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Chocolate Wedding Cakes

 

Chocolate. Say it with me. CHOCOLATE. Who doesn’t love chocolate? In the U.S., most wedding cakes, until recent years, were drab, white, and practically flavorless. Just sweet and more sweet. But more and more, we’re seeing different flavors, and different combinations. And not to be left out, chocolate is a flavor in the forefront. A couple may choose plain chocolate, but more often than not, we see variations on the theme – mocha, chocolate espresso, red velvet. But should a couple cling steadfast to tradition, they can always relegate the chocolate to the groom’s cake. Often a foil to the white, statuesque, center-stage wedding cake, a groom’s cake is often whimsical, and frequently expresses some quirky aspect of the groom’s or couple’s personality. Sometimes the flavors vary, but quite often, the groom’s cake is – you guessed it – chocolate. Dark to the wedding cake’s light. Rich to the wedding cake’s austere. The perfect yin and yang, the perfect foil, the perfect complement. If your couple-heart lies in the direction of chocolate – go for it! It’s your wedding, after all.

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White Chocolate Ruffle Cake

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brooke

Ruffle White chocolate Cake

Today, we wrap up Ruffle Week 2011 here on A Wedding Cake Blog with a cake that has a little different take on the frilly furbelows of ruffles.

Ruffles. Meet Chocolate. Helloooo, perfection.

Don’t you simply LOVE this cake? Two tiers of cake, enrobed in real chocolate, People. This isn’t candy coating, or modeling chocolate. This chocolate has been tempered and made to resemble rustic ruffles, so that each slice of the cake yields a lovely snap. And check out the gorgeous flower pinned to the side, and the topping of – what else? – more Read More

 

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Chocolate Fondant and Autumn Tree Wedding Cake

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Brooke

Chocolate and Autumn Tree Wedding Cake

Isn’t this pretty? So nice and…autumn-y.  I think Christen will be really impressed with me for posting this one.  What do y’all think?

This beautiful cake, made by Slice Cake Studio in Longmont, CO, was inspired by the couple’s wedding invitation!  I would really like to see that stationary personally, because this is stunning and I think it just looks, well…yummy.

Three layers, perfectly uniform in height…the bottom and top covered with a rich, chocolate-brown fondant.  And sandwiched Read More

 

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‘Dr. Who’ Police Box Groom’s Cake

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Christen

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I hope that your Halloween candy induced sugar high did not end up here last night.  And by here I mean the slammer…because that’s what is featured on this grooms cake.  Or, well I guess technically it’s a Police Box?  I had no idea what that is.  So I had to get my research on.

I turned to my old friend Wikipedia to discover that Police Boxes are actually just that.  A Police Station in a box.  They are set up all over Great Britian and basically any member of the police force or the community can go in and get in touch Read More

 

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Smarties Cake

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Christen

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True story.  When I took my first trip to Europe I was 15 and my friend Brett begged me to bring him back some Smarties.  At first I scoffed at his request.  He could go down to the store and buy his own Smarties.  It wasn’t until later that he explained that Smarties and Smarties were different.  American Smarties are those round little things made from nothing but pure sugar.  European Smarties are actually flat round chocolates in a candy coated shell.  Think M&M’s but double the size.  I ate nothing but Smarties the entire two weeks I was in Europe..and maybe some pasta in Italy.  I think all I remember is the Smarties.  I was 15 I knew nothing of the joys of pasta covered in cheese and butter.  I could also spend two weeks eating nothing but Smarties and it wouldn’t show up on my thighs a week later.

Imagine my happiness when I found this cake covered entirely in Smarties.  It’s almost channeling the Sixlet covered cake that I featured a few weeks ago.  Perhaps it’s my love of candy covered cake or nostalgia for my youth that has my heart thumping when I first laid eyes on this beauty.

What do you think?  Do you love cake covered in candy?  Have you ever had Smarties?  Did it change your life?  Do you still wish you had the metabolism of a 15 year old?

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Oreo Cake

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Christen

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I saw this on Pinterest a few months ago and I pinned it but never thought of it again.  In fact I had convinced myself that I already blogged about this just cake and just spent about 15 minutes looking through the archives just to check.  I didn’t and I kind of shocked myself.

An Oreo cake.  Seriously…where is the milk?  Because I am ready to twist and dunk thank you very much.

Surely the creator of this amazing creation must be touched by an angel.  That is true if you consider that the creator of this cake is Kevin Sharkey…who, by the way, Read More

 

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Ganache…the Other Cake Icing.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Christen

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I had so many giggle-inducing puns that I wanted to use as a title that I just couldn’t decide.  Here are just a few:

  • Get Your Ganache On
  • Oh Ganache…it’s Chocolate!
  • Getcha, Getcha Ga-ga–naache (to be sung in your head to the tune of Lady Read More
 

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Lattice Buttercream Wedding Cake with Mickey and Minnie Cake Topper

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Brooke

Lattice Mickey Minnie Wedding Cake

Today on the blog, we’re getting an extra dose of adorable.  And moreover, we’re seeing adorable done right, which is even better.

Check out this absolutely precious cake.  This four-tiered beauty was the star of the show at Melissa and Heath’s wedding, which took place in 2006.  The couple had never been to Disney before going together while they were dating…and they were instantly hooked on the magic.  They even considered getting married at Walt Disney World, but opted for a hometown wedding, and a cake that served as an homage to their favorite vacay Read More

 

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Let Them Eat Cake: Sunday Round-Up for July 31, 2011

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Brooke

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And so it continues.  The hot hotness of summer, I mean.

Vacation is over and school’s looming up before us here (we go back August 15 in these parts.  Ugh.)  It’s extremely hard to school supply shop when you’d rather be at the beach, yes?  Maybe someone needs to make some cute little plaid bikinis with matching cardigan cover ups.  And we can have apple tartlets in lieu of, well, you know.  So who’s gonna make the kiddoes go back to school if Mama doesn’t want to?

But I digress.

I have an AWESOME visit with my best friend coming up, and more wedding pretty Read More

 

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Saving the Top Tier

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Christen

Weddind Day: October 7th, 2006. That top tier didn't make it to see October 8th.

I have a secret to admit.  As much as I honor tradition in a wedding I did not save the top tier of my wedding cake.  If you had a camera in my honeymoon suite you would have seen my brand new husband and I chowing down on our top tier in full wedding gear about ten seconds after we finished jumping up and down on the bed.

Most brides can handle their sweet tooth and post-reception hunger pangs better than I can and they Read More

 

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Going Beyond the Cake

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Christen

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I know I have mentioned this before..but there are people out there who just don’t like cake.  If you aren’t really a cake person why bother spending a ton of money on a wedding cake or wedding cupcakes?  Your guests might enjoy them but it is your day so you should be able to have a dessert that you enjoy.  Because let’s face it:  there really aren’t any rules when it comes to weddings.  Also, some brides or grooms have gluten or flour allergies…so why have a cake?  I promise…the wedding police will not come out and place you under arrest if you choose not to have a cake at your reception.

I realize this all sounds pretty weird coming from a girl who spends most of her time writing about or eating wedding cakes.  Luckily, there are a lot of really great alternatives to the traditional cake or cupcake.

Something that kind of blows my mind and that I would be thrilled to find at any wedding is the Cheesecake Wedding Cake.  A wedding cake made entirely of cheesecake.  I’ve mentioned before that my inner-Golden Girl would SO have a field day with this option.  However, I felt like it was sort of a long shot.  I know cheesecake is a little pricey and I could not even begin to imagine how much a Cheesecake Wedding Cake must cost.  I was pretty pleased to find out that a.) they do exist and b.) you will Read More

 

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