Recommendations for Pictures of Wedding Cakes
Ann Bando
My mom & sister would like to make and decorate my wedding cake. My sister
has some experience making wedding cakes so I don't think I'll end up with
a flat 2" cake <:
I'd like to check out pictures of different wedding cake styles and
decorations. I know all the wedding magazines have pictures of cakes
interspersed among the million or so ads for wedding dresses, etc. Does
anyone know of any good books that would contain lots of pictures? Right
now I just want to get an idea of some nice ideas for the overall look. We
are definitely going to use fresh flowers and that's all I know at this
point.
Also, I'd like to try out some different cake flavors. Are there any good
shops in the Boston area where I could do some tastings? Would it be
unethical for me to do so if I'm not planning on buying a cake from them?
(Can I be sane if I'm even questioning MY ethics while talking of the
bridal industry???) I guess I can justify the tastings with my needing a
back-up plan just in case my mom & sister decide the cake is too big an
undertaking. Well, enough babbling. Any and all advice is greatly
appreciated.
Thanks for your help!
Ann (& John 6/2/96)
AFG West
can be found on page 345 of the apr/may 1996 edition of Modern Bride.
(Looks even better with Color flowers instead of white!)
Good Luck!
Nancy
Anthony's Florist & Gifts
thim...@dimensional.com
>decorations. I know all the wedding magazines have pictures of cakes
>interspersed among the million or so ads for wedding dresses, etc. Does
An idea....
We just photographed a wedding which had a three level cake, but
instead of columns or other traditional spacers, they used terrariums
(sp).
Quite nice.
Hal & Terees Landry
T&H Images
http://www.dimensional.com/~thimages
WangSung
recipes, but no pictures. Her annual wedding edition of her Style
magazine also has some pics. Also, there's a book, "Collette's Wedding
Cakes" (or something like that) with pictures, recipes, assembly
instructions, etc. You can find it in the bridal reference section of
most any bookstore. Hope this gets you started.
Sue & Jeff
10/12/96
Kirsten Krebs
>I'd like to check out pictures of different wedding cake styles and
>decorations. I know all the wedding magazines have pictures of cakes
>interspersed among the million or so ads for wedding dresses, etc. Does
>anyone know of any good books that would contain lots of pictures? Right
>now I just want to get an idea of some nice ideas for the overall look. We
>are definitely going to use fresh flowers and that's all I know at this
>point.
>Thanks for your help!
>Ann (& John 6/2/96)
Try the old standby...Martha Stewart. Her Wedding books have pictures of
different cakes, as do her 2 Wedding magazine issues.
Good luck!
Stacey Lynn Barclay
floral and craft stores. The pictures are good (show lots of detail) and they
provide very detailed information on how to make the cakes (assuming you've
got some experience).
Hope this helps! Good luck!
Stacey & Paul (04/05/97)
In article <A_Bando-2503...@abando.harvard.edu> A_B...@harvard.edu
(Ann Bando) writes:>From: A_B...@harvard.edu (Ann Bando)
>Subject: Recommendations for Pictures of Wedding Cakes
>Date: 25 Mar 1996 18:02:27 GMT
>Hi!
>My mom & sister would like to make and decorate my wedding cake. My sister
>has some experience making wedding cakes so I don't think I'll end up with
>a flat 2" cake <:
>I'd like to check out pictures of different wedding cake styles and
>decorations. I know all the wedding magazines have pictures of cakes
>interspersed among the million or so ads for wedding dresses, etc. Does
>anyone know of any good books that would contain lots of pictures? Right
>now I just want to get an idea of some nice ideas for the overall look. We
>are definitely going to use fresh flowers and that's all I know at this
>point.
>Also, I'd like to try out some different cake flavors. Are there any good
>shops in the Boston area where I could do some tastings? Would it be
>unethical for me to do so if I'm not planning on buying a cake from them?
>(Can I be sane if I'm even questioning MY ethics while talking of the
>bridal industry???) I guess I can justify the tastings with my needing a
>back-up plan just in case my mom & sister decide the cake is too big an
>undertaking. Well, enough babbling. Any and all advice is greatly
>appreciated.
>Thanks for your help!
>Ann (& John 6/2/96)
MRS RC SR
If you go into a bakery supply store, you will find books for sale with
pictures and instructions for making wedding cakes. The most popular ones
come from Welton, but the shop where my cake is being made had a few
others. It was very helpful looking through the books and knowing that my
baker had tried most of them. She was even very willing to point out that
one of the cakes in the book just always seems to give her a big problem.
Well, we didn't choose that one, but we did find a beautiful 7-tier
wedding cake for our Cake & Punch Church reception, and a beautiful 4-tier
cake for our Dinner Dance. She even went out of her way to order a
special Personalized Crystal Heart Cake Top for me....and paid for it,
because I didn't have the money handy. She just added it to the final
cost and told me we had until the week before the wedding to settle up.
One thing that I have found.....smaller shops have much nicer people
working in them.
Hope this helps,
Stephanie
helen k. hunt
liked browsing and I hope you would find them interesting.
You can find a Wilton catalog at many craft stores and possibly some
gormet shops...they probably won't have the wedding cake catalog but you
can order it through Wilton's regular cake yearbook.
Good Luck!
Helen K. Hunt
(6/14/97)
Jeanne Allan Sawtelle
of my future in-laws. I actually found my favorite cake pictures in
the free "Bride & Groom" magazine put out locally, which can be found
in the location of any advertiser. One good place to look is Arthur
Murray dance studios; some of the larger party stores advertise too.
I also saw some nice pictures in the "New England Bride" magazine,
which I was given by a friend who didn't need hers any more.
Basically, the local freebies that advertise specific vendors usually
have good pictures.
Jeanne
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>Have you checked out any of the Wilton decorating books? I've seen several in
>floral and craft stores. The pictures are good (show lots of detail) and they
>provide very detailed information on how to make the cakes (assuming you've
>got some experience).
>Hope this helps! Good luck!
>Stacey & Paul (04/05/97)
>In article <A_Bando-2503...@abando.harvard.edu> A_B...@harvard.edu
>(Ann Bando) writes:>From: A_B...@harvard.edu (Ann Bando)
>>Subject: Recommendations for Pictures of Wedding Cakes
>>Date: 25 Mar 1996 18:02:27 GMT
>>Hi!
>>My mom & sister would like to make and decorate my wedding cake. My sister
>>has some experience making wedding cakes so I don't think I'll end up with
>>a flat 2" cake <:
>>I'd like to check out pictures of different wedding cake styles and
>>decorations. I know all the wedding magazines have pictures of cakes
>>interspersed among the million or so ads for wedding dresses, etc. Does
>>anyone know of any good books that would contain lots of pictures? Right
>>now I just want to get an idea of some nice ideas for the overall look.
Ann - This is the wedding cake book I emailed you about, that I saw in
the Rexcraft invitation catalog. It is called "A Treasury of Wilton
Wedding Cakes", and says it is full-color, 96 pages, w/step-by-step
preparation instructions for each design. They list it at $8.95. The
Rexcraft number is 1-800-635-3898. You might be able to find this (or
something like it) in the library, too.
best wishes,
Emily
(Emily & Matt, Nov. 16, 1996)