The maven of all things tasteful, Martha Stewart has impeccable style when it comes to weddings, and The Best of Martha Stewart Living: Weddings compiles the finest ideas from the magazine of the same name. The book is designed to provide inspiration for the big day, whether it is for the ceremony or the reception. [...]
The First Cut Is the Sweetest The time has come to cut the wedding cake. Everyone thinks youll cry, but really youre just looking forward to a bite of triple-chocolate bliss. Then a hush falls over the reception room, the photographer hovers nearby, and your new husband puts his hand on yours to help you [...]
Delectable DIY Whether youre a budding baker, a couple on a tight budget, or a do-it-yourselfer who just cant resist the challenge, you can create your own wedding cake and pull it off with style. However, unless you–or another partner in cream–are an experienced pastry chef, your very first step is to come to terms [...]
Recipe for Success You and your sweetheart pride yourselves on your sweet tooths (or it that sweet teeth?). Choosing the right cake for your wedding will be a tasty task, but how to begin? Start with the following questions: Who? Your dream cake may come courtesy of a commercial bakery, an independent baker, your caterer, [...]
Let Them Eat Cake Nothing represents your big days style more deliciously than that sweet monument to love, the wedding cake. The question is, what kind suits you? A traditional three-tier confection, or the pastry equivalent of the Taj Mahal? A fairy-tale castle in a chocolate forest with marzipan woodland creatures, or simple piping and [...]
Gilding the Lily The standard wedding-cake topper–that stiff little caricature of a bride and groom–while still in use today, has given way to more sophisticated, personalized, and whimsical toppers: kissing doves or dolphins, beribboned double gold rings, dancing fairies in moonlight, sparkling monograms, a picture frame bearing the couples photo, a custom-carved figurine of the [...]
Commissioning the Cake You agonized over whether to choose the chocolate hazelnut with raspberry mousse or the spiced vanilla with piña colada custard. Youve come down from the sugar high that left you buzzing after your cake tastings, and youve finally made up your mind. Whats next? First, get an estimate or contract from your [...]
