THIS IS CAKETOWN!
April 19, 2007
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Ah, the good ol’ cake dilemma.
PJ, being the “It’s-OK-you-can-take-care-and-plan-wedding-stuff” groom, is actually picky. Not that he has a lot of stuff that he gripes about but there are some things on his list that has to *happen*. And out of all possible wedding things, he’s very particular about the cake.
“In my mind, I just always pictured a clean, white cake and the couple cutting into it. It’s such a strong symbol.” He said that two weeks after we started dating when we were planning our fake stereotype wedding with kung-fu leprechans and a reception with just rice and potatoes.
I think the wedding cake is overrated. It’s only something to look at. I’ve been to plenty of weddings where poor sliced cake corpses are left to fester on sad little plates. But at the same time, being a foodie, I also want the cake to be something delicious that all can enjoy. Wedding cakes go, on average, $600. But of course, we live in a foodie city and high-quality cakes can go for double that amount. Eff that.
Ever since the new swanky San Francisco Centre opened, Patrick and I have been enjoying the gourmet food court quite often. Not just because of the awesome restaurants, but because of what comes after dinner. Ah yes, the Beard Papa’s cream puff. These are so fucking good. The crunchy chou pastry with the right proportional amount of fresh vanilla bean custard inside. Oh jeebus.
And it just dawned upon me that, hey, we should have a whole bunch of those cream puffs as our wedding cake. One cream puff is aroung $1.75, and they do give bulk discounts so it will be less than $175.00 for 100 people. The puffs can all sit on a cake tower. But to fulfill PJ’s dream of having a white cake, I think I’ll get a nice little non-wedding white cake just for PJ and me from somewhere like Petit Patisserie and have it sit on top of the cake tower.
….and as for the cake tower…I don’t know where I would get one from. Ebay, most likely.
April 21, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Cream puffs are definitely a good option… usually for a wedding cake to look spectacular the compromise ends up being that it tastes like cardboard. Imagine a pyramid of puffy goodness… wow…that could be awesome.
April 23, 2007 at 7:30 pm
i used to be a baker and i’m a chocoholic so i was the one that was picky about our wedding cake. we ended up with a 3 tier chocolate mud monster. the woma at the cake shop reckons that the bottom tier will feed all our guests. the midde tier will feed everyone for lunch the next day. the top tier is mine. ALL MINE.
my gramma was peeved that we wouldnt be having fruit cake and plastic icing for traditionalists like her. my other half was bummed that we wouldnt get to have one of those stupid cutsey bride and groom icing people. the ones with the round heads and the big smiles?
anyway to compensate i’m going to have a small cake made up just for him with the stupid people and the plastic icing and his favourite cake. to make up for the fact that i kind of steamrolled whatever anyone else thought to get to my personal dream of a chocolate wonderland. but, i dunno… if someone had offered me cream puffs filled with vanilla bean custard? i may not have been so strong in my convictions.
April 24, 2007 at 10:06 pm
If you are looking for a good alternative for wedding cake. You should try Citizen Cupcake. I have two friends who tried that option, and it went over like gangbusters.
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