Showing posts with label cakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cakes. Show all posts
Monday, May 23, 2011
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Let them eat cake!
38 days to the wedding, says our Facebook Countdown!! We're starting to get the RSVPs, though we still have tons left to get! On Nov. 25th, we're just going to go through the list and take our best guess-- the worst that happens is we have a little too much food and hand it out to our wedding party for their flights/drives back!
Our biggest challenge here is the cake-- we've decided to do cupcakes which will a) be cute, and b) cut down on the cutting. I mean, we don't want to spend half an hour cutting and distributing cake, you know? This way, we'll have several cute little cake stands set up with cupcakes on top and surrounding the base of each stand. At least, that's how I see it in my head. I should look in to making some of those stands since cake stands are STUPID EXPENSIVE! So without further ado...
(this is the exact same thing I posted on FB, by the way)
Soooo, we're trying to narrow down flavors for the cake at the wedding and since we need to narrow it down, I'm asking for more!
Here are the flavors I have right now, so if you have more that you'd like to add, add them-- or, if you really want to see one of these, comment that, too!
Pound Cake
Red Velvet Cake
Carrot Cake
Almond
Chocolate Cherry
Mexican Chocolate (with cayenne)
Amaretto
Humming Bird Cake
Chai
Lemon Raspberry
We are doing cupcakes, so we'll have multiple flavors, we're just not sure how many yet!
Here are the flavors I have right now, so if you have more that you'd like to add, add them-- or, if you really want to see one of these, comment that, too!
Pound Cake
Red Velvet Cake
Carrot Cake
Almond
Chocolate Cherry
Mexican Chocolate (with cayenne)
Amaretto
Humming Bird Cake
Chai
Lemon Raspberry
We are doing cupcakes, so we'll have multiple flavors, we're just not sure how many yet!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Adam and Erin
I wish I knew where my card reader was-- Adam and Erin got married last night and it was so wonderful, and so very them. They had the ceremony and reception at the Moulin Rouge room at Paris on Ponce (antiques store, for those of you not from 'round here). Erin looked absolutely beautiful, and Adam as strangely adorable as ever; they really are perfect for each other, and I can't imagine two people who will be happier together. The food, of course, was amazing and Adam's brother Drew did all the cheesecakes-- I think there was a total of six or seven cakes, the "wedding cake" had a little pumpkin bride and groom, and I munched on a Saffron Spice cheesecake with homemade raspberry sauce. Tres magnifique.
It was also really beautiful the way that everyone was included in the ceremony-- Adam and Erin feel like all their friends are family, and family is extremely important. People were invited up to tell stories and make their own toasts, and the ceremony was done in the middle of the room and led directly in to the celebration (aka, reception). I hope that Jeremy won't mind doing something like that, I'd really like it. Plus, there are a lot of logistical upsides to it. Short ceremony means kids (and I) won't get antsy, being there already means that the entire thing doesn't have to pick up and move the entire thing somewhere else (which cuts costs), and we can do pictures while everyone else gets settled in with food and whatnot before toasts.
Everyone keeps asking why I'm having children there, and I happen to think children are loads of fun at wedding receptions. Apparently friends of mine up north have never had a good experience with children at a wedding, and the way I put it to Shelby is that we always understood that it was a privilage to be at an adult function and we better behave or we would be in deep crap, possibly for the rest of our lives. Also, it would be entirely rude to even tangentially ban children from the ceremony and reception given the number of people I know with children (in both the literal and colloquial senses). Most of the weddings I've been to start early evening and go to late evening, giving those with children an opportunity to come celebrate, and leave when they're ready, and those who might have earlier obligations to celebrate as well.
I'm dying for some sushi, but it'll have to wait for lunch Monday-- that's when Sushi Avenue does their amazing specials, lunch during the week. I'm excited, also, to maybe try a new lunch every week...
On that note, I'll write up my restaurant review and go try to find something to amuse myself until it's an appropriate hour to sleep.
It was also really beautiful the way that everyone was included in the ceremony-- Adam and Erin feel like all their friends are family, and family is extremely important. People were invited up to tell stories and make their own toasts, and the ceremony was done in the middle of the room and led directly in to the celebration (aka, reception). I hope that Jeremy won't mind doing something like that, I'd really like it. Plus, there are a lot of logistical upsides to it. Short ceremony means kids (and I) won't get antsy, being there already means that the entire thing doesn't have to pick up and move the entire thing somewhere else (which cuts costs), and we can do pictures while everyone else gets settled in with food and whatnot before toasts.
Everyone keeps asking why I'm having children there, and I happen to think children are loads of fun at wedding receptions. Apparently friends of mine up north have never had a good experience with children at a wedding, and the way I put it to Shelby is that we always understood that it was a privilage to be at an adult function and we better behave or we would be in deep crap, possibly for the rest of our lives. Also, it would be entirely rude to even tangentially ban children from the ceremony and reception given the number of people I know with children (in both the literal and colloquial senses). Most of the weddings I've been to start early evening and go to late evening, giving those with children an opportunity to come celebrate, and leave when they're ready, and those who might have earlier obligations to celebrate as well.
I'm dying for some sushi, but it'll have to wait for lunch Monday-- that's when Sushi Avenue does their amazing specials, lunch during the week. I'm excited, also, to maybe try a new lunch every week...
On that note, I'll write up my restaurant review and go try to find something to amuse myself until it's an appropriate hour to sleep.
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