Decisions, Decisions!

Well folks, the cake has been decided. We met with Aimee, of Amaru Confections (here) last night to do some cake tasting. What fun! I wish I could show up to every appointment and have a plate of cake samples just waiting for me! All the flavors were delicious. Below is a picture of what our cake will be based on. The frosting will be ivory, the little dots will be navy, and the little pearl-looking things along the border of each layer will be peri. I think it will look fabulous.

And it should TASTE fabulous, too! We went with different flavors for each layer. And this is no boring cake, I tell ya! Hopefully, something for everyone.

The bottom layer will be coconut cake with raspberry filling. Raspberry, you say? That doesn't go with coconut! Oh yes, my friend, yes it does. And it goes quite well. The lady said she usually does a key lime flavored filling with the coconut, but she just so happened to have some raspberry filling, which we sampled with the coconut cake sample..........delish! Not a combination most would think of - but you will like it, I promise!

The second layer will be strawberries and champagne cake with strawberry filling. This cake sample was to die for. Absolutely amazing.

The top layer will be red velvet cake with a white chocolate cream cheese frosting. Yum!

The frosting will be buttercream. We decided to not go with the fondant - I have done extensive research on fondant, and have not had the best reviews. Sure, it looks amazing and makes the cake look really smooth, but it tastes horrible and most people "peel" it off, leaving cake with no frosting. And who doesn't like buttercream frosting?!

So there it is - the cake. Only $300, to boot!