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We all know that everyone loves wedding cake!  But, do you know all of the “deets” related to ordering your wedding cake? Check out the Wedding Day Cuisine Guidebook we created for our “Month Of” couples!  It includes a checklist of questions to ask at your cake tasting; a chart that lists the number of servings […]

(Download) A Guidebook to Answer All Of Your Cake Questions

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Now that the evenings are getting just a little bit cooler, try out the recipe for this sweet treat.  I can assure you that once you try this cookie, you will never be able to enjoy anyone else’s tea cake! Ingredients — 2¼ Cups of All Purpose Flour ⅓ Cup of Sugar ¼ Cup of […]

Molasses Tea Cakes

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If you are planning to keep the top tier of your wedding cake, ask your baker to send along a box for the top tier when they deliver the wedding cake. When it comes to time to freeze the top tier of your cake, you will have a box that fits it perfectly! Love & […]

Event Planner Secret, Prepare in Advance for Your Top Tier

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It’s Friday — the end of a loooong work week for many of us. So, how should we celebrate surviving this crazy work week? With a cocktail? No!  That’s so last week. With a doughnut? Yes!  Everyone loves doughnuts! And, doughnut lovers, we are in luck because District Doughnuts had a grand opening in Washington DC this […]

Sweet DC: District Doughnuts

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Cutting the wedding cake is one of those tasks that couples tend to forget about until they are actually standing in front of their wedding cake. This short video provides you with step-by-step instructions for gracefully “making that first cut.” If you have a cupcake tower instead of a wedding cake, this video also provides […]

(Video Tutorial) How to Cut Your Wedding Cake

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No matter how hard I work on allergy-free sweets, my kid is my biggest critic. I hit the jackpot with this recipe! (Whew!)  My son happily devours these cookies every time I bake them — Which makes me so happy because I love this recipe just as much as he does. For those of you that don’t need […]

Dairy-Free, Egg-Free Ginger Snaps

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Wedding Cake and Groom's Cake. MadWorks Photography. Howerton+Wooten Events.

Well, I have come to the end of our cake-related blog posts for June 2013.  Here is a re-cap from this month. (Download) A Checklist for Your Wedding Cake Consultation/Tasting Cake Servings Chart (By Tier) (Video Tutorial) How to Freeze the Top Tier of Your Wedding Cake (Download) You Ordered Your Wedding Cake. Now What? […]

Wedding Cake Recap for June 2013

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You picked out the design, tasted your favorite flavors, selected your fillings, and ordered your wedding cake with your preferred baker. So, now what are you supposed to do? Use the Wedding Cake Accessory checklist on our Wedding Day Cuisine Planning Guidebook to ensure you completed all of your wedding cake-related tasks.  You’ll be so glad […]

(Download) You Ordered Your Wedding Cake. Now What?

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If you are planning to freeze the top tier of your wedding cake, check out our video tutorial! Our step-by-step instructions explain the process for successfully freezing your wedding cake and thawing it out one year later. Enjoy! Love & Soul Always, Kawania  

(Video Tutorial) How to Freeze the Top Tier of Your Wedding Cake

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