My mom: "What do you want your cake to look like?"
Me: "I don't care, I guess with some different levels and a fountain under it, but I don't care."
This is how most of our conversations went. Me giving minimal input and leaving a lot of it up to my mom.
She did an amazing job and got me a beautiful wedding cake that was falling over.
Now the falling over part was not her fault. You see, Illinois in June is well... a little humid. The person that made the cake for us was kind of new to the business.
When we got the church for pre-reception pictures we noticed the top few layers of the cake were leaning to the right a bit. The glass temple on top of my cake continued to slide more and more towards the edge. The reception was just about to start, there was mostly family and a few early guests but we had to cut the cake. Eric held the pillars to hold the top layer in place while I cut the piece. We did the traditional feed each other the cake for the photographer, our family and a few people. The kitchen staff quickly took apart the cake and began cutting it into pieces.
The cake tasted great, too bad no one got to see it. After the wedding my mom contacted the baker to pay for the cake. The baker never returned my mom's call. She tried a few more times.. still nothing. So our cake that was falling over and no one saw (but tasted good) well it was free.
Oh and the rest of our reception, the DJ was late, the photographer was rude to some of the family, oh and that late DJ did not have our song.
But yet, I still loved every minute of it.
It's good that you made it to the reception before the collaspe, can you imagine walking in and finding a pile of cake?? LOL.
ReplyDeleteFree cake is always good!
ReplyDeleteoh geese! imagine how upset you would have been had you spent all of those years putting expectations on your wedding. instead, it was still just wonderful memories. love it:-)
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, I totally forgot about the cake thing. I remember the late dj though. It's a good thing you're so in love at the time that you don't let those things ruin the day. :)
ReplyDeleteIf everything went smoothly all the time, we'd never have anything to write about.
ReplyDeleteGreat story.
Look at how cute the two of you are. Glad you enjoyed yourself in spite of some of the mishaps. The wedding is just one day...your marriage together a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteOh no! I think my heart would have stopped if my cake was leaning over. Good thing you guys cut it quickly. I love the picture, it's precious. Keep Posting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story. I could totally go for a piece of wedding cake this afternoon :) Oh yes I could!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful bride you were! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI don't think most wedding guests care what the cake looks like anyway, as long as it *tastes* good!
~Elizabeth
http://confessionsfromaworkingmom.blogspot.com
You are so beautiful! I never planned out my wedding, either. But I did have an amazing cake, made by my mother.
ReplyDeleteI think it is so funny that you had The Leaning Cake of Illinois. It's good you remember the good things about your reception rather than the things that went wrong. I am sure it was marvelous.
I think we all want our weddings/receptions to go perfectly, but a lot of what we remember are these kinds of incidents. They make the experience unique and special and even more interesting to hear about.
ReplyDeleteThe AC at our August reception wasn't working and the DJ introduced us as Jeff and Melissa (my dh name is Kevin). Fun times:)
Our DJ was good. Our photographer was new and slow. We were late to our reception. A lot of people had left. But I had a good time too. Isn't that amazing how those things are just over shadowed!!! How do you keep a cake from doing that in places that are humid?
ReplyDeleteAt least everything else has stood the test of time! There is always a bright side of things ;)
ReplyDeleteFree cake is the best kind of cake! Even if it is falling over!
ReplyDeleteSuch a good memory! It's so funny how the things that matter so much to some just don't matter at all to others. My cake was a gift from a contact I had in the business and the only thing I remember about it was that it had lilikoi jelly as the filling. Every time I see a photo I crack up because I have no idea what it looked like other than the photos :) I'm most grateful to have married the right person and still be so happy!
ReplyDeleteGood thing you noticed it before it fell over! At least it tasted good and you can't beat free!
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Well...as long as you didn't have to pay for it! We have some pretty good wedding horror stories too!
ReplyDeleteYou were the cutest little bride ever!
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