Wedding Planning Advice

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“My fiancée, she’s set on 100 guests and that’s like fine, but I always dreamed of having an elaborate, six or eight-tiered cake that WOWS at the reception. Now what?” -Samantha

Over-the-top, show-stopping wedding cakes are the best! Seriously, I still can’t get over the cake from the movie “Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 1”. The cake Alice chose for Bella and Edward’s wedding was what dreams are made of. Absolutely not too much, by the way. However, if you don’t have the guest count to serve that many servings to, but still want a large cake, there’s a solution: a dummy cake.

Dummy cakes are genius! Plus, the entire cake doesn’t need to be faux, so you and your guests can still enjoy the masterpiece. You have the option to have your baker make some layers faux layers and others made as real layers. That way, you don’t have to budget for two cakes, and your guests can still eat the cake everyone’s talking about (because everyone will be talking about it, in a totally good way, of course!). Although, if you’re looking for the cake to be all faux layers and fear your guests knowing your dirty little secret, here goes the best part… they literally never need to know. While the cake cutting is happening and everyone has all eyes on you and your fiancée, behind the scenes your “real” cake, perhaps a sheet cake, will be cut for your guests to enjoy their pieces.

Pro Tip: You should check with your baker if they have restrictions for certain designs or things they might do for a dummy cake.

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