers where I worked as an accountant. A couple came in to buy their wedding rings, tasted the cake in the coffee shop and insisted I make their wedding cake!
For the GGBO it would have to be crazy and whacky - something with seven tiers, showcasing all the different skills I have mastered over the years, but arranged in a not-so-uniform fashion. Why be normal in a world of crazy!