Cake Craziness

My poor neglected blog! The past two weeks have been busy for me and full of nonstop activity and obligations. The beginning of the school year is, of course, crazy packed with work and preparation. Add to that family stuff and a little wedding planning and the past weeks are accounted for in full.

So more about this wedding planning, more specifically, more about the cake situation. You're having a cake? you may ask. But why? There are only two of you! My sentiments precisely, but not those of the wedding planner. A cake is included in our wedding package, and by golly, a wedding cake she will give us. She emails me a list of cake flavors. I'm thinking we can have white or maybe a variation of white. Oh no, we can have white, golden almond, orange chiffon. But wait, there's more!

white
yellow
chocolate
red velvet
golden almond
coconut
carrot
orange chiffon
apple spice
lemon poppy seed
mocha chocolate chip
chocolate rum

WOW! I am intrigued by the chocolate rum option, which would be quite suitable for an island wedding. Now for the fillings!

rawspberry
strawberry
pineapple
passion fruit
chocolate ganache
orange
lemon
lime
praline
chocolate
espresso
mocha

I was aware of the concept of putting a filling in a wedding cake, although I find it completely inappropriate. Who wants to bite into a nice piece of white cake at a wedding to discover a lime filling? Disgusting! I have attended several weddings where brides decided hey, I love chocolate cake! Why don't I put in a strawberry filling and not tell the guests? Biting into mystery cake is the worst thing ever. It's a good thing I feel this way because even if I wanted something bizarre inside the cake, anyone who knows my fiance knows this is not a possibility. He likes two kinds of cake, white and chocolate. With plain buttercream frosting. Nothing more.

So it looks like we're going to have an entire plain white wedding cake to ourselves. Wasteful? Yep. The wedding planner if checking to see if we can at least have only the top layer made. Silly? I think so, but I guess it will make for pretty pictures.

Next step in the wedding process- a dress!