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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Read About It // Wow Factor blog // July 2010

I have cake regrets.

I have cake regrets.

My Confession: I regret my wedding cake.

My wedding cake

I was young when I got married (and it was long before I knew I would be baking and creating cakes for a living) and my mother heavily influenced almost all of my wedding choices. She chose everything from the dress to the invites to the cake.

Oh the cake. It was tasty but it was hideous. (That’s it in the picture above.) It did not reflect my personal style or taste at all. When I look back at my wedding photos (and sometimes laugh when I think of how … read more

Wine and Dine @ 909: Bloom.

Wine and Dine @ 909: Bloom.

In April, we hosted our second Wine and Dine @ 909 event — this one themed {bloom} — with studio neighbors (and great friends!) Cunningham Photo Artists.

Beyond honored to have the fabulous Dina Berg Blazek planning the event with us along with gorgeous florals from Crawford & Company Florists and delicious bites from Chef Charles Catering. Invitations and conversation coasters were provided by Crayton-Heritage Letterpress.

The party cake was inspired by the loads of lilac flowers that Todd Crawford brought in for the event.

 

While Dina and Todd were setting up event decor and Chef Charles … read more

{The WOW Factor Cakes} Press: Charlotte Wedding Magazine

{The WOW Factor Cakes} Press: Charlotte Wedding Magazine

We love reading wedding and bridal magazines. It’s a great place for inspiring ideas, catching up on bridal trends and seeing what some of the other cake designers are doing.

We love even more when we’re reading those magazines — like the latest copy of Charlotte Wedding magazine — and we see a {WOW Factor Cake}! This time, it’s the Super Mario Brothers grooms cake featured in Brianne & Harris’ wedding story.

{WOW} that makes our day!… read more

Wedding Cake: Sweet Spots.

Wedding Cake: Sweet Spots.

{WOW} how fun is this polka dot filled wedding cake for one of our Charlotte, N.C. brides?

Each dot was made with thinly rolled fondant in hues to match the wedding colors and hand placed all over the cake.

We curled some thin wire and attached sugar dragees to the ends to add a little whimsy.

Thank you, thank you to the fab KVP of Kristin Vining Photography for capturing these great cake detail shots at the couple’s Renaissance South Park Hotel reception and sharing them with us.… read more

A golf-themed grooms cake.

A golf-themed grooms cake.

In honor of the British Open this weekend at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, I thought I’d share one of our golf-themed grooms cakes. This was created last month for a Charlotte groom who’s rehearsal dinner was held at the Charlotte Country Club. Set just like the pyramid of golfballs waiting by the tees at the driving range and personalized with grooms initial — the entire thing is edible, it’s all cake!

Photo by: Christopher Record Photography… read more