STACY’S TIPS
TO ALL THE BRIDES TO BE
WEDDING CAKE BLUES:
I’m on a never-ending quest to make
your wedding day perfect. We expect wedding cake bakeries to be magical, right?
But, can you believe it—some are not. Many just use everyday boxed cake mixes:
Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker, etc., fondants and frostings that are ready
made—and who knows what else. I know a good portion of your budget goes toward
that once-in-a-lifetime wedding cake, so I decided to share this with all you
brides to be. You may think you are getting the most fantastic cake in the
world—but are you—or are you paying a small fortune too eat the ingredients
that come out of a box? So, brides to be—beware, and aware—tell them you want
to take a look in the back room to see how they make the cakes, and check out
where they keep their ingredients.
I do however have some good news:
I’m on a search for the bakeries that do everything from scratch. One of the
first I have found even includes doing the fondant from scratch, which is a
rarity. I went to “Cake Crumbs” in Encino
for a “cake tasting” with my favorite wedding planner, Shannon Fleck. Well, not
only are the cakes amazing and bedazzling—they taste as good as they look—not
like a lump of butter and sugar, but real homemade ingredients. Yes brides,
that is the key—custom cakes made from scratch for you on your special
day.
Cake Crumbs is located at
17233 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA. 91316 (818) 501-3918.
The owner John and Susan Rota are
sweet and down to earth, which is also a breath of fresh air.
This is Stacy signing off in search
of more bakeries that bake from scratch
