Why are there so many stories about wedding cakes? Is it just because they are so fragile? Anyhow, I had another fun one this past summer.
The cake should always look this perfect. Photo by Magical Moments Photography.
It was an outdoor wedding reception and the weather wasn’t supposed to be too hot, so I wasn’t worried about the cake. Normally, I would have asked the baker if she was freezing the cake, but it was a friend of the family and I wasn’t directly in touch with her. Well, the cake arrived unfrozen, and the day was warmer than predicted.
The other thing you need to know is that I had never met the bride. The bride and groom live out of town and had returned to the bride’s home town to get married. Somehow, we never met up. Whenever they were in town, I was unavailable. Or they forgot to tell me they were coming.
I was only at the reception, not the ceremony. So, I’m watching the cake wilt as the ceremony is going on and as the guests start to arrive. Finally, the bride and groom appeared. The cake cutting was scheduled for after dinner, several hours later. I walked up to the bride and said, “Hi, I’m Lisa. I’m very pleased to finally meet you. We need to do the cake cutting right after the bridal party introductions, not after dinner. Is that all right?”
Fortunately, these clients were flexible and agreeable. We made the change right there. The cake was cut before it melted or imploded. The guests never knew the difference. And a potential disaster was averted.
The moral of the story? Freeze your wedding cake on a hot day. Or be prepared to make other plans. Either way, your cake story will have a happy ending.
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