Food: A wedding cake that tastes as good as it looks?

Inconceivable! But true. Here is a picture of the deliciously simple and elegant wedding cake my sister ordered from Oak Mill Bakery for her recent reception. Each layer was a different treat: yellow cake with chocolate custard and banana filling, chocolate cake with raspberry filling, and yellow cake with strawberry filling. The frosting on this cake was Last Supper worthy. It was light, it was creamy, it didn't have that lard-coating-the-inside-of-your-mouth after effect. It held up to the heat of a gorgeous June afternoon. Even those beautiful peach roses tasted great, and that's not always the case.






And here is a picture of something that I now know is called a Croquembouche. The name is derived from the French words croque en bouche, which translates to "crunch in the mouth." These puff pastry morsels bursting with delightfully airy vanilla custard were a hit with the guests. The entire tower is covered in a sinful caramel coating that adds the perfect crunch to every bite.

One thing about croquembouche: it is a bitch to tear off those balls. There is nothing graceful about obtaining your little piece of this dessert heaven. I was pawing at it for a bit, trying to rip off a dainty mouthful, and I ended up taking a whole chunk of tower with me. Which was great, I could have polished off that plate on my own. But at a wedding, where I do try to exhibit a modicum of decorum, striding away from the sweet table with a fistful of destroyed custard puffs isn't exactly en bonne forme. But hey, it was my sister's wedding, so I got carte blanche to do whatever the eff I wanted, right? Right.

Please don't get the wrong impression about croquembouche, though. I'm just inept. This was evident when I tipped over the top layer of the wedding cake later in the evening during a well-intentioned attempt to discover whether the bottom layer was hollow in the center.

I would highly recommend the Oak Mill Bakery for any special occasion, and plan to use them for all of my own events in the future.

Oak Mill Bakery
http://www.oakmillbakery.com/