|
Planning the menu for a wedding reception takes a lot of thought and time. Some people plan elaborate multicourse meals complete with personalized wedding napkins, others simply serve tapas and put more money towards an open bar. There are a variety of meals you can plan for your wedding, but there's one thing that every wedding reception has in common: a wedding cake. When people think of wedding cakes they usually imagine tiered yellow cakes with a few icing roses, but lately people have been branching out from the typical wedding cake. If you want your guests to snack on something sweet and unique for your big day, try serving them a few of these eclectic sweets. Croquembouche The croquembouche (also known as croque-en-bouche) is a traditional French dessert that is known for its sweet flavor and crunchy texture. The croquembouche is a choux pastry, a special kind of light pastry dough that's made of butter, water, flour, and eggs. Many people believe that the pastry was invented by the father of fine French cuisine Marie-Antoine Careme in the 1800s. Croquembouche is made up of small round profiteroles ( a cream puff like pastry) that are bound together with threads of caramel. Many chefs adorn the pastry structure with sugared almonds, flowers, ribbons, and decorative patterns made from frosting. Groom's Cake Who said that grooms aren't allowed to choose the wedding cake? The tradition of a groom's cake was actually developed in the UK during Victorian times, but today the practice is popular in the American South. Traditionally pieces of cake will be cut, put into boxes, and distributed to unmarried women at the wedding. The women wouldn't eat the cake; they would put the box under the pillow and hope to find a husband. Groom's cakes are usually heavy and dense cakes, some people choose to make them traditional fruit cakes but today white and chocolate flour cakes are more common. Kransekake The word kransekake translates to "wreath cake", and the cake has been eaten at special Danish and Norwegian events for centuries. The kransekake is made up of a series of concentric rings of cake that are layered on top of each other in order to form a sloped cone shape. Traditional kransekakes are made with almonds, sugar, and marzipan, and is soft and chewy on the inside and hard to the touch on the outside. Technically a kransekake that is eaten at weddings is called overflødighedshorn (horn of abundance). They're usually shaped like a cornucopia and are filled with small treats like candy and cookies.
Related Articles -
wedding cakes, personalized wedding napkins,
|
