We had cake tasting appointment #2 last night, and it was the cake tasting to end all cake tastings. Swiss Bakery came highly recommended from both my MoH Lori, and my mom's school friend/my email wedding "pen-pal" Kristen (whom I actually got to talk flowers with over the phone this afternoon! Thanks, Kristen!). Both of them used/are using Swiss Bakery for their respective weddings.
Now anyone who has kept up with my blog knows that I was positive I was set on a chocolate cake. Well low and behold, my set ideas went right out the window when Laurie, head pastry chef, placed the 6 beautiful little cake samples on a 12" x 12" tray smack dab in the middle of the table I was sharing with mom & dad. (Todd had to work late, sadly, so he missed the official cake selecting, but he trusts my judgment, and I'm sure will be happy with however it turns out!)
Allow me to set the scene... We arrived at Swiss Bakery for our 6:00pm tasting (not surprisingly I was about 7 minutes late, which my father affectionately pointed out and said "I would expect nothing less!"). We sat down at a corner table in this huge store, which not only had an amazing bakery counter with tons of cakes and pastries and homemade ice creams, but also had a huge wall of Swedish and German imported goods from wines and chocolates to salami's and cheeses. (I'm totally promoting Swiss Bakery right now...they should hire me) Anyway, they were so courteous and kept asking if they could get us some water or coffee or anything at all to drink. Finally we caved and asked for water and coffee, which my parents reported was the best coffee in town -- better than Starbucks (for real?!) -- to which Laurie informed them that it was a Swedish coffee brewed from a special Italian recipe, with this great history behind the story of how it came to be after World War II...I got lost, but my parents were quite enthralled with the story.
I got off track. ANYWAY...they brought out a tray with 6 perfect little mini cakes, round shape, different layers and flavors of sponge and pound cakes filled with buttercreams, bavarian creams, mousses...oh man, it was a cake lovers paradise. Well, we tried the first cake sample, and that was it. I was sold. A delicious vanilla sponge cake filled with a lemon buttercream. It was light, refreshing, and the most delicious cake I have ever tasted. After that bite, the rest just didn't compare. Not even the chocolate pound cake with chocolate mousse filling. (Shocking that the girl who used to demand a bag of oreos before entering her grandparents house would turn down chocolate, I know.) But this lemon buttercream was calling to me...singing to me that this was the perfect wedding cake choice. Summery, but still dessert like. Rich, but light. I told my mom that when I think about the perfect taste of my wedding cake, THIS CAKE is how it should taste.
So with the base and filling figured out, we had to pick a design. Well that was tough. I like clean, classic, simple. No fru-fru here. Finally after throwing together a million different pieces from various pictures in Laurie's cake binder, and vetoing several designs because I thought they were too "girly" (I know, right?) we settled on a design that I am thrilled with and super excited about. I won't reveal the design here so that guests will be surprised when they see the cake, though if you ask me what it looks like, I most likely will tell you. But it's simple, elegant, modern, and exactly what I want. And seeing as I've already been face-to-face with Laurie's excellent crafts(wo)manship at Lori & Josh's wedding, I'm confident our cake with be perfect.
Swiss Bakery takes the cake...orders!
Thank you (again) Mom & Dad, for the wedding cake I've dreamt of! You truly are making my perfect wedding plans come true!! Todd and I are so grateful for all you have done and do!!
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