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Let them eat cake while you enjoy something else
BY TRESA ERICKSON
You’re getting married soon, and the
time has come for you to select a wedding
cake. While you understand serving cake is
tradition, you’re not real fond of the idea.
Isn’t there something else you could serve?
Of course there is! Th ere are so many
alternatives to wedding cake. But before
you start looking into them, you need to
determine why you are opposed to the
idea.
Do you dislike the taste of cake in general
or the look of a traditional wedding
cake? If you like cake but not the standard
tiered wedding cake with lots of frosting,
you have many options.
You can ask your baker to do something
diff erent and design you a unique cake,
perhaps a replica of your wedding rings or
favorite fl ower. You can serve smaller single
layer cakes in various fl avors at each of
your reception tables—this has become a
big trend in recent years. You can fi ll several
tiered platters with cupcakes of every
fl avor.
Th e choice is yours, and if cake is not
for you, there are alternatives. Before you
axe the cake altogether, remember your
guests. Some will expect wedding cake and
be sorely disappointed when you don’t
serve it.
For their sake, you might want to arrange
for a small wedding cake. For those more
daring, dessert options run the gamut
from pastries to pie.
Sit down and rank your dessert faves.
Have your spouse-to-be do the same. Th en
compare the lists. Do you see anything in
common?
Perhaps ice cream is tops. No? Ice cream
is your beloved’s number one choice and
pie is yours? Pie and ice cream? What a
great combo!
To give your guests more choices, consider
serving your top choices buff et style.
Arrange for an ice cream bar, for example,
with several fl avors of ice cream and
toppings. Th at way, guests can create their
own ice cream dishes from sundaes to
banana splits. Instead of serving one type
of pie, set up a pie bar with several types
for guests to feast on. Th ey might have a
sliver of peach pie, a sliver of apple and a
sliver of pecan.
Still not sure what to serve? No problem.
Set up a coff ee and dessert bar with various
sweets from pastries to puddings. Th is
will satisfy a large number of sweet tooths.
Th ere is so much you could serve in addition
to or in lieu of wedding cake.
Check out some bridal blogs and magazines,
do a general search on the Internet
and ask around. You’re sure to come up
with hundreds of alternatives, so many in
fact that choosing just one may be diffi cult.
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