Comments on: let them eat cake http://abluebirdbride.com/2009/05/24/let-them-eat-cake/ [ an australian wedding blog ] Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dorothy http://abluebirdbride.com/2009/05/24/let-them-eat-cake/#comment-254 Dorothy Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:08:52 +0000 http://abluebirdbride.com/?p=137#comment-254 Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I'm more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out. This is good...thanks for sharing Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I’m more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out. This is good…thanks for sharing

]]> By: abluebirdbride http://abluebirdbride.com/2009/05/24/let-them-eat-cake/#comment-253 abluebirdbride Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:10:42 +0000 http://abluebirdbride.com/?p=137#comment-253 What a brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing that. I will definitely have to pass that on to a friend who just got engaged and wants a really casual small wedding. Wedding afternoon tea party could be just the trick! And yes I totally agree re wedding blog inspiration in Melbourne... I was sick of getting jealous of all the cool barn weddings in America as well as the totally funky New York City Hall dos, so I started my own. I have a billion links and bookmarks I have been meaning to share, I will have to step on it and start putting them up this year! What a brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing that. I will definitely have to pass that on to a friend who just got engaged and wants a really casual small wedding. Wedding afternoon tea party could be just the trick!

And yes I totally agree re wedding blog inspiration in Melbourne… I was sick of getting jealous of all the cool barn weddings in America as well as the totally funky New York City Hall dos, so I started my own. I have a billion links and bookmarks I have been meaning to share, I will have to step on it and start putting them up this year!

]]> By: Lisa http://abluebirdbride.com/2009/05/24/let-them-eat-cake/#comment-252 Lisa Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:05:27 +0000 http://abluebirdbride.com/?p=137#comment-252 I know you have probably already planned this, but I just went to my brothers wedding and instead of having cake at the reception (when everyone is full and it all gets thrown out...) he had it after the ceremony instead. The cake was put in the middle of a pavillion and some drinks were served so that guests were able to have a bit of food and drink in their tummies (and also socialise) while the bride and groom snuck out for the photo session. This was a good way of filling in some time between the gap from ceremony to reception for guests. They also had a non-traditional cake. Top tier was a teeny tiny wedding cake (for bridal party), but all the rest of the tiers were individual tarts & cheesecakes (passionfruit, lemon, etc) it was DELICIOUS and also such a good idea, everyone loved it! I stumbled across this blog because I was really suprised at the lack of quality wedding suppliers/venues/blogs/inspiration in Melbourne, compared to some other states and especially America where there is so much choice! Do you find this too? I know you have probably already planned this, but I just went to my brothers wedding and instead of having cake at the reception (when everyone is full and it all gets thrown out…) he had it after the ceremony instead. The cake was put in the middle of a pavillion and some drinks were served so that guests were able to have a bit of food and drink in their tummies (and also socialise) while the bride and groom snuck out for the photo session. This was a good way of filling in some time between the gap from ceremony to reception for guests.

They also had a non-traditional cake. Top tier was a teeny tiny wedding cake (for bridal party), but all the rest of the tiers were individual tarts & cheesecakes (passionfruit, lemon, etc) it was DELICIOUS and also such a good idea, everyone loved it!

I stumbled across this blog because I was really suprised at the lack of quality wedding suppliers/venues/blogs/inspiration in Melbourne, compared to some other states and especially America where there is so much choice! Do you find this too?

]]> By: bluebird http://abluebirdbride.com/2009/05/24/let-them-eat-cake/#comment-153 bluebird Mon, 25 May 2009 02:55:30 +0000 http://abluebirdbride.com/?p=137#comment-153 Bahahaha cake is the best part... of course! I mean other than the couple getting married and all. If I had my grandfather's Freemason's sword I'd want a cake too. I actually have a friend that was proposed to via sword. I'm not 100% sure how that worked but it was a real sword! Maybe she knighted her beloved when she said yes. I hear ya on the inedible part - sometimes they just look so covered in icing and boxy. But I too love a vintage wedding topper, can't we just have a topper sitting on the dessert bar or something? I like your idea about a few whole cakes sitting on cake stands... variety! I really love carrot cake and lemon/ passionfruit cheesecake and chocolate mousse. And we fell in love with Belem tarts while in Lisbon and there is a place in Melbourne that does them but not sure how good they would be after a day if we had to buy them the day before. Hmm. I'm all for dessert but not so much a multi tiered cake that's gonna cost us a fortune! Bahahaha cake is the best part… of course! I mean other than the couple getting married and all.

If I had my grandfather’s Freemason’s sword I’d want a cake too. I actually have a friend that was proposed to via sword. I’m not 100% sure how that worked but it was a real sword! Maybe she knighted her beloved when she said yes.

I hear ya on the inedible part – sometimes they just look so covered in icing and boxy. But I too love a vintage wedding topper, can’t we just have a topper sitting on the dessert bar or something?

I like your idea about a few whole cakes sitting on cake stands… variety! I really love carrot cake and lemon/ passionfruit cheesecake and chocolate mousse. And we fell in love with Belem tarts while in Lisbon and there is a place in Melbourne that does them but not sure how good they would be after a day if we had to buy them the day before. Hmm. I’m all for dessert but not so much a multi tiered cake that’s gonna cost us a fortune!

]]> By: Clare http://abluebirdbride.com/2009/05/24/let-them-eat-cake/#comment-152 Clare Sun, 24 May 2009 23:35:52 +0000 http://abluebirdbride.com/?p=137#comment-152 I went to a Bridal Fair (sigh) and admitted to a cakemaker I just wasn't that excited about the cake, and her mouth kind of dropped open and in the most personal, not 'i'm trying to sell you my product', way she said "But cake's the best part!" *lol* I'm way looking forward to the cake cutting, actually. Pretty much because (a) I way like food; (b) it's family tradition to cut the cake with my grandfather's Freemasons' sword. Yup, he was so high up he got a sword (and also a jewelled apron, but I'm not sure about that...). A sword for a cake! So awesome! My big angst is that so many 'wedding cakes' don't actually look edible. Like, if an alien walked into the room, they wouldn't work out that the big lumpy thing in the corner is actually part of the meal. I'm thinking about just ordering a few whole cakes from our favourite cafe, arranging them on cake stands, and sticking a dinky bride-and-groom topper on one :) (I do really want a topper. Preferably vintage, as the modern ones are all a bit naff). I went to a Bridal Fair (sigh) and admitted to a cakemaker I just wasn’t that excited about the cake, and her mouth kind of dropped open and in the most personal, not ‘i’m trying to sell you my product’, way she said “But cake’s the best part!” *lol*

I’m way looking forward to the cake cutting, actually. Pretty much because (a) I way like food; (b) it’s family tradition to cut the cake with my grandfather’s Freemasons’ sword. Yup, he was so high up he got a sword (and also a jewelled apron, but I’m not sure about that…). A sword for a cake! So awesome!

My big angst is that so many ‘wedding cakes’ don’t actually look edible. Like, if an alien walked into the room, they wouldn’t work out that the big lumpy thing in the corner is actually part of the meal. I’m thinking about just ordering a few whole cakes from our favourite cafe, arranging them on cake stands, and sticking a dinky bride-and-groom topper on one :) (I do really want a topper. Preferably vintage, as the modern ones are all a bit naff).

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