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February 27, 2013

Wedding Cakes

February 27, 2013

This past Friday, I had the privilege of baking for another wedding!  A friend from my former workplace asked me to bake for her special day, and I was honored.  She and her then fiancé, Jamey, did not want the traditional tiered cake.  Rather, they wanted to know if I could do a variety of cakes.

Since I had just done a cake bar of 5 cakes for my brother-in-law’s wedding (picture below), I knew I could do it! I sent the bride these pictures, and she told me that this was exactly what they were thinking.

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I did customize their flavor variety, though.  I sent Cindi and Jamey a list of possible flavors, along with an offer to experiment with other flavors if they wanted.

Ultimately, we ended up coming up with 6 flavors in 8 cakes total:

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2 Classic Red Velvet: Red Velvet Layers, Cream Cheese Buttercream, Red Velvet Crumb Garnish

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2 Chocolate Toffee: Chocolate Cake Layers, Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream, Salted Caramel Filling, Toffee Bits + Dark Chocolate Chip Filling and Garnish, Chocolate Ganache Topping

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1 Strawberry: Fresh Strawberry Cake Layers, Fresh Strawberry Cream Cheese Buttercream Filling, Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream, Fresh Sliced Strawberries Garnish

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1 Carrot: Classic Carrot Cake Layers (with pecans, walnuts, cinnamon), Cinnamon Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream, Toasted Walnut Garnish

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1 Lemon Raspberry (the one they chose to cut as their “wedding cake”) (No Picture): This was a 6″ cake with 4 Fresh Lemon Cake Layers, Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream, Raspberry Coulis Filling

It was such a great opportunity to take classic cake recipes, and add twists to them.  I’m hoping to have more opportunities like this in the future!

 

 

 

 

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Charlotte native, wife to my college sweetheart, and mama to two little boys! Passionate about healthy eating, family-friendly recipes, entertaining, and overall wellness. Often found in my kitchen, surrounded by toy cars and chaos created by my sons! Rely heavily on coffee, dry shampoo, prayer, and texts with my girlfriends.

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