does it have fonDANT?

cake tasting was what johnathan has been looking forward to the most!  it was the last stop on our wedding planning marathon.  lucky for us, all 3 vendors use the same building so there wasn't much driving involved! 

cake flavor was pretty easy for us.  johnathan's absolute favorite flavor is red velvet.  it's what i always make him for valentine's day.  red velvet is one of my favorites too.  i also like chocolate, yellow...well...anything that's cake actually! :) we met with gunilla from american dream cakes.  she brought us several flavors of cake and icing.  johnathan dove right in for the red velvet!  that was a hit with both of us.  we also liked the yellow.  everyone likes yellow and it's always tasty at a wedding!  i also loved the strawberry!  plus it was pink!  we vetoed the white and marble cakes.  the chocolate was good but we already had red velvet.  the buttercream icing was delicious and will go with all 3 flavors!  so, our layers are....

red velvet (anniversary layer)

strawberry

red velvet

yellow

 i also knew i didn't want the traditional wedding cake.  they are very boring to me.  i wanted something unique and creative.  i guess along with "say yes to the dress" i watch too much "ace of cakes" as well!  i wanted a seashell theme somewhere on the cake.

i love the seashells on the first one.  simple but elegant!  i like the swirly pattern on the icing of the 2nd cake.

i like the starfish on the 3rd plus it incorporates my purple theme.  i really like the 4th and how it has "sand" around the edges.

this is an example of the cake we chose.  it's actually in gunilla's portfolio.  we made a few changes to it but it's the one johnathan and i both loved.

there are a lot of choices for cake toppers out there.  flowers?  bride and groom?  initials?

i think the bride and groom statues where the bride is dragging the groom by the collar and stuff are cute but kinda cheesy.  the initials are pretty but wouldn't go with our seashell theme.  we're going to have enough flowers at the reception without having more on top of our cake.

i ran across these awesome bride and groom bobbleheads during one of my late night googling adventures.  you can email a photo of you and your fiance to this company and they will custom make bobbleheads to look like you!

i REALLY thought johnathan was going to be into this idea!  to my surprise, he shot me down!  who wouldn't want a bobble head of themself?  i think i should surprise him with one.  ;)

the idea i've had for awhile now is to have a starfish bride and groom on top.  i actually saw my idea on a cake at the state fair this year.

there's some online too but not many.

gunilla seemed to know what i wanted and i hope she can get the starfish to stand up on top!

watch out...you never know where a bobblehead stephy and johnathan might pop up!  :)

OH...and as for the title of this blog...when i told leah about our cake, she asked "does it have fonDANT?"  you know...fondant?  that hard icing stuff they use to make fancy cakes?  isn't it fun to say in a british accent?  leah and i think so.