...and I've had to keep reminding myself all day that it's only Wednesday and not Thursday!
Since I've been talking about the groom's cake almost exclusively, I thought I'd spend a little bit of time on the wedding cake in tonight's post. We made the fillings for each of the layers today.
The top tier will be strawberry with a mascarpone marshmallow filling. It doesn't look like much, but it has a very nice, subtle flavor that will blend well with the strawberry cake and the buttercream icing.
The middle tier will be amaretto cake with a raspberry mascarpone filling. This is so simple to put together it's almost shameful, but the flavor is really rich. It's just mascarpone mixed with raspberry jam. Seriously.
The lowest tier will be chocolate cake with a mocha filing, including some espresso provided by a friend from high school who is now in the coffee roasting biz. Nice! And yum! I basically took the mascarpone marshmallow base and added espresso and cocoa. I am really pleased with how this came out. It's velvety on the tongue with a very nice balance of coffee with chocolate. Neither flavor overpowers the other but are happily blending like a good husband and wife should!
I'll close with a quick peak of the really cool cake base that our caterer is letting us use so we don't have to buy one or rent one.
It looks much heavier than it is, which is very nice for transporting. The ribbons will go around the base of each tier. My friend, C, will apply that at the very end. She is even supplying all of the royal icing for final attachments to both cakes. Is this lady a wonderful God-send or what?!!!
Tomorrow is a big cake make or break day. Please feel free to say as many prayers for us as you like!
Signing off for now and taking layers of cake out of the freezer tonight. This means commitment....but not quite as much commitment as that first carving cut...have I mentioned that I'm excited and nervous all at the same time?
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