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When you think about wedding cakes, chances are that you envision a tall, elegant dessert. It has sleek sides
and might be adorned with splashes of sugar roses and pounds of buttercream frosting. Even if the cake is simple,
ungarnished with excesses of sugar sculpture and fondant shapes, a wedding cake will always be elegant.
At least, almost always.
More and more couples are moving away from the traditional wedding cake model, having cupcake towers so that each guest can have an individual, elaborately decorated cake. The cupcakes maintain the elegance of tradition, but allow for an infusion of fun. Even further from the standard, however, is the snack-food cake. A snack food cake can be made of anything from Twinkies to Snowballs and chocolate donuts. What I didn't realize was how much the trend towards down-market "cakes" was catching on until I saw a "cake" of homemade Ding Dongs in the New York Times wedding announcements over the weekend.
Would you have wanted this at your wedding? Are you considering it for the future? I can't say that I would want it, but I would definitely serve ice cold milk, and not champagne, if I did.
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4-17-2006 @2:47PM Punisher2k said... So much of what goes on for wedding "traditions" were nothing more then advertising campains at one point.
The whole diamond engagement ring is a prime example. You can thank De Beers for that one.
I'm sure the wedding cake is the same thing. From it's simple origins as a bread that was broken over the head of the bride, to cakes costing thousands of dollars.
I say this is a great thing. Bring on the Twinkies.
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4-17-2006 @3:28PM Finished.Law.School said... A snack food wedding cake sounds very white trash...
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4-17-2006 @4:52PM janine said... I've always wanted a cake made out of Krispy Kremes.
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4-17-2006 @4:55PM peggy said... I think that whatever a couple wants to do -- traditional or fun -- works! I kind of like the idea of a "different" kind of wedding cake.
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4-17-2006 @4:56PM Whin said... I can have a ding dong any day; my wedding day cake should be something not premade and prepackaged for the mass public.
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4-17-2006 @5:19PM Robin said... what may I ask constitutes "white trash"?
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4-18-2006 @6:25AM mary ricketts said... The only problem I can think of with a ding dong wedding cake is that the cake may have a longer shelf life than the marriage!
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4-18-2006 @6:36AM kay kelsch said... I broke tradition in my home town 37 years ago,having a devils food chocolate cake for my wedding, only the baker and I knew, everyone loved it
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4-18-2006 @6:48AM Lauren said... omg y a ding dong cake y not just say hey i wanna get fat so im gonna get a ding dong cake 4 my wedding yes it is creative but u will never see that on my wedding day!
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4-18-2006 @6:52AM bob mynob said... a snack food wedding cake sounds like black trash, brown trash, or racist lawyer trash. how about white trash married to black trash? maybe lazy rich trash, or maybe FUN TRASH
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4-18-2006 @6:52AM jen said... **white Trash** you know the ones that live in the trailer parks with no teeth and walk around in public without shoes on their feet,
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4-18-2006 @6:57AM Carl B said... Does this mean the "Twinkie Defense" will become common in divorce battles?
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4-18-2006 @6:58AM OLETTA ARMSTRONG said... I THANK ITS GREAT!!!IT IS YOUR DAY, AND YOU MAY DO WHAT YOU WANT!! WHAT AND WHEN! GO FOR IT!!!!
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4-18-2006 @7:04AM Dave said... I think the key words here are "ding dong".
The only ding dongs I am going to have at my wedding will be coming from the church bells.
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4-18-2006 @7:05AM Kunni Biener said... If you just saw the cake over the weekend in the NYTImes, you need to start perusing your local magazine stand. A similar cake was on the cover of Ready Made, a truly amazing magazine, a couple of months ago, the bride being the editor.
I am the granddaughter of German bakers who were very proud of their wedding cakes, but I think that they would applaud this trend of originality.
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4-18-2006 @7:09AM Helene said... I think a twinkie cake or hostess ho-ho extravaganza is fantastic....how clever, creative and hopefully, less expensive than these thousand-dollar cakes. People should have some fun, show their unique side and stop tripping over themselves to spend soooo much money on these weddings....they've become too garrish.
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4-18-2006 @7:11AM Marlene said... I happen to like ding dongs.!
Marlene
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4-18-2006 @7:19AM Laura C said... Funny, but if a major celebrity or someone known for setting trends had a snack food wedding cake, suddenly it would be all the rage!
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4-18-2006 @7:20AM Renee said... I think it is a great idea, I wanted to do something different at my daughters wedding last fall, but I was afraid of what others would think. Looking back I wish I would have done it.
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4-18-2006 @7:25AM Aida Velveeta said... The diamond engagement ring is a conspiracy of the devotees of Queen Victoria, as is the white wedding dress. Before then, you could wear any color ring or dress appropriate for you, except in Asia, where the prefered color of happiness is red. White is "death" and worn under the red as a symbol of the bride's death to her fammily as she becomes part of the groom's family. The cake is a medieval traditition and used to be carried throughout the town on a high stick platform to lead people to the wedding site. It was a concoction of fruitcake soaked in alcohol and honey. If a piece survived today, it would not be spoiled. It was meant to last the year and celebrate the wedding's anniversary as a sweet reminder... I think Ding Dongs would pass the year test! I know Twinkies would... But because of the chemicals and not the alcohol and honey!
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