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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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4-18-2006 @11:38AM Tabitha said... ding dong wedding cakes, what is this world coming too. whats next peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches for the reception dinner along side a pile of cheese it crackers and a glass of Kool Aid. why not just have your reception at McDonalds.
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4-18-2006 @11:39AM Wilslon said... A wedding is personal and most likely the guests would appreciate the bride's and groom's actions since they should know them personally. People 'hung up' (not the ones who follow, but the ones who try to dictate) are not individuals but rather unhappy people molded by their families. Also, the white trash comment by a lawyer shows the 'trash background' that they grew up in. No compassion, no tolerance, no respect for anyone but their little circle.
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4-18-2006 @11:39AM LRivers said... Hey, whatever they serve at the wedding is fine by me...I didn't pay for it and why not eat it anyways, would it be disrespectful if I didn't?
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4-18-2006 @11:40AM Nicole said... I think it's great! Why not? Besides, you spend hundreds of dollars on wedding cakes, and how many people really eat it or remember it. This people would remember. Personally, I am doing the cupcake tower for my wedding in November, but I think this is a really neat idea too.
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4-18-2006 @11:41AM Bunny216 said... Looks like someone was too "cheap" to pay for the real deal. I think it is tacky and tasteless to say t he least. Why don't they just hand out Frozen dinner entrees while they are at it??? Someone has very bad taste for having ding dongs instead of wedding cake!
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4-18-2006 @11:42AM Marlene said... I think it is creative and I bet it was eaten. Traditional wedding cakes are beautiful but very tastless. Most people do not eat them ot just a bite. Or the piece is wrapped up and taken home to any children who will always enjoy the treat. I also like the idea of just the top layer being a real cake and the rest fake. Then there is a desert table. And why do weddings have desert tables when there is a cake available to eat...because of the taste of the cake.So Ding Dong wedding cake..thumbs up! Choclate covered cream filled. I remeber my childhood days and the commercials on the Ding Dongs.But the point it it is up to the bride and groom. It is their wedding.
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4-18-2006 @11:45AM SHIRLEY SPRADLIN said... JUST GREAT I DO WEDDING CAKES AND I THINK IT IS TOTALLY THE BRIDE AND GROOMS DAY TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT I WOULD BE GLAD TO HELP THEM ARRANGE AND SET UP THIS UNIQUE IDEA OF THEIR PERSONALITIES GOOD LUCK YOU FUN COUPLE I APPLAUDE YOU
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4-18-2006 @11:46AM Donna said... I have no objection to a HO HO cake. It's the bride and grooms day. They should have what they want. I think the cake could have been presented a little more creatively, however. It looks lumpy in the picture.
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4-18-2006 @11:49AM lina` said... I think it is a great idea it is good and not expensive it is your wedding u do it the way u want and we are not to judge that great idea I love it!
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4-18-2006 @11:50AM kelly said... Great idea.... Be original....Love it!!!!!
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4-18-2006 @11:51AM Renee said... White trash does not define people who live in trailor parks or who have no shoes. I call those people poor of need of finacial suport and good jobs. White, black or brown, being poor does not have a color. What is wrong with people now days that they can't see poor is poor and so go they if they lost there jobs or grew up in homes that could afford to send little Johnny to college. Ding dongs may not make my wish list but using what you can afford certainly does.
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4-18-2006 @11:52AM Jeannie said... I myself broke "Tradition" for our wedding my husband and I got married at the beach in Panama City, our wedding "lunch" was at a local marina where a "largest fish" contest was being held, and our "cake" was a beautifully decorated coconot cake. We would not have changed anything. Everyone had a great time and we wore shorts, t-shirts, and sandles.
We enjoyed the beach, sand, and all the fun things in Panama City.
So do what is fun for the bride and groom and you will treasure all the memories, what your "TRADITION" is.
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4-18-2006 @12:03PM Lisa said... Here in Idaho for most families money is tight. So the wedding cake (the two top layers) are usually made of cake, the bottom two or three layers are made of rice krispy treats.A good solid foundation. That way the couple get a gorgeous cake and save money. The idea for the snack wedding cake is different to say the least, and probably fun to put together.
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4-18-2006 @12:04PM joy123 said... I think anything that drives down the cost of weddings is a great thing. I never understood the need to go into debt to pay for it. It is the most important day, but love, family, and friends, mean more than a 4000 dollar cake. I made my own, with the help of a couple of friends, and the groomscake also. I made the bouquets, the corsages, and decorated much of the church myself also. Dress, reception, everthing, came in under 1000, and it was a beautiful wedding, with tons of people and food and fun. We spent the saved money on a honeymoon, and part of a downpayment on a house....
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4-18-2006 @12:04PM Kathy said... I don't see what the big deal is. If it's not your wedding cake who cares what it's made of or how? New traditions can't be made by copying everyone else-it's got to start somewhere so why not with a ding dong?
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4-18-2006 @12:05PM Jeanne said... I noticed this phrase in a comment: "you know the ones that live in the trailer parks with no teeth". I'm just curious about the trailer parks that DO have teeth. Either that, or someone needs to pay attention to their grammar.
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4-18-2006 @12:06PM Sunriz said... We grew up eating this...why not? Much better than the awful sloppy drooping looking things that a re the trend right now, with the horrid colors. My daughter is getting married, and opted for tradition, but I could go for this little bit of fun, too.
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4-18-2006 @12:07PM JUST MARRIED said... PEOPLE SEEM TO FORGET THAT ITS NOT ABOUT THE CAKE. ITS A CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE. YOU COULD HAVE THE BIGGEST AND BEST CAKE AT THE WEDDING, AND YOUR MARRIAGE WILL LAST 2 YEARS. I BET THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE DING DONG CAKE MAKE IT IN THEIR MARRIAGE BECAUSE THEY DONT SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. AND HOW CAN SOME OF YOU SAY ITS TRASHY? I BET YOU ARE THE ONES THAT DID END UP IN DIVORCE!
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4-18-2006 @12:09PM Shanon said... My daughter stepped out of the mold and wore the brightest yellow dress with little red roses on the train and carried red roses...wanted to say her "I DO"S" in a thunder storm out side under a clear tent(which she did) and had each party guess bring a cake that they had made and decorated themselves for her wedding cake. We had alot of cake! Someone had seen a twinkie cake in a magazine and made one. It was fun and a conversation piece.
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4-18-2006 @12:10PM C. Bake said... I think a ding dong cake would be really cute on a kids table----have kids finger foods like chicken fingers, corn dog bites, whatever kids like and then a twinkie or ding dong cake--
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