Cake, you complete me!

Cake!

I.heart.cake. I have an incredible sweet tooth, and a good cake can complete me like Jerry McGuire. So, when the FH and I were trying to decide what kind of cake we wanted, I had to go back to a flavor that I had the pleasure of eating at a bridal show. It tasted just like one of these:

Makes you want one, doesn't it?

Yum-o. Though I love a good chocolate or vanilla cake, something tells me that sometimes you shouldn't always go with what's common (read: safe). My fiance and I love food, so we plan on having all kinds of food at the wedding that are good for the soul, yummy food. That includes the dessert. So, we have a flavor...what should it look like?

We ran across a picture of a cake and we were sold: 

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Doesn't that look amazing? And to open that thing up and discover an orange creme cake? Divine! Come to find out, these are cake pans that anyone can own if they so choose. So, I did what any DIY bride would do...I bought the pans. 

But, you don't think I'm baking my own wedding cake, do you? Of course not, especially since I have two AMAZING (and I mean amazing - they definitely deserve all caps here) Auntie's that bake great cakes. And they don't just taste good, they look great. Take a peek (all photos below are personal): 

SpongeBob and his spatula on a Crabby Patty? How clever is that?!

And these are cupcakes for my son's school birthday party: 

So, they did a test run with the pans to see what a layer would look like. I have to say, this cake was AWESOME! It was my cousin's husband's birthday, so there was double duty here. But hey, any reason to eat cake, right?

This cake was huge. And incredibly delicious. We didn't have orange cake yet, so it was vanilla cake with an orange creme mousse filling. I was in heaven (*swoon). This was so good, we decided that instead of a groom's cake, we're going to have two smaller versions of the wedding cake just like this bad boy. I'm excited. 

Stay tuned for more fun facts about the wedding. I just finished a DIY project that was much more successful than the ice cream cones...can't wait to play show and tell!