I’m really into cakes. Baked goods of all kinds actually. Cakes, brownies, lemon squares, cookies, pies, cupcakes. When we have a long wedding day ahead of us, I tell myself that if I work really hard and get great shots, there’ll be a lovely piece of wedding cake waiting for me at the end of the day. Honestly, the thought of wedding cake can get me through an intense 10 hour day on my feet. For the first half of the day, I imagine what it will look like, what type of frosting it will be covered in, any fillings that might be used, what it will look like etc. After I’ve seen the actual cake on the day, of course I can start filling in with details. I love cake, I do. My absolute favorite kind of cake is chocolate cake with raspberry filling and vanilla frosting. Sadly, this is not a particularly common combination, but there’s always a chance right? You just never know! A sad little secret about me is that I often (yes, often) fantasize about pretending to be a bride & groom so Geoff & I could go to cake tastings. Of course, most cake people would recognize us, so it would be unwise to try this little stunt here in the Bay Area. Sometimes I further develop my fantasizes about food tastings with assorted caterers too, but mainly I focus on the cake. Sometimes when we are going out of town, I begin to wonder if we couldn’t pull it off in an area where wedding industry professionals don’t know us? Unfortunately, Geoff is not really keen on this idea, so I never get very far with it.
However, my friend Jen from Jen’s Cakes is throwing a cake tasting party for (wedding) industry people in a few weeks. I am so excited. I cannot even tell you how excited I am. In fact, I’m going to email Jen right now to let her know my favorite type of cake!
