My mother and I met up with Sam and her mother to test out two different bakeries on Saturday. Sam and I were leaning toward red velvet cake with cream cheese icing but open to trying anything. Bakery #1 had many gorgeous cakes.
We looked through a book to see our design options. Each type of design (scrolls, dots, flowers) was priced differently. The pricing was explained to us in detail, but I have to admit that I wasn’t really processing it all because I wanted to taste some cake.
During the price per slice plus additional fees per flower conversation, we realized that our cake guide was referring to Sam as the groom. She wasn’t being lazy. She just thought Sam was a guy. It happens every once in a while. Aside from creating an awkward moment with our mothers, it wasn’t a big deal. There weren’t any pauses in our cake guide’s pitch, so we just let her talk. When she was finished, she started writing down the details of the event, including our names. Sam just gracefully answered “Samantha” when the form asked for her name. This is where it got weird. Our cake guide stuttered and asked if she had “said the wrong thing.” Well, technically yes, but no harm done. For a second I thought we were all set until I realized she now thought that we weren’t getting married and was confused about who Sam was. Then we all kind of got confused and stumbled through reintroductions. Awkward. This is the only time anything like that has happened since we started wedding planning.
Finally we ate some cake. I wasn’t in love with any of the flavors, and the red velvet wasn’t red enough. We took the pricing information and left for our next stop.
Bakery number 2 had amazing red velvet cake that we inhaled and forgot to take pictures of. I wish we had photographic evidence of how red it was! We ordered the cake, and we are giving my mother free reign on what it looks like. Everything she has run by us has been pretty, and the cake is not a huge deal to us. Checking things off the list is a great feeling right now, so CHECK! We have a wedding cake.
