There were a couple of different bakeries at the bridal show
that had yummy samples of cake for us to try.
The bakeries also had books showing off some of their cake designs for
us to browse. I knew that we wanted a
simple cake without a lot of decoration, so choosing a baker was about taste
and, of course, price! We found a baker whose prices were about $.50 less per
slice than the other bakers at the show and the cake was great; more moist than
the other samples we tried. Our baker,
Gwen from Gwen’s Cake Decorating, runs the business side of her company out of
her home in Saline, MI and rents a commercial kitchen for baking and decorating
the cakes. This is how her prices can be
lower than the other bakeries that have a retail storefront.
A little while after the show, we went to her home in Saline
for the cake tasting and hung out with her and her cute cats while we selected
three cake flavors for our tiered cake – vanilla with Bavarian cream filling
and fresh strawberries, chocolate with chocolate buttercream, and carrot with
cream cheese filling. As I mentioned, we
wanted something simple. So for the
outside of the cake, we asked her to just use tasty buttercream instead of
adding fondant and sugar flowers. We brought along a unique item we wanted to
use as a cake topper, Mario and Princess Peach toys, a nod to Ryan’s love of
video games.
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| Cake by Gwen's Cake Decorating. Photo by Heather Kanillopoolos. |
