Pick of the Week - July 11, 2011

This past Sunday was my husband and I's 1st anniversary!  We had a great mini get-away in Clearwater Beach and came home Sunday night to do the age old tradition of tasting the top layer of our wedding cake.  Friends and family alike warned us to "just have a bite and then have a backup dessert ready to go".  So we did. 

I took our cake out of the freezer on Friday and was a little weary as I took off all the saran wrap the bakery had put on it the night of the wedding.  Because my husband and I were married in Ohio, the cake traveled 15 hours in a car the day after.  I just wasn't sure it was going to be worth thawing out.  I honestly think the way the baker had wrapped the cake saved it because when we took a bite last night, it was actually...still really good!  However, we didn't feel the need to have another piece....

So, in honor of beautiful, delicious wedding cakes and the fabulous bakers who create them I've picked a few of favorite wedding cakes.  Enjoy!

Pick of the Week - May 2, 2011

Having a baby?  Want to know what the gender of your baby is going to be?  Want to make it a surprise for not only yourself, but friends and family too?  Have a gender reveal cake at your next baby shower!


18 years ago today my nephew, David, was born. (Happy birthday, David Cody!)  I remember all the anticipation building up while we waited to find out the gender of my sister's little bundle of joy.

So how does this work?  Once you attend that all important appointment where the doctor can finally and decisively tell you the gender of your baby....don't let them tell you!  Instead, have the doctor write down the gender of the baby, place it in an envelope, and seal it up tight!  Take the envelope to your favorite baker and ask them to create the inside of the cake to correspond with the gender of your baby, that is blue for a boy or pink for a girl.  The outside of the cake should be gender neutral.  

When the timing is right and you're surrounded by people you love,  you can cut into the cake and reveal the good news!  Below are some different ways that people have decorated their reveal cake.  Happy planning!

The Bold, the Beautiful, and the Undeniably Ugly! Celebrity Wedding Dress...

After seeing Reese Witherspoon's pink wedding dress I began looking at some of the most famous celebrity wedding dresses.  There are so many beautiful dresses.   

So let's hear it ladies (and gents if so inclined...comment on which celebrity you think wore the most beautiful wedding dress and who wore the most hideous dress! I picked 15 very different styles from models, singers, actresses, reality TV stars, and ladies involved in politics but you can suggest your own favorite celebrity wedding dress if you don't see it here!  Votes can be placed on your right!  Happy voting!

Khole Kardashian

 Eva Longoria

Ivanka Trump

Jenna Bush

Kendra Wilkinson

Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (Michael Buble's Wife )

Gwen Stefani

Reese Witherspoon

Avril Lavigne

Jessica Simpson

Portia de Rossi

Pink

Rebecca Romijn

Star Jones

Christina Aguilera