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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 @1:23PM Bill said... Hey people in China would die for a Ring Ding wedding cake. Well that's what my mother would say.
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4-18-2006 @1:26PM Nreys said... Why not? Its your day and you should be able to have what ever you want and not have to worry about what people think. And I am all for saving cost. There is no reason in the world to pay 600 and up for a cake. That is so bizzare.
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4-18-2006 @1:27PM Dana said... My son is getting married in 3 weeks and we have purchased a cake for $800.00. I WISH my son and his wife-to-be would have wanted a ding dong cake!!! I is a great idea.
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4-18-2006 @1:27PM Joe Schwartz said... Hmmm-m-m-m-m, a lawyer saying something rude and ridiculous.......I'm shocked! :)
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4-18-2006 @1:28PM TK said... Ding dongs or twinkies, with the divorce rates these days, at least something would last the test of time!
But, much applause to the couple that doesn't buy into the $50,000 wedding. I say $1000 wedding and $50,000 20th anniversary celebration! My hubby and I only have three years to go for that one!
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4-18-2006 @1:32PM Eli said... Are these really the big issues in life? Are we living in a Communist country? People should be allowed to eat or serve what they want, especially when they're paying for it and it's their wedding.
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4-18-2006 @1:38PM divorceme said... Personally, if I went the snack cake route, I would want it made from Sno-Balls!
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4-18-2006 @1:40PM Brenda said... Sounds delicious,It's your day to do what ever you want to do. Just where did White Trash come into this picture at? Takes Trash to reconize Trash I guess. Enjoy your day and Enjoy your Ding Dongs.
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4-18-2006 @1:40PM Pat Allen said... As they like it..they can have it..NO big deal..Some do not have the big bucks to shell out for a big fancy cake..but at least they are getting married !!!The white trash that person talks about looks back at her from her mirror each morning..
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4-18-2006 @1:46PM shelly said... Our daughter and her husband neither one like cake. For their wedding we did have the traditional cake but my husband did a 4 tier rice krispie treat for them. That is what they fed each other. It was really cute on the cake table.
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4-18-2006 @1:47PM Gail said... Ding dongs, rng dings, suzy qs, its the couples day. Whatever suits their fancy. I like the individual wedding cupcakes myself.
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4-18-2006 @1:50PM jennifer said... how about who cares,really
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4-18-2006 @1:54PM cd martin said... why npt have a ding dong wedding cake as that right in with all the other wierd things going on such as the wierd sickening names for the celebs babies, the strange so called 'RELIGIOUS" groups such as Kabala and Scientology to name two! the world is going to hell in a handbasket anyway! And yes i can spell and type better. I just thought i would add my on milder wierdness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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4-18-2006 @1:57PM Gina said... LOL! I'm with you, Dave! Totally!
#14. 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.
Posted at 7:04AM on Apr 18th 2006 by Dave
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4-18-2006 @2:00PM SUE said... I do not agree with paying thousands for a cake when you an get a beautiful cake for a couple hundered dollars, however, cakes made from twinkies or dingdongs... tacky!! A wedding is suppose to be beautiful and something to remember ... I don't think when they turn 60 they are going to apprecaite what they did... keep track...I'll bet you that they will have a "traditional" cake at one of their major anniversaries to make up..... mark my words!
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4-18-2006 @2:01PM Theresa said... We saw the one in ReadyMade and my daughter
(a Doctoral Student)is already planning it for her outdoor wedding. They are also having cheesecake for their "traditional cake". (So how's that Ms. Finishedlawschool?)
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4-18-2006 @2:02PM melly said... It is so easy to get wrapped up in tradition. When it comes to a special occassion, weddings included, cost, atmosphere, the moment, and future memories all come into play and darn it - if someone wants individual ding-dong "finger cakes" - yummy! Although I would have to go with raspberry zingers - for maybe a birthday cake (not my wedding, but hey it's a choice - to each their own/different strokes for different folks)- I'd like it! And it would be personal. I have spoken to a number of brides who had weddings over $10,000 (I do realize that is at the low end of wedding costs). Only 1 was happy that she did so. The others were so stressed out for the year and 1/2 prior they all said they ended up focusing on everything other than their hubby to be and they wished they would have eloped.
Also "white trash" is simply one of those terms that when used - you immediately know you are hearing from a superficial person, and they generally go with the overall flow of tradition because it is a safer bet on getting accepted. The trash in my can is potentially harmfully,useless and multicolored.
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4-18-2006 @2:03PM Tamra J said... COOL!! I think this is such an original idea!! My cousin got married and spent thousands on this cake. Three years later she was divorced. What a waste!! A wedding is supposed to be a celebration. Have fun!! Nobody will ever forget your reception that's for sure!!
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4-18-2006 @2:03PM Donna Bowers said... My engagement ring is an Amethyst, which is my husband's birthstone, my three stone anniversary ring for our 17th, is also Amethysts. We are celebrating our 34th anniversary in May. Diamonds, for me were bad luck. Two offered and both refused, one accepted but the marriage didn't last. So, my choice was the stone symbolizing my love for my wonderful husband, royal purple.
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4-18-2006 @2:04PM Linda said... LOL! I'm with you, Dave, #14! Totally! I enjoy a piece of good cake. The ding-dongs are long gone to my tastebuds. Yuk!
#14. 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.
Posted at 7:04AM on Apr 18th 2006 by Dave
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