A long, long time ago I talked about how we stuffed our faces with cake. Well, I'm happy to report that we've chosen our bakery and are super excited to have Villa Italia Pasticceria making our wedding cake. I've had their cakes many, many times and I swear, every time I have one it's better than the last!
We're having a four tier cake and we've decided to offer our guests two different flavors. Two tiers will be marble cake with cannoli filling and the other two will be vanilla cake with a raspberry cream filling. Oh man, I am drooling just thinking about it.
The cake will be covered with a vanilla buttercream frosting and we're hoping for something that looks a little like this:
Image via Samdogs on Flickr
Just without all the flowers and maybe with some pretty swirls and flourishes in our wedding colors. (And yes, all of this is a reminder that we don't have a cake topper yet!)
But the night doesn't end with cake. It just wouldn't be a true Italian wedding if we didn't have cookies and pastries! So we also went ahead and ordered trays to be put on each table when dessert is served.
Image via Jonathan's Pastry
For me, this was always a no brainer - I have never attended a wedding or family function that DIDN'T have cookies on the table - but apparently this is a cultural thing. When we were discussing our options with our venue coordinator he told us not waste our money on the cookie trays and said that (in his experience) no one even notices if they're missing.
At this point in the conversation my father slowly leaned over the table and said very seriously, "There will be over a hundred Italians at this wedding and I guarantee that they will notice if there are no cookies. Do YOU want to be the one to tell them that there aren't any cookies?" And so, cookies it is!
Oh and during one of our last trips to the our venue we noticed they had an old school espresso machine near the bar. It kinda looked like this:
Image via Victorian Trading Company
Except way more awesome. Unfortunately, the last time I visited our venue was way before I was a blogger bee so I didn't even think to take photos of it! I promise next time I'm there I will try to sneak a few shots of it because it really is the coolest thing ev-ah. Anywho, we were told that they usually keep it out of sight unless the bride and groom request to have cappuccino and cordials served with dessert.
Hive, remember I told you how excited I get when I think about the espresso machine we registered for? Yeah well, multiply that times infinity and you will maybe begin to understand how excited I am that we're going to have espresso and cordials served with our dessert. Let's just hope that I don't suffer from a serious sugar/caffeine crash the second the party is over.
Are you serving anything other than cake for your dessert? Maybe a candy bar or a late-night snack? Oh and what about cookies and pasties at weddings? Is it as common as I think it is or is it more of a cultural thing?
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