Sunday, September 13, 2009

Las Vegas Wedding Cakes -- It's More Than Culinary Art

You're coming to Las Vegas to have the most wonderful wedding and you hope that your wedding cake will not only look well -- like you, your gown and bouquet -- but that it will also be very delicious.

For hundreds of years (some say it goes back to old Rome), the wedding cake has always be in the center of every guest's attention -- right behind the bride... Coming up with the most unique, most sophisticated cakes became a tradition at Las Vegas weddings -- known for lavish, opulent receptions. The cakes have been huge -- usually with three or even more stories supported by Roman columns and they had lots of plastic and other inedible glittering pieces.

You can still order such cake, but modern brides getting married in Las Vegas have quite a different taste for their dream wedding cake.

Those monstrous cakes now have been replaced by much smaller and simpler cakes. Simplicity is the order of the day. No more columns -- just straight layers. Flowers -- lots of them, both fresh and sugar-made (edible) -- are now the most popular decorating items on the cakes.

Traditional shapes -- round, square are still most popular, but many brides choose new shapes, for example hexagonal cakes.

Finally, another typical Las Vegas item is gone for good; namely those plastic bride-and-groom or Elvis cake tops. Simple but elegant tops that match the items from the bride's wedding dress or the wedding theme have replaced them. Very often beautiful flowers, such as roses, jasmine, dogwood and clematis top the cake.

A number of Las Vegas bakeries specialize in wedding cakes and have on their staff highly skilled cake bakers -- true cake artisans -- who can create the most sophisticated designs. Among the most popular wedding cake bakeries in Las Vegas is Freed's Bakery. They bake over 2,500 wedding cakes each year and have international reputation, having been featured on The Food Network, Travel Channel, in Bon Apetit Magazine and in Martha Stewart Wedding Magazine. Among many of their customers are such popular celebrities as Tiger Woods, Chuck Norris, Diana Ross, Lance Burton, Sylvester Stallone, Liberace, Dionne Warwick and many more.

The wedding cake bakers need only a color picture or a drawing of your desired cake and they will create it for you exactly as you've ordered.

Cakes are usually priced by the slice, though it varies from baker to baker. Price will depend on the number of things, such as: the type of the cake, ingredients used, how complicated the design is, etc. Prepare the picture of the cake(s) you want to order and ask at least few bakers for the price quote.

It may be tricky to calculate the desired number of cakes. The baker will tell you how many servings you will get from one cake. You'll have to decide whether you'll be following the tradition of saving the top tier for your anniversary, but it may not be practical if you'll be having a long trip home from Las Vegas.

When ordering your wedding cake you will have to provide the bakers with any special dietary requirements (e.g. non-dairy or organic) and all the basics -- the style, flavor, frosting, filling, topping. It's essential to provide the baker with all the information and special requirements and have the deal documented in writing, including all the details of the design, the price and the delivery details (time and place).

Brides most often take their ideas or the wedding cake from the magazines (especially Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine or Bon Apetit Magazine), books and most often recently -- from the Internet. It's good to learn a bit about the basics of the art of creating wedding cakes to be able to choose the best cake for your wedding. Borrow a book from the library or do some research on the Internet and at least find out which type of cake can be served in Las Vegas. For example, because it is so hot in Vegas (over 100 degrees in summer!), whip cream is usually not used at all and non-dairy whip cream is used only in wintertime.

Learn also a little bit about various cake flavors, frostings and fillings so that you know the difference between the royal icing, fondant, butter cream, ganache, etc.

Customers of Freed's Bakery can have free cake tastings and other Las Vegas bakers also offer them. However, if you live somewhere else and come to Vegas just for your destination wedding, you may not have an opportunity to taste the cake before the wedding. In such case, you'll be relying on a Las Vegas-based wedding planner or coordinator, but he or she will also need some input from you -- selecting the wedding cake is traditionally bride's domain.

By the way, in case you didn't know, there are a few wedding-related superstitions you should be aware of -- some say such things may have impact on the success of the marriage. It's up to you if you believe in them or not; it seems most of the people just ignore them.

One of them says that green color shouldn't be used on wedding cakes if you want your marriage to last forever. Well, those who choose a cake with flowers apparently don't believe this superstition... The other one is even harder to believe -- it says that chocolate cakes should be avoided! I wonder who invents such strange superstitions...

So in order to make this whole idea more reasonable, I'll leave you with a superstition that surely will not harm anybody. This one says that the groom should cut the first piece, but it's the bride who should have the first bite.

--By: Helen Goldstein> Article Source: http://www.eArticlesOnline.com

About the Author:
Helen Goldstein just wrote a FREE ebook "Let's Tie The Knot In Las Vegas!" about Las Vegas Wedding cakes and all you need to know to have a fabulous Las Vegas wedding. Go to: http://smartandrich.com/vegas-wedding.html

Las Vegas Wedding Cakes -- It's More Than Culinary Art

You're coming to Las Vegas to have the most wonderful wedding and you hope that your wedding cake will not only look well -- like you, your gown and bouquet -- but that it will also be very delicious.

For hundreds of years (some say it goes back to old Rome), the wedding cake has always be in the center of every guest's attention -- right behind the bride... Coming up with the most unique, most sophisticated cakes became a tradition at Las Vegas weddings -- known for lavish, opulent receptions. The cakes have been huge -- usually with three or even more stories supported by Roman columns and they had lots of plastic and other inedible glittering pieces.

You can still order such cake, but modern brides getting married in Las Vegas have quite a different taste for their dream wedding cake.

Those monstrous cakes now have been replaced by much smaller and simpler cakes. Simplicity is the order of the day. No more columns -- just straight layers. Flowers -- lots of them, both fresh and sugar-made (edible) -- are now the most popular decorating items on the cakes.

Traditional shapes -- round, square are still most popular, but many brides choose new shapes, for example hexagonal cakes.

Finally, another typical Las Vegas item is gone for good; namely those plastic bride-and-groom or Elvis cake tops. Simple but elegant tops that match the items from the bride's wedding dress or the wedding theme have replaced them. Very often beautiful flowers, such as roses, jasmine, dogwood and clematis top the cake.

A number of Las Vegas bakeries specialize in wedding cakes and have on their staff highly skilled cake bakers -- true cake artisans -- who can create the most sophisticated designs. Among the most popular wedding cake bakeries in Las Vegas is Freed's Bakery. They bake over 2,500 wedding cakes each year and have international reputation, having been featured on The Food Network, Travel Channel, in Bon Apetit Magazine and in Martha Stewart Wedding Magazine. Among many of their customers are such popular celebrities as Tiger Woods, Chuck Norris, Diana Ross, Lance Burton, Sylvester Stallone, Liberace, Dionne Warwick and many more.

The wedding cake bakers need only a color picture or a drawing of your desired cake and they will create it for you exactly as you've ordered.

Cakes are usually priced by the slice, though it varies from baker to baker. Price will depend on the number of things, such as: the type of the cake, ingredients used, how complicated the design is, etc. Prepare the picture of the cake(s) you want to order and ask at least few bakers for the price quote.

It may be tricky to calculate the desired number of cakes. The baker will tell you how many servings you will get from one cake. You'll have to decide whether you'll be following the tradition of saving the top tier for your anniversary, but it may not be practical if you'll be having a long trip home from Las Vegas.

When ordering your wedding cake you will have to provide the bakers with any special dietary requirements (e.g. non-dairy or organic) and all the basics -- the style, flavor, frosting, filling, topping. It's essential to provide the baker with all the information and special requirements and have the deal documented in writing, including all the details of the design, the price and the delivery details (time and place).

Brides most often take their ideas or the wedding cake from the magazines (especially Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine or Bon Apetit Magazine), books and most often recently -- from the Internet. It's good to learn a bit about the basics of the art of creating wedding cakes to be able to choose the best cake for your wedding. Borrow a book from the library or do some research on the Internet and at least find out which type of cake can be served in Las Vegas. For example, because it is so hot in Vegas (over 100 degrees in summer!), whip cream is usually not used at all and non-dairy whip cream is used only in wintertime.

Learn also a little bit about various cake flavors, frostings and fillings so that you know the difference between the royal icing, fondant, butter cream, ganache, etc.

Customers of Freed's Bakery can have free cake tastings and other Las Vegas bakers also offer them. However, if you live somewhere else and come to Vegas just for your destination wedding, you may not have an opportunity to taste the cake before the wedding. In such case, you'll be relying on a Las Vegas-based wedding planner or coordinator, but he or she will also need some input from you -- selecting the wedding cake is traditionally bride's domain.

By the way, in case you didn't know, there are a few wedding-related superstitions you should be aware of -- some say such things may have impact on the success of the marriage. It's up to you if you believe in them or not; it seems most of the people just ignore them.

One of them says that green color shouldn't be used on wedding cakes if you want your marriage to last forever. Well, those who choose a cake with flowers apparently don't believe this superstition... The other one is even harder to believe -- it says that chocolate cakes should be avoided! I wonder who invents such strange superstitions...

So in order to make this whole idea more reasonable, I'll leave you with a superstition that surely will not harm anybody. This one says that the groom should cut the first piece, but it's the bride who should have the first bite.

--By: Helen Goldstein> Article Source: http://www.eArticlesOnline.com

About the Author:
Helen Goldstein just wrote a FREE ebook "Let's Tie The Knot In Las Vegas!" about Las Vegas Wedding cakes and all you need to know to have a fabulous Las Vegas wedding. Go to: http://smartandrich.com/vegas-wedding.html

Tips To Lead A Happy Married Life

The most important tip is to be independent.

Just because you are married to some, does not mean that you will completely become dependent on your life partner. At times, you tend to forget about how different you two are, because you've been living together for so long in this matrimony tie. Don't ever forget that you are a different human being and unique in your own way that"��s why your life partner got attracted to you at first place. Try to take on some different interest and encourage your husband / wife to do so as well.

Try to control your anger if your partner is also angry

Usually, when you're angry, you don"��t want to hear nothing else and you don't really care about anything else. If you feel that both you and your partner are angry, try to you"��re your spouse some space. The best thing to do is to calm down. Be receptive to each other's ups and downs. Always talk through the problem and listen to each other. Just abandon the whole world rather than abandoning each other. Other very important thing, don"��t sleep till the time the argument is not resolved. Last but not the least, never ever yell at each other unless the house is on fire.

If you don"��t agree to your partner, tell it gracefully

After your marriage, there will be times when you and your spouse won't agree at all in some aspects. Make sure, that you don't make your point sound like a criticism. It really doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong. Always keep this thing in mind that an argument doesn't need a winner or a loser.

Never bring up issues of the past

Whenever something goes wrong, avoid bring your past issues in between. Don't get into past so much that you become blind with the wonderful things ahead of your relationship.

At least once every day, try to compliment your life partner

Generally after a few years of marriage, a couple often forgets about basic courtesy, which they should show to each other. Is it really right to talk to your life partner in such a rude manner? Perhaps by using sweet words or by addressing your life partner politely, your each sentence would make it sound so much better. Always remember; never take your life partner for granted.

Showing or telling each other that how much you care will, definitely, help keep your relationship fresh. By saying something as simple as complementing the looks of your spouse or by buying a little unexpected gift, you can cheer up your life partner. Try to say those things that would make your partner feel appreciated.
To follow these tips, it is very important to lower your pride. Though pride is a good thing and keeps your head high in public, not with your life partner. Try to keep the pride level down with your life partner; because it becomes a wall your partner would have to overcome.

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http://www.jeevansathi.com/ By: Sukhpreet Kaur
By: Sukhpreet Kaur
Article Source: http://www.eArticlesOnline.com

About the Author:By: Sukhpreet Kaur
Sukhpreet Kaur writes on behalf of Jeevansathi.com, which is India"��s fastest growing matrimonial website, provides online Indian matrimonial classified services. Jeevansathi.com enables users to create a Hindu marriage profiles on the website and allow prospective grooms and brides to contact each other. Users can search for profiles through advanced search options on the website. Users can avail free registration and make initial contact with each other through services available on Jeevansathi.com via Chat, SMS, and e-mail.
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