After a few months with no real progress on our wedding plans, we have become productive once again. This past weekend, we were lucky enough to have picked an incredible bakery at which to schedule a cake-tasting and consultation, Frederick's Pastries in Amherst NH.
Having long known of the buzz and local prestige of the establishment, I was nervous that our meeting would result in disappointment-- a cake we couldn't afford, unreasonable terms, whatever. I simply assumed that although we were aiming high, we would eventually decide that we had to settle for a second-rate cake from a second-rate bakery.
However, our meeting went smoothly, quickly, and successfully. Our original idea of a two-tiered cake was thrown out the window, along with a few other details that we had envisioned, but for good reason: These guys are the best at what they do, and they know what they're talking about. Every suggestion made perfect sense to us.
The end result was our choice of a cake in the "Innocence" design (see picture), using blue frosting with brown ribbon.
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Here's an example of an "Innocence" cake that Frederick's lists in their gallery. It fit right in with our vision of smooth, relatively unfettered simplicity. |
Our cake will also feature a decorative smattering of white chocolate seashells, and blue chocolate lobsters, with crushed graham cracker "sand" sprinkled along the cakeboard and the topper. Andy had the brilliant idea of adding some blue seaglass to the decoration, which Frederick's assured us would be no problem at all.
The tasting went incredibly well too. Although we were originally set on red velvet, we tasted their chocolate, golden vanilla, and almond cakes, with a variety of fruit and nut fillings. Our final decision was that each tier (starting with our anniversary top tier) will alternate between vanilla with strawberry filling, and chocolate with raspberry filling.
I am very excited and pleased at how well things went, and the price turned out to be considerably less than we had budgeted for. As you will notice, we were so taken with this bakery, Andy added Frederick's to our links list here at the blog.
I'm no big connoisseur of cakes or desserts, but this bakery and the whole experience just blew me away. Now I'm not sure I can wait 5 months to have dessert!
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