wedding planning | cake tasting

Last Saturday Mike, my mom and I tried out some delicious cakes at A.J.'s Fine Foods, and we decided on the best three awesome choices. 

Marita is the cake decorator at the A.J.'s that we went to, and she was the best! Super friendly, excited, and talented. She also... got me. Something that I think may be very hard to find. Through this process, I have found a lot of different people with a lot of different attitudes. Thankfully there have been a few more good experiences than bad ones {a win in my book}. Marita, and the cake tasting was a great experience.

We ended up deciding on not one giant wedding cake, but three delicious cakes. Let me tell you all about them:

1. Raspberry Champagne: white cake, light and fruity, covered in a butter cream and whip cream frosting blend.
2. Cannoli: white cake, cannoli filling with mini chocolate chips, same frosting.
3. Chocolate Cannoli: chocolate cake with the same cannoli fillingm and same frosting. 

The amazing thing is the cost of three cakes is much less than the price of one "wedding cake." Who says you need to have just one traditional wedding cake? As with all things "wedding" cake is no exception, you get charged more, because you'll pay it. For those wanting a traditional cake, A.J.'s really did have excellent pricing, but Mike and I were looking for something a little more informal, and non-traditional. The three cakes that we picked were a third of the cost of a traditional cake. 

Here are some inspiration images for the style of cakes Marita is going to create for us.

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