Wedding Blog

I really seem to be into chocolate lately. Could it be the hustle and bustle of wedding season? Definitely! However, I also seem to be finding chocolate everywhere I look. Last week I saw those great chocolate wedding cake favors by Godiva (inspired by wedding cake designer extraordinaire, Silvia Weinstock); this week, I was perusing weddingbee.com (another fabulous wedding blog) and I saw these great wedding favors.

The very talented bride who posted this photo is making them herself with molds that she purchased from a craft store. If you are not so crafty, or just don’t have the time, a local chocolate shop should be able to assist. There are many resources online for interesting packaging, or a simple cellophane wrap can do the trick.

I love multipurpose items!

I had the very good fortune of attending a seminar yesterday where Sylvia Weinstock was was one of the speakers. For those of you who are not familiar with Sylvia, she is an endearing, engaging lady (her advice to us yesterday was insist on a cake as delicious as it is beautiful, after all, if you find a handsome man who sounds like a jerk when he opens his mouth, you would toss him in the trash. Same thing for cake it should be good inside and out!) who happens to make the most spectacular wedding cakes. You cannot begin to describe with words her confectionery masterpieces.

Well for those of us who love wedding cake (and who of us doesn’t?) you will soon be able to read Sylvia’s advice, see her sketches and her finished wedding cakes when her new book is released “Sylvia Weinstock’s Sensational Cakes.” I am the proud owner of an advanced autographed copy. It is beautiful.

We were treated to another sweet surprise. Sylvia teamed up with Godiva Chocolates to create a beautiful chocolate wedding cake favor. (Please excuse the blurry photograph. I am definitely not a photographer!)

I ate one after I took the picture. Yummy!