basil
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I know what you mean about the transport liability. I am getting married in Hollister and they are in Santa Cruz, so that''s about an hour''s drive I''d say (maybe a little more) and they will deliver it, but it costs more.Date: 2/29/2008 2:29:31 PM
Author: Gypsy
I don''t know if they''d deliver to Livermore, but I''ll ask. That''s a key thing for me. I''m NOT taking on liability for cake transport. No pick up the cake-y. You dropy the cake off. Leave. With cake in one piece. I''ll pay for the delivery.Date: 2/29/2008 1:29:30 PM
Author: BriBee
Gypsy, I don''t know if this would be too far for you to go, and they''d probably charge for delivery to SJ area, but the Buttery in Santa Cruz is awesome! I am getting my cake through them, but I haven''t gone and done official tasting/pricing yet. I was at a few bridal shows and saw Just Cake which is in Capitola, and they are the type described above where the cake and decorating is beautiful, but the the flavor just isn''t there. They are really famous actually, and have been featured on the Food Network etc... but the cakes from the lesser known Buttery were 10x better in flavor. Just a suggestion if you haven''t found a cake after your weekend tastings.
Date: 3/2/2008 2:48:13 AM
Author: monarch64
Yay! Sounds like you''ve found your cakemaker?
Did I ever tell you...our cake was $100 for 100 people? One of DH''s co-workers made it for us (she did cakes as a side job but was VERY good at it). Three tier, white with white buttercream frosting, basketweave trim or whatever you call it...and I FORGOT the cake topper. Luckily, she was able to use some extra flowers from the florist to top the cake with. No one noticed, the cake was stunning, and it tasted great as well. We got sooo many compliments on the cake, and since we had a daytime reception when nobody was really too wasted to taste the cake those compliments meant a lot! Even my parents were satisfied with the cake experience, which was impressive in itself. LOL!
Admit it. You want to call her. Don''t you?Date: 3/3/2008 1:11:12 AM
Author: FrekeChild
Awww, you''re welcome Gypsy! You''ll have to make sure and post pics of it of course! I hope I''ve managed to help another bride with the mysteries of sickly sweet frosting versus the good stuff.
Now I need to convince BF that the buttercream that I make is not sickly sweet. He''s only had the sweet stuff.![]()
I''m sad that she didn''t know the difference between American buttercream and Italian buttercream aka the GOOD stuff.
Seriously I''m really bummed out that she doesn''t know...![]()
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Date: 3/3/2008 2:46:21 PM
Author: FrekeChild
Blah. You should totally tell her thats why you''re not going with her. I''m really depressed about her not knowing what a SOUFFLE is. WTF?!?!?!?! That''s worse than the buttercream thing. Seriously. Was she like 90 years old and lives in a cave or something? Ok, that wasn''t very nice, but still!!!She should at least know what it is in THEORY!! Every decent dessert book that I''ve ever looked at has at least one recipe for a souffle in there! Blah!!!
Confession: I used to love American buttercream. When I was 10, and enjoyed the sugar high.
Date: 3/3/2008 10:11:36 PM
Author: basil
Can I have your chocolate chip cookie recipe?![]()