A Planner Plans: Sweets for my sweet

Confession time. I am OVER wedding cake. Seriously over it.

I think after a certain number of years of exposure, just like anything, the novelty wears off. For me, that is the story of me and cake. I can't stand it. I can appreciate it, but give me a Viennese table full of brownies, cookies and pies and my heart is content.

So when it came to the great dessert debate, I realized Mr. Charming and I had a huge difference of opinion. Mr. Charming loves cake. Not just any cake but chocolate and not your average chocolate but roll over with your stomach cramping for ganache overdose chocolate. For him there was no other option.

I however, dreamed of s'mores. Roasting marshmallows, graham crackers and a bite sized morsel of chocolate along with a variety of cheesecakes.

Insert problem.

We arranged for our venue to offer s'mores but after months of consideration, decided it was just too messy.

So it was back to square one. Since I was obviously losing the battle on cake, I compromised and agreed to a small cake. 2 tiers, nice and simple, or so I thought.

I contacted Jen of Hudson Cakery soon after agreeing to serving cake at the wedding. Jennifer and I worked together on Bethany & Chris' wedding and I really just adored her. When we started developing options for the cake, she made it very well known, the possibilities were endless. Cake soon became yet another thing on the ever growing to do list.

This past week, Jen made a house call and brought with her what I affectionately refer to as sin on a spoon. Seriously. For tasting purposes, we were given a chocolate cake with oreo filling, chocolate chip cake with chocolate filling and an almond cake with vanilla filling, all with vanilla buttercream frosting.

I.DIE.

I seriously sat grinning ear to ear and confessed that I was totally wrong. Not only did we HAVE to have cake, we had to have lots of cake.

Our final selections, chocolate cake with a layer of chocolate and a layer of peanut butter and almond cake with a layer of cherries and a layer of crushed almonds. Add to that a variety of cake balls including cheesecake, red velvet cake, carrot cake with cream cheese icing and s'mores cake, and you have yourself a very happy Mr. Charming and #Giddyplannerbride.

This is Jennifer.


Samples of each cake. Are these not huge?


Cake pops (melted a bit in transition but delicious nonetheless)



I was wrong and I'm glad I was. Not only am I now looking forward to the cake, I'm now practicing a serious amount of restraint to not eat the entire sample. They were huge. In a good way!

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I Scream, You scream

We all scream for ice cream!

I'm out of town attending a conference in Maryland this week (newbies, take note...schedule lots of time in your annual calendar to lean via classroom training). Anywho, during one of our much needed breakout sessions, attendees were created with dessert reception stations..not just your typical fondue, Viennese stations though...no, no , no, we were treated to that sweet childhood treat of Ice Cream!

Ironically enough, the male attendees certainly took a leap at the stations in front of their female counterparts. As I observed the crowd, I thought it was great to see how excited the guests were to select not only their favorite ice cream, but the wide variety of toppings.

If you're considering an alternative to traditional wedding cake for your reception, certainly consider ice cream. Step it up and make the station a little more formal by adding "sophisticated" treats to the station, such as flambe fruit, in addition to our childhood favorite jujubees, sprinkles and my favorite all-time favorite...anything chocolate.

Sweet ending to a sweet event, LOVE IT!