Wednesday, June 16, 2010

My "Father of the Bride" Moment

Austin wedding cake vendors... actually, take that back.... wedding vendors in general... are completely out of their minds! Totally nuts! I can't believe it took me 6 months to figure that out. Gah!

So Clay and I went cake testing yesterday. Um, $1000? For cake? I agree with George Banks and Clay's mom: it's flour and water! How does that equate to almost $7 per piece?


[Scene from Father of the Bride. Skip to 3:00 for the cake scene below.]

George: A cake, Franck, is made of flour and water. My first car didn't cost $1200.

Franck: Well... welcome to the 90's, Mr. Banks!

The 90's indeed. How about the 10's? Back to the drawing board on this one. Guess I'll just have to try out more vendors. Taste test their cakes, too. My life is so rough.

2 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness that is one of my favorite movies! And YES! $1000 is ridiculous!!! I think ours were around $180, but they were through the wedding facility. What about a bakery place, not a caterer?? I'll ask my stepsister for some suggestions and get back to you. At least you get to eat a bunch of different cakes ;)

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  2. Hey Mer.

    The old sous chef (now executive chef) at Hudson's on the Bend makes fabulous cakes, and she's done few wedding cakes for friends and friends-of-friends of Hudson's employees. Do you know what you're looking for?

    I could ask her out for you ;)

    -Erin

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