Wedding Cake and Desserts

Have a SWEET Wedding!

Desserts are a big part of the wedding day experience for your guests. However, you don’t have to stick just with the traditional cake. Here are some ideas to add a more personal touch. Yes, you can have your cake, plus these sweet things too! Milk & Cookies Nothing beats a stack of fresh…

13 Reasons to Love Chocolate!

Forget death by chocolate. More and more research is showing that high quality, dark chocolate (or cocoa or cacao) may actually improve your health. Here are 13 reasons to love chocolate! Chocolate, cocoa, and cacao are high in the mineral magnesium which is essential for over 500 functions in your body, including: heart health and muscle…

Wedding Cake Gallery

Here are a few more cakes for additional ideas. Any color, any size, flowers, ribbons, rhinestones — just about anything you can think of can be incorporated to decorate your cake. Some brides keep it simple, while others have elaborate details. Let us know if any of these cakes inspired you. Everyone of our wedding…

All About Wedding Cake Icing

When it’s time to make a decision on your wedding cake, it’s important to understand the differences in the types of icing that can be used. You have several options – all have advantages and disadvantages so keep that in mind when you are ordering your cake. Let’s review these together. Buttercream Buttercream is the…

The Wedding Cake, Part II

This is the second of several posts about wedding cakes. Today we are featuring some of the wedding cakes submitted by you our brides. You will notice that there are some very elegant smaller wedding cakes as well. Again, use these cakes as ideas to create your cake. Here are some important facts to remember…

The Wedding Cake

Today we have a treat for you – cake. How sweet it is! We have collected images from the best wedding cake bakers in our area – beautiful images of over 100 wedding cakes. In addition, some of our brides have sent in their wedding cake photos as well. And, of course, we have cupcakes…

How to Cut the Cake

It’s crazy, but one of the many questions that I have heard the wedding couple ask is, “How do we cut the cake?” While at first thought you might think that’s a simple question, there are some etiquette rules even on this part of the wedding. So, let’s talk about this. Rule Number One…

Guest Love the Candy Buffet

Offering guests a candy buffet of colorful treats is what’s HOT in the St. Louis area. People are loving it! A fabulous display not only looks great, but it can serve as a gift favor as well. Having bags or other containers ready will make it easy for your guests to snack on these treats…

Have a sense of humor? Get a groom’s cake

The groom’s cake originated in the South, and although some see it as an unnecessary expense, the groom’s cake has made a big comeback. Originally the groom’s cake was meant to be a gift from the bride to the groom and is typically representative of the groom’s hobbies or interests. The groom’s cake should…

Creative Cake Toppers

One great way to express your personality is to choose an unusual wedding topper. Conventional toppers are rapidly disappearing. One couple recently crafted a “bride and groom” out of Lego’s and used some matching material from her wedding dress. She carried that theme to the head table with name card “Lego” people. Are…

Great Weddings on a Budget

Wedding cakes come in many shapes, forms, and sizes, and are priced based on the amount of work that it takes to create them. Some brides are choosing a smaller wedding cake instead of a five tier monster. A three tier cake can be displayed with elegance, and then you could cut guest slices from…