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| Despite the old axiom, you can have your cake and eat it, too. Today’s wedding cakes aren’t just good – they’re delicious. Though many brides still serve additional desserts, the cakes truly are flavorful enough to be dessert all by themselves. |
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| Choosing a wedding cake is actually not a piece of cake. So many options exist these days that its easy to get a little overwhelmed. Just as you do with your wedding gown, you will probably spend a lot of time dreaming about your cake. It’s a significant part of the wedding fantasy. Expect to have two-hour consultation with your baker, ask for tastes of the myriad cakes and fillings and look through the portfolios for ideas. |
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| At some point after the wedding cake makes its grand entrance, tradition dictates that the bride cut a piece and feed a bite to the groom; then he feeds a bite to her. The act represents their first shared sweet moment as a married couple, and it should be handled with a certain amount of decorum. In fact, today’s brides eschew the age-old groom’s tradition of smashing a piece of cake into the bride’s face., deeming it immature. |
| Los Angeles wedding planner Mindy Weiss swears she can always tell how long a marriage is going to last by the way a groom feeds the cake to his bride. “If he’s gentle and doesn’t let the cake get on the bride’s dress, they’re going to be okay,” she says. “ If he smashes it in her face: divorce”. The moment should always be in good taste, but it can have some humor. “One groom put icing on the bride’s nose and licked it off,” recall Weiss, “ and I got the feeling that they were going to have a very happy, funny life together.” |
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