Vendor Spotlight :: Michelle's Cakes

In one of our all time favorite movies, George Banks describes his daughter's wedding cake as "flour and water" as he tries to control his temper over the cost of said cake. Although a cake may be made from simple ingredients, it is by no means just "flour and water". A wedding cake is a centerpiece. It's a work of art. It's an experience. In fact it's the one element of a wedding day that we get to admire for its beauty and then devour as we attempt to talk with our mouths full about how good it is. So I hate to say it George, Annie's cake is fairly priced, so just write the check.

Can you tell we love cake? Well we do. And when we were designing the details of our styled shoot, we knew we wanted a sugary masterpiece to be its centerpiece. Enter Michelle of Michelle's cakes. This woman has been blowing us away with her tasty treats for a long time. She has been there to create beautiful cakes for several of our personal parties and events, including an adorable one for Maggie's baby shower. Every time we have made very specific requests, Michelle just says "sure, no problem" and effortlessly whips it up. We swear she must have magic cake fairies who live in her bakery. From her incredibly realistic sugar flowers, to the actual dig-in-and-eat it part of the cake, there's nothing quite like a cake from Michelle. Naturally, we begged her to work with us on the shoot, hoping she'd say yes and have the time to do it. Her response? "Yeah, sure! No problem." We may or may not have jumped up and down a little when we hung up the phone. Yay!

We sent her a ton of pictures of different cakes we thought would go with our theme, and discussed this particular shade of yellow until the word "yellow" lost its meaning. Poor Michelle... we must have driven her crazy. But in true Michelle fashion, she just said "yeah we can do that, no problem". The day before the shoot Maggie went to pick up the cake at Michelle's Cakes in Indian Head, MD. When she arrived Michelle told her she had just whipped it up that morning, and it was ready to go home. Holy cow... she just "whipped it up", and in the a.m. no less. Out of the bakery's back room came the most beautiful cake we'd ever seen. The flower looked like it had to be real, but nope... it was all sugar. The ruffled icing was stunning, and it was hard to imagine ever cutting into such a beautiful piece of art. The cake was absolutley perfect for our theme, and it was truly the centerpiece of our table top.

Michelle's Cakes is the bakery to use for your wedding. Hands down, no debating it. So if a wedding is in your future, stop what you're doing, and call Michelle now. You'll thank us later.

Thank you Michelle, for so quickly agreeing to participate in our styled shoot, and for so effortlessly creating a masterpiece we could play with. We must have taken 100 shots of just the cake alone. Oh and if you're wondering what it taste like? Heaven.

Learn more about Michelle's Cakes here.

Thanks again Michelle!

Have a sweet day! (yeah we said it)