Who Are You? -- The Natural Bride
Take your cues from your wedding location. If you're holding your wedding in a cool meadow or forest clearing, layer your classic white cake high with glistening woodland jewels: wild strawberries, ripe blueberries, ... [... more]
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Afrocentric Wedding Guide: Caribbean Black Cake
Soak all the fruit in the wine for one or two months ahead of time. Cream the butter, sugar, vanilla, and browning together until soft and fluffy. Sieve the dry ingredients together. Beat the eggs and sherry, brandy, ... [... more]
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Bakeries
Order your cake once you have selected your baker, determined the style, the flavor of the cake, the icing and filling, and the size, according to the number of guests it must serve. This should be done at least six ... [... more]
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Beverly Clark: Cutting The Cake
The band leader or master of ceremonies announces the event. The groom places his right hand over the bride’s and together you cut the first slice. You then offer one another a bite, which signifies a willingness and ... [... more]
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Bridal Sweets: Favorite Wedding Cakes
Patty Cake, Patty Cake: So the freezer's a little squeezy, or maybe you just don't want to go through the hassle of preserving and defrosting your cake for that first anniversary. You're not alone. In fact, many ... [... more]
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Cake Budget
Find out who pays for what, traditionally speaking, and use our cake budget form to get the bottom line. And don't forget, there are lots of little ways to cut cake corners; our budget tips can help you have your ... [... more]
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Cake Budget Form
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Cake Budget: Budget Tips
The Satellite Discovery: A satellite cake is created when an upper layer of separate cakes is tiered on top of a lower layer of separate cakes. The lower layer serves as the cake's "base." Essentially, satellite ... [... more]
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Cakes: Glossary - Myths
It's Not Enough To Serve Wedding Cake As Dessert. Okay, so some brides have wedding cake AND berries AND sorbet AND a dessert table AND a groom's cake. More power to them. And their dentists. Still, you shouldn't ... [... more]
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Cakes: Glossary A-B
Basketweave: A common cake decoration in which icing is applied to the cake in a woven pattern, similar to a handmade basket. Buttercream and royal icing are often used and the icing is applied using special ... [... more]
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Cakes: Glossary C
Columns: Tubes placed in-between layers of wedding cake to create a multi-tiered effect with open air in-between each layer of cake. Unlike separators, columns are clearly visible on the decorated cake and are part ... [... more]
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Cakes: Glossary D-F
Fondant: Used as both candy and icing, fondant is a simple sugar-water and cream of tartar mixture cooked to the soft-ball stage. After cooling, the mixture is beaten and kneaded until extremely pliable. It is often ... [... more]
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