Where to begin ...

Oh my gosh. Holy crap. It's been forever since I last posted. What's my excuse? Well life is hectic when you come back from 2 1/2 weeks in paradise and have to finish planning for a reception and it's not just any ol' reception - it's a Chinese banquet. Okay, I am now done with the whining.

Upon returning to reality we made a decision about our cake. We ordered our cake from Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken NJ. We had batted around different ideas to make the most of the money and what different guests might like but decided that the easiest and most delicious route would be to go with Carlo's. Our cake will be a 2 tier square, chocolate cake with chocolate ganache. Yummy! The cake is not necessarily sweet like sugar but more a rich chocolate taste. Almost rich like dark chocolate. I don't know really how to explain it best but I can vouch for the fact that it tasted awesome.
Our cake should look something like this pretty Tiffany blue cake with some color revisions.

The guy to see at Carlo's is Buddy. That's right ... his name is not Carlo. It turns out that his grandfather (maybe father) bought the bakery in 1964, kept the name and made a name for it. The bakery has been featured in almost every bridal magazine I've come across and I've seen it on television in one of the wedding shows. I know I sound like an advertisement but this is voluntary and I gave Buddy my money!

So far so good - we love the cake, we love the design and Buddy is really easy to work with. We didn't have any crazy requests but rather took something they've done and tweaked it a bit. We'll give a final review and pictures of the finished product (definitely before we cut it up) in about 2 weeks time.