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August 20, 2013 by Juli Jackson

Virginia is for Lovers… of Cake! – Award-Winning Wedding Cakes By Charlie

Attention brides in Virginia! Are you in the Williamsburg, Richmond, and Newport News areas? Really? Ok, so count yourself lucky. Now you can stop worrying about finding the perfect wedding cake for your big day.

Why?

Because you have at your fingertips – Wedding Cakes by Charlie.

Swoon-Worthy Wedding Cakes? Pictures, Please.

I like to see myself as a level-headed girl who is a careful planner and weighs all my options but I'll admit I got absolutely giddy seeing the variety of wedding cake styles possible here. This is seriously a look-no-further situation. Not only does business owner and baker Charlie have the skill and artistry to create the cake of your dreams, his work simply speaks for itself.

I could go on and on but I really recommend just trotting over to the website's gallery. It is bursting with pictures that are simply enchanting. Modern, classic, big, small – whatever you want. Charlie has you covered.

Flavors For Your Fairytale Day

Imagine that first bite your soon-to-be husband will be carefully (you hope) offering up on a loaded fork. You share it together so that first sweetness is something you want to remember. Make it count!

Pick your favorite or choose to mix it up with something new paired with a classic. Try a lemon cake with sweet apricot filling or classic chocolate with refreshing mint. Can't choose? No problem. Each layer can be a different favor. Oh, the possibilities.

One bite and beautiful butterflies will be dancing around your head. Well, maybe that's your perfect guy sharing that spotlight with you, but hey, delicious cake can help make your storybook dreams happen too.

Hello, Dream Wedding Cake. Nice National Recognition!

Oh, and a bunch of awards speak pretty loudly as well. No kidding. Bride Magazine, Wedding Wire – these are endorsements from trusted wedding industry leaders so color-me-impressed. And local brides voted them 2013 Best of Weddings which means happy brides in your area concur – this is the place.

If only I was getting married in Virginia. Destination wedding, anyone?

Check out Wedding Cakes by Charlie to start getting fantastic wedding cake ideas for your sweet day.

June 27, 2013 by Ed Belly

Sweet Southern Ladies Designer Cakes: Where Beauty and Flavor Collide

There are cakes, and then there are CAKES! At Sweet Southern Ladies Designer Cakes, they are only interested in the latter. Each gorgeous creation is lovingly and meticulously crafted into a stylish, unique design made especially for you. Martha Hebert and Rebecca Guidry, the Louisiana native, sibling proprietors of Sweet Southern Ladies, have perfected their craft and are now offering their expertise to you!

Faberge

How They Got Started

In 2004, two retired school teachers found themselves a little short on cash, needing a way to earn some extra on the side. Their idea? Take a cake decorating class! The early going was a bit rough, but after a little practice the sisters discovered they possessed a real talent for the job.

A little time and a blow away win on TLC's Ultimate Cake Off turned their small cake decorating business into a full-time undertaking. Now they field calls from the likes of Nicholas Cage and Emeril Lagasse, but they haven't let that deter them from accommodating local requests as well.

Custom Sculpted Cakes

The Cakes

Each tier of a Sweet Southern Ladies designer cake consists of three layers of moist, delicious cake and two layers of sumptuous filling. With 15 flavors of cake and 20 flavors of filling to choose from, your options are vast! Are you looking for a German Chocolate cake with banana filling, or maybe a Mandarin Orange Cake with Parisian Cream filling? Mixing and matching your options is half the fun! At Sweet Southern Ladies Designer Cakes, they guarantee taste as well as presentation.

A Sweet Southern Ladies designer cake is built to your specifications and designed with you and your event in mind. And don't be confused, these southern ladies aren't limited to traditional cake designs, oh no! If you want a cake that looks like a hunting rifle, a motorcycle, or even an alligator, they can accommodate you! This is YOUR cake and it will reflect YOUR interests.

Cascading Flowers

Hebert and Guidry request that you order your cake six to eight months prior to your event, and they'd be more than pleased to provide you with a free consultation wherein they will design your cake with you. After that, the sky is quite literally the limit!

Ya'll Come Back Now, Hear?

Whether you need a cake for a wedding, party, gala or special event, Sweet Southern Ladies Designer Cakes can handle your request. They have experience, passion, and the one thing you can't teach: Talent!

June 20, 2013 by Juli Jackson

Personality Delivered By Blue Note Bakery

Are you planning your wedding in the Lone Star State? Austin, Texas is known for celebrating with a funky beat all its own so no surprise that Blue Note Bakery makes its home here. Austin's premiere bakery hits all those unique notes by offering some of the most stunning custom cakes and desserts ever served up. If you are looking for an unforgettable confection for your big day, look no further.

Custom Wedding Cakes

Wedding Cakes With Flair

Your wedding cake is a highly personal choice and should reflect who you are. While offering an impressive repertoire of classic and traditionally styled cakes, Blue Note Bakery can wow you with their custom designs too. They will work closely with you to develop a special look and taste to fit your style and personality.

A visit to their website reveals everything from steampunk themed decadence to elaborate graphics to a Steel Magnolias inspired armadillo. This is one bakery that loves a challenge and was featured for wedding cakes in Everyday with Rachael Ray.

They also offer incredibly unique small dessert bites that include cupcakes, cannolis, cookies, and "cuppiecakes." Lovingly called the turducken of desserts, this treat is a miniature pie inside a cupcake! And the flavor combinations are endless.

Modern Meets Traditional

More Variety With The Most Style

If you are looking for the quintessential chocolate and vanilla, you are certainly covered. The adventurous can consider exciting cake flavors, fillings, and icing combos like coconut cream, tiramisu or the South Austin which is a tie dyed cake where you pick your own colors. Maybe luscious lemon with honey-rum fondant speaks to you. Or, you want to try ginger orange cake with espresso icing.

Whatever sounds delectable to your tastes buds, schedule a tasting for your favorites and prepare to be delighted.

All cakes and desserts are made fresh on site with fresh mouth-watering ingredients. Artistry and taste harmonize in a big way at Blue Note Bakery.

May 28, 2013 by Juli Jackson

Your First Slice Of Heaven From Gwen's Cake Decorating

The cutting of the wedding cake has long been a focal point at receptions. Serving as dessert, decor, and a fun event all to itself, your wedding cake is a chance to show off your particular style and tastes. If you are in the Ann Arbor area, let Gwen's Cake Decorating create a mouth-watering confection you'll still be craving after your first anniversary.

Wedding Cake and Cupcakes

Make Your Special Day Delicious

It is one thing for a wedding cake to look beautiful and be a centerpiece at your reception, but it really does have to taste amazing. Not only are you sharing the first bite with your beloved, you are sharing this treat with all your guests. More so than any other food served, people always taste the wedding cake. Some consider it bad luck not to!

Selected by The Knot as Best of Weddings, Gwen's Cake Decorating delivers both the style you dream about in a moist full-textured cake with flavors so delectable you won't drop a crumb. Your guests will enjoy every bite!

Wedding Cake – So Many Options

Whipping up cakes that are baked fresh and never ever frozen, this busy baker has a dizzying array of cake flavors, fillings, and frostings that can be combined to create amazing flavors for your special day sweet tooth.

How does white amaretto cake with raspberry creme filling sound? Or German chocolate topped with Italian meringue butter crème? Maybe lemon poppyseed with fresh sliced strawberry filling? For a cake that is uniquely yours, mix and match until your heart's content. All your traditional favorites are available too.

For the frosting, cakes are frosted in a smooth non-crusting butter crème that is made from scratch and just the right amount of sweet.

Need a vegetarian or gluten free wedding cake? Maybe you love the trend of wedding cupcakes. Those options are all available and with personalized service Gwen's makes all your cake decisions a treat.

10 Pound Chocolate Cake

Home of the 10 Pound Chocolate Cake

You read that right! Gwen's bakes up true heaven with a round layer cake that is as decadent as it gets – a cake weighting in at 10 pounds of luscious chocolate! This would be a perfect groom's cake to compliment the stately white of a classic bride's cake. It is a complete crowd-pleaser for any special event.

Once you experience the look and the taste of Gwen's Cake Decorating, you'll go there for all your special occasions cake needs and won't leave hungry.

March 18, 2013 by Kelly Curtis

Johnnie's Sweet Creations Inc. – Creating Tempting Cakes for All Occasions

Looking for a bakery in Oklahoma City, OK that creates extraordinary cakes that taste just as good as they look? Johnnie's Sweet Creations Inc. is just the place to visit for all your cake and bakery needs. Why? Everything that leaves their kitchen looks simply beautiful and tastes even better.

3 Tiered Wedding Cake

Johnnie's Sweet Creations Inc. has been serving the greater Oklahoma City area for over a decade. Their Master Baker, Bruce, has over 37 years experience who specializes in custom design cakes and desserts for all occasions.

Creating home-style desserts, pies and cheesecakes that your family is sure to love makes them a great choice. From custom wedding cakes to their signature cake bites or famous butter pecan brownies, you are sure to find a 'Sweet Creation' that you will love.

Your Dream Wedding Cake

Your wedding cake is truly the icing on the cake at your wedding reception. Guests attend wedding receptions looking forward to seeing the wedding cake. Does it match the theme of the wedding, is it unique and most importantly how does it taste? This bakery can make sure all the answers to those questions are outstanding.

Whether you are wanting a simple two tiered wedding cake with fresh flowers, heart-shaped wedding cake or even a black wedding cake; they can create it with delicious flavors that are sure to have taste buds buzzing.

Don't forget about the groom's cake. What are his hobbies or are you wanting to keep it traditional? Whatever you are looking for, they can keep it simple with a chocolate groom's cake or create a fun designs, such as his favorite sport's team logo or a design that captures his love for fishing.

Owl Cake

More Than Just Wedding Cakes

You'll also find amazing party and event cakes as well. Just think of a theme and they can create it for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, holidays and special occasions. However, if you're not looking for cakes, they also create amazing pies.

Choose from various flavors like apple, cherry, chocolate chiffon, key lime, pumpkin, coconut and pineapple. Pies are also making a huge appearance in weddings as well.

If you are looking for amazing wedding cakes, party cakes, speciality cakes or even pies, Johnnie's Sweet Creations Inc. has got you covered. By using the freshest ingredients and a skillful eye, they can create truly memorable cakes and pies for any special occasion.

March 13, 2013 by Kelly Curtis

Ellen's Creative Cakes – Unbelievable & Delicious Cakes for Every Occcasion

Ellen's Creative Cakes is the place to go for all your cakes if you're in the Huntsville, Alabama area. Why? Every bride truly wants her ideal wedding cake. From the look, taste, smell, to the design of it, this bakery always goes beyond your expectations. They will create the cake of your dreams for any event!

Elegant 2 Tiered Wedding Cake

Of course, they create unbelievable traditional styled wedding cakes. Choose how many tiers you would like, what design, and the topper for your wedding cake and they'll create it. Brides are straying a bit from traditional as well now and going with truly unique wedding cakes. Topsy turvy, 3D cakes or even cupcakes are all on trend for wedding cakes and this bakery can create whatever your vision is for your wedding.

If you're planning a special event, such as a birthday party, engagement party, bridal shower or corporate event, they also design truly exquisite party cakes as well. Just give them your vision and they'll handle the rest.

There is more to a cake than just the way it looks. It also has to taste exquisite and there are more than just vanilla and chocolate today. Ellen's Creative Cakes offers angel food, banana, caramel, hummingbird, pound cake, red velvet, white lily-white cake and even vegetarian cake. All are delicious and made with the freshest ingredients to ensure a delightfully moist cake. Lets not forget about the fillings that go along with the cake. Choose from apricot, black cherry, cranberry, lemon, caramel icing, cream cheese icing, coconut, custards, ganache and mousse. You'll find the ideal pairing between the cake and fillings to create a custom cake made just for you.

When you are looking for a bakery to create an unforgettable wedding cake or party cake, Ellen's Creative Cakes is the one for you. Their skilled bakers will bake a remarkable delicious cake with a design to match it.

May 1, 2012 by Kelly Curtis

Cupcakes From The Cupcakery Are A Must

When planning a special event, you want special items that will set the tone of your event and create a look that no one has ever seen before. You create your look with all the little details that go into a special event, party or wedding. All of your details, like your flowers, party decor, food, cake and lighting all come together to create your theme. Therefore, you want to have vendors that understand this completely. Having a cake that represents your theme is truly a must and is one of the main details. So, if you're in the Las Vegas, Nevada area and want a vendor who creates delicious and unique cakes, choose The Cupcakery.

Delectable Cupcakes

When you need cupcakes, The Cupcakery is definitely the place to start. They are ideal for birthday parties, thank you gifts, baby showers, wedding receptions, bachelorette parties, bridal showers, school parties, office parties, holiday gifts, hostess gifts and much more. However, they can also create custom cakes.

When creating their cakes, they truly focus on the delectable flavors and the design elements. They definitely want their amazing cupcakes to look as amazing as they taste.

What kind of cupcakes do they create? First off, choose the type of flavors you would like for your wedding, special event or occasion. You can choose from flavors, such as Boston cream pie, chocolate peanut butter, carrot, coconut, lemon cream, mocha, orange, red velvet, lemon berry and many more melt-in-your-mouth flavors.

Lets not forget about the wonderful icing to finish the cupcakes off. The combination of the two are simply ambrosial.

Along with their amazing flavors, they also have great attention to detail and can create truly stunning cupcake and cake designs. Elegant floral designs, edible pearl toppings, Valentine themed cupcakes with adorable birds, school themed cupcakes are all wonderful designs that they create. Lets not forget about their wonderful cake designs as well.

Beautiful Two Tiered Wedding Cake

Choose from a gorgeous wedding cake that features gum paste flowers or gum paste calla lilies on top or you can choose a unique party cake that feature gorgeous butterflies, delicious chocolate covered strawberries and beautiful bows. Whether you are planning a wedding or party, they make cakes for every occasion.

Wedding cakes, wedding cupcakes, party cakes and party cupcakes will truly represent the theme of your event and you and your guests will be blown away by the taste and design.

If you're looking for a bakery that always goes above in beyond with their cake designs and unique, tasty flavors,; The Cupcakery goes above and beyond for you. They truly want to design a cake or cupcakes that are fit for your special event. Their delicious flavors and amazing designs will be an absolute hit at your wedding or event.

March 28, 2012 by Kelly Curtis

10 Questions To Ask Your Bakery

When planning your wedding, there are many different elements that you must research and plan. You must research different vendors to see if they are the right fit for you and research different wedding ideas. You must ask your vendors different questions to better understand them and they should always go above and beyond to please their customers. This goes for all vendors, even your bakery, especially since your wedding cake is one of the most important details on your big day. So, Wedding and Party Network has compiled a list of questions that you may want to ask before you hire your baker to create your dream wedding cake.

Unique Wedding Cake

Do you have a portfolio of previous wedding cakes you've made that we can look at? You want to take a look at their previous works that they've done before. Take a look at their photos and see if their cakes are the style that you like and if they are professional.
Can you supply references? Do you have previous clients that we can contact for references? It's always great to check with their previous clients to see if they are easy to work with and are professional.
How adaptable are wedding cake designs due to budget constraints? Of course, you want the wedding cake of your dreams. However, sometimes your budget doesn't allow for that. Therefore, it's nice to show your baker a picture of your wedding cake that you would like and see what they can do. They should have great ideas on how to replicate it and make it your own while staying within your budget.
Will you design a custom wedding cake? You may want a specific type of wedding cake, so can your cake design create it? It's important that they go above and beyond to create a stunning wedding cake that you want.
Can you coordinate with my florist? Your cake topper is a special part of your wedding cake. It could be anything, but a big trend is using fresh flowers on your wedding cake and as the cake topper. If you are going to use fresh flowers for your cake topper, make sure they are both open to working with each other.
Do you have or rent out accessories such as, cake toppers, stands, fountains or cake cutters? You may not these items, however, sometimes your bakery supplies these items or rents them out. So, it's just a nice question to ask up front so you can plan accordingly.
What ingredients do you use, as well as what type of icing? Ask them what type of flavors they offer and what ingredients they use within their cakes. This is the time to let them know if anyone has any allergies. You want variety to choose from when planning what type of wedding cake you will have at your wedding. Also, ask about what type of icing they use. They either do buttercream, fondant or both. Find the one that is best suited for your cake and what you like best.
How are your cakes charged? Ask them about their pricing. Do they charge their cakes by the slice or by the cake itself. Is there extra costs for filling, how many tiers, flavors or type of icing I use? Definitely get price quotes so you can compare later and see if it fits in your budget.
Do you deliver your cakes? Having your wedding cake delivered to the location is an important aspect. If not, you will need to find someone to pick up your cake on your wedding day.
Is there a written contract? Like any agreement, you want a formal written contract. It's important that there are guidelines laid out, deposits, cancellations on both parts and any other important terms and guidelines you must follow. You want to make sure both parties are doing exactly what they signed to do.

Your wedding cake is an important detail of your wedding, therefore, you want to find a baker that understands just that and will go above and beyond to create the cake of your dreams.

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January 27, 2012 by Kelly Curtis

Inspirational Friday – Pink & Red

These colors are absolutely gorgeous and can be used throughout the year for your wedding. You can incorporate them into absolutely anything, even your wedding gown. Think outside-the-box and try and come up with something unique, especially since these colors and common throughout weddings. However, you can definitely let your personality shine through with these colors by including unique accents in your wedding bouquet, centerpieces, wedding cake and even your wedding gown. Pink and red are definitely gorgeous colors that will make your wedding truly special.

November 18, 2011 by Kelly Curtis

Inspirational Friday – The Color White

Here at Wedding and Party Network we want to give you inspiration for your wedding details. The details are what sets your wedding apart from anyone else. The colors, theme, detailing and style all creates your wedding day style. So, today's Inspirational Friday will focus on the color white. This is a great color to incorporate into your wedding. It's a beautiful color and goes well with absolutely anything! A winter white wedding, orange & white for fall or hot pink and white for a summer wedding. There are many options and your wedding will be a vision in white.

Incorporate white into absolutely anything! Flowers, reception centerpieces, wedding cake, candy buffet, white chocolate fountain and even into the food; it's all possible to incorporate white into. Your wedding will truly be a vision in white!