Cake Confection and Confusion

Tomorrow will mark the one month anniversary of mine and Cody's engagement. We have about eight and a half months until the big day. EEK!

Friday we met with a caterer in Hot Springs and tasted cake. Cody was able to get off work early and join me and my mom, which was just lovely!  Of course, mom and I did most of the talking. All of the cakes were delicious and happily living in our bellies within minutes. 

I decided on the ever-so-scrumptious Italian Cream, and Cody decided on chocolate (even though he's always been partial to strawberry, thanks to his NaNaw's strawberry cakes).

I'm still undecided on the "look" of my cake, which I will admit is almost as important to me as the taste. I thought I originally wanted butter cream, but if my cake is going to survive the June heat outdoors, I think fondant will be best (though not best for our budget). 

Here are the looks I'm going for (shout out to Pinterest):

 

I love flowers and pearls, and I LOVE them all for different reasons. I'm thinking the prices of each will make my decision for me because I love them all. This budget bride has to remember that she is just that, a BUDGET bride. 


Here's to cake and to dreaming about it until the big day! I'm severing my relationship with sweets so that I can fit into my dress by June hopefully! ;)


~Mere