Let Them Eat Cake!

We "booked" our wedding cake today! Did a second tasting (shh!! Don't tell them.... they thought it was our first ;) ) and decided to go ahead and go with Lamb's bakery! They really did have delicious cake, and one of the cheapest quotes compared to some of the other places we researched. Problem is, they don't put filling in cupcakes... which means Jacob changed his mind and decided he'd rather have a cake. =)

I think one of the hardest parts was picking out a cake design. I really had very little interest in what the cake actually looked like. I discovered that I tend to gravitate toward pretty simple designs (i.e. plain white-frosted tiered cake with maybe a ribbon or some flowers or something), while Jacob goes more toward intricate designs and patterns. Jacob found a design he liked in their sample book... only to find out it was half fondant and was going to cost an extra 40%... that changed his mind pretty quick!

We finally decided on a fairly simple design that looks similar to this:

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Except, the lower tier has ribbon on top and bottom, the middle tier doesn't have the swirlies, but rather little lines of dots, and the top tier has a more intricate swirly design and no initials. I haven't really decided on how we're going to incorporate our colors yet... and, in all actuality we can still even change our mind about the whole design (plus add or increase tier sizes), but at least we have the date booked, and our flavors determined. THIS was the most important part of the cake to me... how it tasted! lol... So, with no further ado, our flavors are:

Base Tier: Tollhouse cake with fudge filling
Middle Tier: White cake with hazelnut filling
Top tier: Chocolate cake with Bavarian cream filling

I am sooo looking forward to this cake. I'll admit right now that I plan on having three pieces! lol