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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 @8:40AM Dawn Buck said... The cake looks like Tyrannosaurus Rex did a dump on a
platter.
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4-18-2006 @8:44AM Karen said... This is in response to the ding dong who insists Ding Dongs are called Ring Dings. Hostess does make Ding Dongs and they are very good.
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4-18-2006 @8:45AM Wendy said... I wouldnt have a cake made out of ding dongs, but I was married to one before!
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4-18-2006 @8:55AM k.a.l. said... EXCUSE ME! I live in a trailer. And I am FAR FROM WHITE TRASH! BUT- I rather be white trash with true friends than high class snobs with their heads up thier butts kissing as$.
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4-18-2006 @8:56AM robin said... Drake makes Ring Dings & Hostess makes Ding Dongs
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4-18-2006 @9:00AM dee cee said... I love to bake. I have made a candy bar cake, one with spiral cookies around the cake. I have wondered why no one has had a wedding cheesecake,3 tiers, 1 chocolate 1 with fruit and a small one that is the brides favorite. Maybe if people want to stay with traditition let the grooms cake be the fun cake.
to martha's comment about the name: 2 different companys make the cakes, so thats why there are 2 names.
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4-18-2006 @9:03AM MEREATTA KNOX said... I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA ! WHERE I'M FROM WE CALL THEM DING DONGS, THE NAME OFF THE BOX---DING DONGS ! NO RING DINGS HERE! MY HUBBY WOULD LOVE A DING DONG CAKE! I THINK IT WOULD DO WELL, ESPECIALLY, AS A GROOM'S CAKE!
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4-18-2006 @9:04AM Carol said... To Martha:
Ding Dongs are made by Hostess, Ring Dings are made by Drake. I had never heard of RingDings until I read your post, so I looked it up. Ding Dongs are the much higher selling ones.
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4-18-2006 @9:05AM Liz said... I am 41yrs.old and when i was a kid they were called ding dongs and sometime in my teen years they changed the name of them. You know how that goes,someone must have seen a problem with the name of (ding dong)But i do know that they once called them that.And they were and still are one of my fav.But i don't think i would want my wedding cake made w/them,
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4-18-2006 @9:06AM Michelle said... They are Ding Dongs in the Mid-West - you can't buy Ring Dings out here unfortunately. Same cake, less filling in the center. You can't gen Kandy Kakes, Devil Dogs or any cakes made by TastyKake here.
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4-18-2006 @9:09AM SparrowGirl said... From the Hostess website:
Ding Dongs – enrobed with chocolate coating, with rich and majestic cr? filling, you can't help but feel like royalty when you bite into one. In fact, when they were first introduced, they were actually called King Dons in some parts of the country (and Big Wheels in some regions),
The name Ding Dong came from the chiming bells used in Hostess' first television commercials and you'll be singing a happy tune every time you polish off a package. Nibble them slowly, like a king or queen, and savor the creamy goodness of every morsel, or bite right into that creamy center and get a mouthful of chocolate goodness.
Frankly, I'd just as soon not poison my guests!
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4-18-2006 @9:14AM kate said... They were/are called Ding Dongs in the Northwest where I grew up, and I'd never heard any different. Then I spent some time in Alabama and they were called King Dons there. Now I'm in Memphis and I've seen both. Must be some sort of marketing thing...?
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4-18-2006 @9:14AM Dee said... It's up to the bride and groom on how things are at their wedding. If they want sugar cookies for a cake it's their business. Anyone that calls them white trash, black trash or any kind of trash is simply jealous they didn't come up the ideal first.
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4-18-2006 @9:16AM Nancy said... I broke tradition 33 yrs ago when I had "artificial" flowers for the wedding party. My mother was appalled and had visions of plastic flowers. My bouquet was made of gorgeous red silk poppies and my Made of Hone carried silk yellow roses (symbol of frienedship)Mother of Bride and of Groom had silk gardenias and best man a red rose.
The flowers were beautiful, no wilting, browing and no live flowers dying for the benefit of my wedding. By the way, the flowers lasted a lot longer than he did LOL.
Break some old tradition and make your own.
To answer the Ding Dong and Ring Ding name confusion:
Hostess makes Ding Dong and the name came from the chiming bells. used in Hostess' first television commercials. Drakes makes Ring Dings
(you learn a lot on Google)
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4-18-2006 @9:16AM CIndy said... Ding Dongs are made by Hostess and are everywhere! Maybe not in your area of New York...but I have never heard of "Ring Dings"
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4-18-2006 @9:18AM Ruth Linder said... Ding Dong is a Hostess Trade name and they are to me very delcious!
More power to the BRIDE AND GROOM to do THEIR WEDDING THEIR WAY.
Money spent on hugh weddings are a big waste of money. Like they said, most don't last regardless of the elaborate production.
Elegance an proper manners are going fast.
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4-18-2006 @9:19AM onry okie said... sounds like "finished law school" is a little snobby - maybe he/she could pay for the $3000 cake!!!
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4-18-2006 @9:21AM Jennifer said... Martha,
Ring Dings are made by Drakes, Ding Dongs are made by Hostess.
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4-18-2006 @9:21AM anna said... LOL how funny i remember them being called ring dings as well. Heck all power to them on ding dong cake, but im sure somewhere they had a wedding cake, but if not, who cares! i think its great! also, reading everyones responce, it went from something positive to something negetive as i kept reading, come on people we all have opinions but to we have to become hateful? i was always taught, if you have nothing nice to say, keep the comment to yourself. ( like if that is ever going to happen on here) lol Words can hurt, even if its the truth. But Amen to the ding dong cake! lol different but cute.
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4-18-2006 @9:22AM Susie said... Actually... It depends on where you live (Grow up) and the brand you buy. Ding Dong (Hostess), Ring Ding (Drakes..I think)...two products the same..but taste a little differently...Two different companies. I grew up in Rhode Island and we bought Drakes products and I'm sure that's who calls them Ring Dings. Here in Seattle, Drakes is not a brand we have on the shelves, so we buy Hostess which calls them Ding Dongs. As for them being a wedding cake...maybe if they had a better taste... Ours was a spice cake.
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