Cakes

We've decided on a bakery.

He knew I had my heart set on one particular bakery because their cakes are the best and their chief designer is world-renowned. And yes, expensive, but the cakes are sooooo good and absolutely beautiful to behold! He got my last birthday cake from this bakery so he knows how good they are.

However, to be fair to the planning process since he's so thorough with details, I scoped out several bakeries, including the local grocery store chains. I got pricing, flavor lists, brochures, printed photos of cakes off the internet and put it all in a folder for him to review. I even bought cakes or petit fours for him to try. He loved the sampling and, for a while, a grocery store cake was the winner, until we priced the cakes from his favorite bakery. It's not my favorite bakery, but they do a nice enough job and the prices are incredibly reasonable. So we're going to go with S Bakery.

We also have decided on sheet cakes for serving to the guests and a small 8" cake for us to cut for pictures. That will cut the cost dramatically. We will not be telling the bakery it's for a wedding because we noticed in the price lists that the SAME cake goes for more on the wedding price list vs. the regular cakes price list. No difference in flavor, layers, icing... no difference at all except the word "wedding."

Since we won't mention the word "wedding" to the bakery, we can also place the order just a few days before without having to shell out a deposit.

Memo to ALL brides: Curb your excitement and refrain from telling vendors you're planning a wedding. The prices quite often jump. If they don't need to know in order for you to make a decision or purchase, don't tell them.