Confirmed Wedding Cake: Judy Uson, The Cake Artist

Time flies... it is already our last week of holiday in Philippines yet, we still have couple of things to finalize and that includes the cake.

Since the detailing is already finished and personally confident that they can do it... it's now time for the cake tasting. They have eight or nine flavors of the cake. First flavor was the Carrot Walnut, I do admit that I don't like carrot cake but when I tasted this carrot walnut, it is super nice! Steve and my brother-in-law also liked it! Unfortunately, I really had a bad cough that time and it worsen that I can hardly breathe after having a small portion of the cake sample (but it's not their fault) so I just let them do the cake tasting and the rest is history.

They all liked the flavors but when we asked them which flavors we will be having for our cake, they said that they already forgot and Steve jokingly requesting for another batch of cake sample! Means that he liked the cakes! Since I wasn't able to taste the rest of the cakes, Steve and Raymond decided to have four flavors: Carrot Walnut which I tasted and liked, Red Velvet, Lemon Butter and the last is the Tropical Pineapple. Looking forward to taste all those three flavors on the wedding!

Steve, surprisingly liked all the flavors except for the chocolate which he said too sweet for him (though my sister liked it), we decided to upfront confirm with Judy Uson and inform Revianne to cancel the other appointment. Somehow, I felt bad for not giving the other supplier a chance to amaze us but with the positive reviews of Steve, my brother-in-law and my sister... No regrets!

Cake Tasting #1

While Revianne is trying to set an appointment with her trust-worthy cake suppliers for the cake tasting, one of the suppliers I knew from Girltalk brides' referrals confirmed that he can make our cake exactly as I draw it and in a cheaper price, so to our excitement and "This is it" feeling, Revianne set a meeting with him in Gateway, Cubao.

Steve and I we're also with my sister and brother-in-law who knows baking & love cakes. Though the meeting is at 3pm, we all decided to go there earlier due since we're quite far and my brother-in-law's car is coding. Good thing that we went there ahead of time as the place is packed due to UAAP (Lasalle-Ateneo Juniors) game and raining hard as well so many people we're stocked in the traffic including Revianne who wasn't able to join us and the cake supplier who was 30-45 minutes late.

When he arrived, we started the discussion. He is a nice bloke. He can also communicate with us well but when I mentioned about the TV series I am watching, he didn't say something about it so maybe he is not familiar. Well, it doesn't matter anyway... To be honest,  his rate is cheaper compared to some suppliers we were talking with based on the design and details. He showed us some photos of his work and confirmed that he can make it so the deciding point will be the taste.

He brought out his 3 cake flavors; chocolate ganache, banana walnut and red velvet. We all tasted the cake samples and we all agreed that it is not worth the long wait. Banana walnut icing is just ordinary, Chocolate ganache is too heavy and sweet, and the red velvet has really strong sour taste of the apple cider. To top it up, the cake itself was all dry... it's like it's been his stock for ages. Steve straight to the point told him "I don't like this, too dry, I don't like this too sweet and this as well, too sour do you have any other cake flavors to offer?" He said he only has those 3 flavors for the cake but willing to adjust the flavors according to our taste but we all 4 decided that he is not the right supplier for us...

The meeting only lasted for like 20 minutes. We called Revianne to inform her about what happened and to ask for another appointment with another supplier since we both want to finalize all the suppliers before we go back to UAE. Hope next one will be the last!

Wedding Cake

For some couple, wedding cake is not a top priority but for us... it is essential as wedding cakes were made to be shared by all and bring good luck to all guests and couple.

Like wedding dresses, I am fond of watching "The Cake Boss", "Amazing Wedding Cakes", "The Next Great Baker" and that made me think outside the box.

None in the wedding will be traditionally formal including the cake! Typical wedding cake with formal- flowery design is really not our style. We both want a cake design that is unique and will tell a story of "US".

Revianne referred some cake suppliers but when she founds out that my wedding cake design requires TLC, not to mention considering the outdoor venue and striking heat of the summer, she told me that she needs to check it first with the vendors. Some suppliers say they can manage to do it but I am not satisfied with the way they described the possible design so to make things easier for all of us... I will be the one to conceptualize and draw the design.

It will be a "West meets East" design... minor changes will be totally fine with me for as long as the concept will still be there. So now that the design is already done, all we have to do is to find a Cake artist that can truly make our cake design possible on a reasonable price. Take note, Steve is not a cake lover so for him to like a cake is really something...