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Creating the Best Wedding Cake – Flavors and Frosting

The bride and the groom should both participate in the process of choosing the wedding cake. Before you consider the flavor and filling of your cake, decide on its style and shape. The traditional wedding cake is a round or square tiered white cake with butter cream frosting. Yours does not have to be the traditional style. You can design your own wedding cake to match your own taste. You may choose to select the modern trend of which the wedding cake is designed in shapes of oval, hexagon, octagon or even heart shaped.

Whatever the style and shape you choose, consider the flavor and filling of your wedding cake next. These days, wedding cakes can come in a multitude of flavors – from plain vanilla to chocolate to coconut, almond, carrot, or even fruity flavors such as lemon, orange, mango, strawberry, and even pineapple. Dual flavored cakes are also popular these days and very much in demand. A couple may choose to order a two layered mango-orange cake with a flavor in each of the layers. Aside from the flavor of the cake, the flavor of the filling should also be considered. Various flavors include cream cheese, caramel, Bailey’s Irish Crème, coconut, raspberry, peach, hazelnut, chocolate mint, or vanilla custard. Fillings between the layers will add that special great taste to your wedding cake. Select flavors and fillings that will complement each other. Thus, a vanilla cake with a strawberry filling will not only look eye-appealing, but also tastes great.

Another point to consider when ordering your wedding cake is the icing that crowns the cake. Select an icing that will hold up well at room temperature. This will ensure that your wedding cake will retain its flavor and consistency while it is waiting to be served. The tradition of freezing the top layer of your cake for your one year anniversary will require an appropriate icing that freezes well.

Avoid freezing egg, fresh cream or cream cheese filled cakes. Choose from several other popular cake frostings such are buttercream, fondant, and royal icing. Buttercream icing is a popular choice as it is tastier than the other two types of frosting. It can also be dyed to change it to the color of your choice. Fondant icing provides your wedding cake with a beautiful satin like finish and can be dyed to match almost any color. Cakes with fondant icing freeze well for a long time. Another type of icing is the Royal icing. It is a pure white icing that dries to a smooth hard finish. It is often considered a decorative icing and is used for piping decorations, making flowers, extravagant sculpture, borders and lettering. It can also be used as its natural color of white or may be tinted before using. This type of icing also freezes well.

Thus, with extensive planning and research, the perfect wedding cake can be yours. It can become a memorable part of your special event and it can capture the romantic and magical moment for you on your wedding day.

Best Bridal Show Tips

Couples who attend local bridal shows and expos will find an excellent way to get a handle on the wonderful world of wedding planning. The planning starts at least a year in advance. The average engagement in the United States is between 12-15 months. If you leave yourself plenty of time in advance of your wedding, you will benefit greatly from the time you spent at the bridal show.

Recently engaged couples who are in the early to mid stages of planning a wedding can meet and speak directly with many wedding event professionals – all in one place! Wedding expos feature the latest trends from cakes to limos to photography and video. Many bridal shows will have live band and DJ performances and/or fashion shows featuring the latest in bridal and tuxedo fashions. This is your opportunity to get ideas, gather information and compare services and prices.

Most bridal shows offer free magazines, prizes and honeymoon trips. Individual vendors may also offer discounts only available to bridal show guests. Going to a bridal show can be a lot of fun. Bring your mom, the groom and a bridesmaid or two…

How do I find a bridal show in my area? Most bridal expos will be listed in regional magazines. Bridal Show Producers International is the trade association for bridal show promoters. This directory lists bridal shows nationwide.

Whether you’re a first timer or a seasoned veteran, the following tips will help make your bridal show experience both productive and enjoyable. Have a great time at the show!

1. Be prepared to wait in line to register. Please be patient! This is well worth it. Your registration may entitle you to win door prizes and will allow vendors to get in touch with you after the show. Pre-registration on-line is offered by many wedding expo promoters, who usually give you a discounted ticket price pre-show.

2. Ask your fiancé to come along. It is much more likely that you will be able to make a decision and book a vendor, if accompanied. The groom’s participation in wedding planning is growing. Today, about 30% of grooms accompany their brides to wedding shows.

3. Plan to spend a minimum of three to four hours in order to see all the exhibits and the fashion show.

4. Be prepared to wear a “Bride-To-Be” or “Groom” sticker to receive special attention from the vendors.

5. Remember to bring a pen and notebook to take notes and make certain to write clearly. In addition to a pen and paper or notebook, bring along a clipboard to serve as a solid surface for you. It will be better than leaning on a friend’s back. If there is room, the best place to write notes about a vendor is right on the literature he or she gives you. It will help you after the show to keep the vendors from melding into one another.

6. If organization is your strong suit, bring a binder with envelopes and file tabs for each kind of vendor (caterer, photographer, florist, etc.). Before you leave a vendor’s booth, file the business cards and brochures. This will save you lots of time later.

7. Bring along a Palm or appointment book to record meetings you set up with vendors.

8. A lightweight tote will work well to carry all your goodies.

9. Come with an open mind. One of the best things about a bridal show is that it gives you an opportunity to see what’s new and exciting, things you may not have thought of or considered.

10. Don’t be embarrassed to ask lots of questions. That’s why you are at the show. Professionals are happy to share what they know with you. Be gutsy . . . taste the cake and smell the flowers. Cut to the chase to save time. Your first question to a vendor should be: Are you available on this date ? If you get a “NO”, move on.

11. Collect information from every vendor. Take it home to look over when you have some quiet time. During the course of planning your wedding you may not have thought you wanted certain things, like a harpist or freeze drying your wedding bouquet.

12. Bring along color swatches. They may prove helpful in getting suggestions from vendors, such as bakers, florists, and balloonists.

13. Bring preprinted self-adhesive address labels if you have them. You will be asked for your name, address, phone number and wedding date countless times before the show is over. This will save you time and it will allow you to sign up for many of the prizes that will be given away. If you are out of town, send your mother or a friend to collect information on services you need.

14. Bring along bridal show buddies. There’s plenty of territory to cover, between you and your friends, you’ll be able to locate the hottest booths and the best deals.

15. Wear comfortable shoes. For the better part of the day you’ll be standing and talking to vendors. The only opportunity to sit down is during the fashion show, and even then, seating is limited. The bridal fashion show is often the highlight of a show.

16. Make certain to arrive early enough to get a really good seat. If you have already selected your wedding attire, you may wish to skip the fashion show in order to spend more time with the vendors.

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In these difficult economic times couples are looking to save as money as they on their wedding preparations, which includes wedding favors. Whilst it is tempting to forgo the wedding favors and reallocate the budget elsewhere, it is generally frowned upon in wedding etiquette not to give favors and a percentage of your guests will be expecting them.

Typically the average wedding favor will come in between $2 and $3 each, however this price doesn’t include packaging, decorations and thank you tags. There is also the cost of shipping the favors to you and any applicable taxes.

It is possible thought to produce wedding favors for $2 each or maybe even less if you are particularly savvy with your shopping! The first step is to find your favors. Check out wholesalers if you have a lot of guests to cater for as these vendors will be able to offer you large quantities at lower prices than favor stores. Look for wedding favor wholesalers, gift wholesalers and food and drink wholesalers.

Check out stores on your local high street such as gift stores, dollar stores and even supermarkets who often have a great range of items which make great wedding favors. Things like tea and coffee, chocolates, cookies, candles and even mini cakes can all be bought from supermarkets at far less than their counterparts in favor stores.

The best budget favors are candy ones. Candy can be bought in bulk from many vendors including wholesalers and supermarkets very inexpensively and of course it comes in a wide range of shapes, sizes and colors to coordinate with your wedding. Look for flowers and butterflies for a floral themed wedding, hearts for a romantic theme or send your guests back to their childhood with some retro candy.

Candles are another favor which can be bought cheaply particularly from supermarkets and dollar stores. The cheapest are tea lights, however one tea light on its own is not a very attractive favor, so try to include a decorative holder with it. Votive candles are also relatively inexpensive and come in a range of colors and scents. Avoid anything too overpowering, instead choose either unscented or something subtle like Jasmine.

Avoid purchasing favors such as mini soaps from dollar stores as they are often of sub standard quality and you don’t your guests calling you to tell you they came out in a terrible rash two days after your wedding! In fact anything bath or body related such as soaps, bath salts, lotions and potions should be considered with caution and I would recommend avoiding these unless you have a bigger budget and can afford something from a more upmarket retailer.

Packaging is the next thing you need to consider, don’t buy it until you have your favors though! In fact many favors don’t really need packaging at all, candles for instance or tea lights in holders will look just lovely tied with a little ribbon and a thank you tag. Candies will need packaging unless you buy them already wrapped. Consider cellophane bags which you could tie up with ribbon and maybe stick on some added embellishments. Favor boxes themselves can be quite pricey, but are worth considering if you have enough left in your budget as they can transform an otherwise cheap favor into something more special!