Squishing Together Twos

by Terese

For some reason, I love to worry about things. I will plan them out, worry about them getting done on time days before they are due but never actually start them until the last possible moment. A perfect example would be the cake tasting that I had arranged for this Monday evening.

Many moons ago, at a dinner with Aaron's family I was explaining (ok fine...bragging) about the wedding cupcakes (that you all have yet to see) from Christopher and Anne's wedding. I am very, very proud of them and definitely feel up to many more challenges after that feat. SO... I offered Aaron's newly engaged cousin my services for their upcoming May wedding. Not really thinking too much of it, I received a Facebook message a couple weeks later to find out if I was serious. I was and am so we started to plan their 4 tiered tiramisu layer wedding cake together.

This is where the procrastination comes in. I knew they were going to come over for dinner this past Monday almost 2 weeks in advance. I knew I worked everyday of the week leading up to the dinner. And yet I put off making all THREE 4-layer cakes until that very Monday.

So not only did I spend a whole week worrying about the cakes and planning my weekend around getting them together, but I just ignored all my inner urging to get started and waited until Monday at 7:30 am to get my mixer going. It all worked out fine though after 8 hours in the kitchen. Well, almost fine. The last cake became very unimpressive cupcakes and was quickly vetoed from the running.

See them in the back-ground there...

The two cakes we ended up debating between could not have turned out better. Both were beautiful, delicious and offered a great tiramisu flavor. As one would expect, he liked one better and she simply said no, not that one. Haha. Final recipe for the wedding cake squishes the two cakes together as a compromise, a great practice step for their marriage.

The first recipe was found on epicurious.com and has amazing reviews! The moment I read it I knew it was going to be the winner. The tiramisu flavor of this cake is spot on, very coffee-y and chocolate-y with a hint of marsala wine in the frosting. The second can be found on love & olive oil and is the most refined and elegant cake I have ever made. The layers and lines inside were so clean, but the tiramisu flavor was more subdued.

The final wedding cake will combine the cake, filling and soaking syrup of the epicurious cake, with the soft, almost velvety swiss buttercream from the love & olive oil cake. It's kinda funny...we're squishing together two cakes and their squishing together two lives, its very symbolic don't 'cha think? I'm so excited for the cousin and his bride-to-be and am happy to be an important part of their very special day!