We started off our whirlwind day with a cake tasting at Coffee-Cakes Bakery.
Can I just say "OH MY GOSH"
This cake was freakin amazing!!!!!
It was quite the happenin' spot.
We pulled up and the place was crowded with people picking up cakes and grabbing an early lunch.
We met with Lorne for our consultation. Coffee-Cakes bakery is a husband/wife owned shop.
It's a family business and strangely enough, you can taste it. I mean, no matter who you are, this cake reminds you of Grandma's baking.
So, we went to the "bridal room" where we got to check out pictures and photo books of cakes they have made and are capable of making.
Here's Al pouring through a picture book while protecting his cake booty.
You can see some of the examples of cakes they had in the room to give you an idea of what a finished product would look like.
We were given a slice of cake that had two different kinds of cake and three different fillings. The cake was frosted with a delicious real buttercream that did not leave that greasy after taste. It was smoothe and literally melted in your mouth. The bottom layer was an almond pound cake with an apricot filling. SOOOOOOO good. The apricot was tart and crisp and it totally went with the flavor of the cake.
The top layer was a vanilla cake with a subtle lemon cream filling. I was shocked at how much I loved the lemon cream filling. As a general rule, I pretty much shun anything that has lemon in the description, but this was so darn good!
The middle filling was a raspberry flavored cream. Again phenomenally delicious.
As you can see, the cake was pretty much demolished. YUM!!!!!!
After we tasted the cake, we chatted with Lorne about design. We had kind of already had an idea in our heads about the way we wanted the cake to look. The bottom layer will be a 14"square and will be turned in order to be "diamond shaped". The second layer will be a 10" hexagonal shape with the flat side facing out.
Our monogram will be done (in buttercream icing) on this side. The top layer will be a 7" round.
We are currently working on color ideas. I personally would love to have a purple or green cake, but I think Al's traditional side will take precedence. We'll probably do an ivory cake with designs (and our monogram) in purple or green. I have no idea what our caketopper will be, but I've got a couple ideas in mind. My only insistence is no couple figurines. I HATE those things.
We also talked about a Georgia Tech or Red Sox themed grooms cake, but didn't go into too much detail on that one.
So, after everything is said and done, we are looking at $750.00 (give or take a few) for a Bridal cake with each layer filled to serve 100 people, a silver cake plateau for display, a grooms cake and delivery. Not too bad considering the quality of cake. As of now this is our top contender, but we still have a few more places to check out.
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