OUR WEDDING PREPARATION

Planning your wedding can be complicated and stressful. But it can also be enjoyable and memorable. Many people prepare for their wedding two or three before the event. Preparing for your wedding is tiresome yet so much fun. You get to explore your creativity. Preparation is like transforming personal touches to fabulous flourish. You have to consider fashion, gifts, souvenirs, the honeymoon, and the invitations. You have to find the hairstyle to match your gown. You will need to decide where to spend your honeymoon. So many things to consider, so, don’t rush. It’s your wedding.

Wedding Preparations - 1 week to go:

• Confirm all wedding reception arrangements are in place.
• Confirm flowers and deliveries.
• Confirm photographer with instructions of any "must have" photographs.
• Make sure the Groom, Father and Best Man are preparing their wedding day speeches.

Wedding Preparations - Day before:

• Help to decorate reception venue.
• Send luggage for honeymoon to reception venue.
• Arrange for Wedding cake to be delivered.

Wedding Preparations - On The Day:

· Make sure you give yourself plenty of time.

· Send someone to collect buttonholes / sprays from florist if they are not being delivered.

Traditionally the mother of the Bride, and Bridesmaids leave for the ceremony first. The Bride and her father follow.

The Groom and the Best Man make their way to the ceremony arriving 15 minutes before the Bride.

The speeches usually follow the meal. Traditionally the Bride's father speaks first, then the Groom followed by the Best Man.

Good luck with your Wedding preparations!

Picking the Best Wedding Cake

A wedding cake is one of the highlights of the wedding reception, not just the cutting but also the display. Your wedding cake is going to be the center of attention at the reception and thus needs to be displayed properly. Thus, you should take some time to choose the perfect wedding cake.

Nowadays, there are hundreds of cakes that you can choose from, which vary in design, look, as well as taste. When you are ready to start looking for the perfect wedding cake, these are the factors that you have to take into consideration in choosing the wedding cake:

The first and most important thing to decide when choosing a cake is how much of your budget you are going to allot for this edible, sometimes extravagant decoration. The average wedding cake costs about 500 dollars and is generally priced by the slice. The final cost of the cake is determined by time and labor, design, number of tiers, icing and filling choice, decorations and method of delivery.

Go through the cake sample pictures from different confectioners and bakers. Looking through wedding magazines is also a good way to find a wedding cakes design. If you do not find something that you like, you can always design your own cake.

The size of the wedding cake will depend on the number of guests that you are expecting. If you are planning to save some cake for guests who could not accept your invitation and will be unable to attend, then you should keep this in mind while determining the exact number of people.

Finally, be sure to arrange a cake tasting with your baker, as they will be able to help you decide on flavors based on your preferences. Not only is this fun, it's a tasty way to spend an afternoon.

Celebrate With Anniversary Cakes

The history of wedding and anniversary cakes can be traced back to the Roman Empire (509 to 27 B.C.). Of course, the appearance and substance of these types of cakes have changed markedly since then. It was the tradition in Roman times, for wheat cakes to be broken over the head of the bride for luck, and for the bride and groom to partake first, and the guests to scramble thereafter for the remaining crumbs.

Celebrating an anniversary is a milestone for many couples. Some anniversaries are celebrated with large parties and many guests, while other anniversaries are quiet affairs as the couple celebrates together. However, every celebration needs an anniversary cake. The size, flavor, design and decorations of the anniversary cake are choices the couple can make regarding their anniversary celebration.

Anniversary cakes come in all sizes and shapes. Consider a flat, rectangular cake, layered cake or round cake. Another option is having a replica made of the wedding cake. Other couples opt for anniversary cakes in a special shape such as the number of years they were married. Think about how many people will enjoy the cake when selecting the type.

Celebration cake decorations can be anything the couple wants. Consider using the couples name, the date they were married or how many years they have been married. This type of decoration is more common on round or rectangular cakes.

Perhaps the easiest way to decorate an anniversary cake is to simply frost it in a tasty frosting and purchase fun candles that state the number of years you've been together from the supermarket. This way, you instantly have a lovely, tasty cake that represents your anniversary.

LET’S EAT CAKE!

The history of cake dates back to ancient times. The first cake were very different from what we eat today. They were more bread-like and sweetened with honey. Nuts and dried fruits were often added. According to the food historians, the ancient Egyptians were the first culture to show evidence of advanced baking skills. Medieval European bakers often made fruitcakes and gingerbread.

People have consumed cakes of all kinds throughout history and at all sorts of ceremonial occasions. In today's world, people traditionally serve cakes at holidays, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and baptisms--in short, at all significant times in the cycle of life. Cakes are found in different flavors, sizes and shapes. Some of all time best cake flavours are black forest, truffle, red velvet, vanilla, pineapple and also eggless cakes.

A birthday cake in Western culture is a pastry or dessert served to a person on his or her birthday, sometimes decorated with the person's name and/or a message of congratulations. It is often decorated with candles, one for each year the person has been alive. One tradition is to add an extra candle "for good luck," although this varies.

A wedding cake is the traditional cake served to the guests at a wedding breakfast, after a wedding. It is usually a large cake, multi-layered or tiered, and heavily decorated with icing, occasionally over a layer of marzipan, topped with a small statue of a bride and groom. Other common motifs include doves, gold rings and horseshoes, the latter symbolizing good luck.