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Let Them Eat Cake

Posted by Emily Farris

 

Let's face it, we all know that unless you're Martha Stewart's niece, your gay best friend will probably have a better wedding cake than you.

This is especially true for us, considering we're not sure if we'll ever get married, but we imagine that if/when we do, we'll probably keep things pretty simple.

But bakers better start to get their shit together — and by "shit" we very lovingly mean same sex couple figurines — lest they want a young opportunist to sweep in and take over the gay wedding cake business, especially in places like California. 

Of course, if we were to marry a woman, we'd probably skip the roses and figurines and go for something a little more like this:

But for now, our 12-year-old girl fantasy remains. We'll marry a big, burly man outdoors in a super casual wedding with a super simple, all-white cake or we'll go over the top with an Ace of Cakes style get-up.


Our parents' wedding cake got lost in a snow storm so the first image we have of our parents' life together is our mother violently stabbing her Entenmann's cake. That's about how the rest of it went, so forgive us if we're a little too concerned with cake. 

What was your wedding cake like? Or what is your dream cake? 

[Via Serious Eats]

[Image via sundogg's flickr, Cake and Art]


Comments

Jen said:

My cake is of Martha Stewart origin, having been something I found on her site. Luckily we have a very, very talented bakery in town and I know they can make it for me no prob.

June 23, 2008 1:33 PM

Kelly said:

I was not into having a big ol' ceremony and reception, but my mom, the traditionalist that she is, threw us one anyway.  She bought one of those three-tiered cake stands filled with cupcakes.  

Not my style, but hey, I wasn't flippin' the bill...

June 23, 2008 3:21 PM

Sarah said:

I had sliced up pineapple and s'mores as my "cake". Well, dessert at the beach bonfire we called a reception. ;)

June 23, 2008 10:18 PM

eurrapanzy said:

my sister had a pretty traditional marble cake with white frosting at the wedding.  her reception cake was baby pictures of her and her husband, and it was both tastier and more in line with what i expected.

no idea what i will or would do.

June 24, 2008 11:36 AM

tits.matilda said:

I (we) had a great big carrot cake, no raisins, lots of pineapple & walnuts, with cream cheese icing & decorated with real fresh flowers. That cake was the best thing about the next 4 years.  That's OK, though -- it was fucking awesome.  

June 24, 2008 8:46 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one...so far.

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    Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one . . . so far.

    Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

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