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are many important decisions that need
to be made when planning a wedding of
course from the wedding dress to the
tuxedo to the music and a venue but
today we're talking about the cake
oh yes and here to tell us all about
what it takes to choose the perfect
wedding cake is who made the cake owner
and cake artist
Nadine moon welcome back to the show
thank you for having me I know this is
an exciting week and really exciting
time for you this is major wedding
season yeah I know that you are you're
super busy want to brag about you for
just a second you were named top ten
cake artist in North America that's
right that is such a wonderful title we
of course are standing right here with
these wonderful creation and I feel like
I'm blocking this now or just cake
Nadine for you it's not just about about
creating a cake that looks good the cake
also has to taste good that's right
because when people look at it they say
it's gorgeous but we want them to say
who made the cake when they taste it
you'd never want to guess to be like
that was the prettiest dry cake I've
ever seen so real quickly what's your
most expensive wedding cake dude can you
just say our most expensive okay we can
make anybody's dreams come true whether
they're on a budget or they want
something that's more than $10,000 or
$15,000 we can make that happen is have
you done one of those we have been one
of those cake for more than 15,000 what
makes it so expensive the ingredients
the fresh flour labor all the sugar
flowers this particular one was over ten
feet tall stepped in tears months of
labor on the flowers whoa wow that's
incredible your work is so pretty so
what we know about the royal cake it's
going to be lemon elderflower and that's
not a typical English no typically they
have a fruit cake and the fruit cake
will sort of sit for several months
before the wedding and woke up samaram
so she's going very non-traditional to
do a lemon elderflower cake okay it's
gonna be very interesting to see what
this cake looks like because the Baker
is not the typical royal wedding cake
style of Baker okay and the cakes that
you've brought today you have a number
of different styles that are sort of
reminiscent of the royal family is this
the one that's the Windsor case this is
the Windsor very traditional very
elegant lace tiers sugar roses like the
Diana rose and just classic pearls this
could make anybody's day wonderful
absolutely and the the number of hours
it takes you to make something like this
yes I have a wonderful team everything's
made fresh to order so even though it's
got a lot of Labor hours the cake inside
is done right before the wedding Wow Wow
okay so what is the other one this is
the Balmoral is the Balmoral so they're
all named after castles this has the
rose gold and bling this is for a bride
who really wants something a little
different
that's rose gold is really right now
sugar peonies and even a peony motive on
the stenciling at the bottom so really
beautiful details and all of these are
edible when you do right every layer is
a cake every layer is a cake absolutely
but if someone only has a hundred guests
we can put in fake tears and make it
huge oh okay and this one here is the
Kensington it's the Kensington very
regal we have the bling in the silver
lace sugar flowers very eye-catching
very traditional but beautiful stunning
let's talk about when you have a couple
getting married and and they're coming
in and chatting about cakes you said you
have two different types of couples you
have those who just want a cake that
really tastes good and then you have
other couples who want a case cake that
tastes good but also really makes us
right we have someone who's just going
to cut the cake but they want it to be
delicious so they come to us and then we
have people that want all their guests
to say wow look at that it is a major
focal point of the reception and they
want it to have a lot of detail I mean
look at this this is unbelievable under
my stars I know there it's small or
ten feet tall it's gonna be amazing are
you still doing like the fresh flowers
too or is it mostly the sugar flowers we
specialize in the sugar flowers they're
part of the art of the cake if they have
fresh flowers they're done by your
florist got it okay okay now you've got
some tips to help us choose the right
cake like let's say there I'm you know
choosing a wedding cake at some point in
my life how how do I proceed and where
do I begin well I suggest you come in
and meet with me for a one-on-one
consultation you're gonna sample six of
our most popular flavors pick out
details that you like and I will sketch
it out for you right before your eyes
during the consultation and I know
everyone's always worried about what
flavors their guests are gonna love I
say pick what you love it's your wedding
cake there's no way you'll please
everyone so don't be afraid of that okay
and while we're chatting I am going to
cut this cake you also offer some very
good tips if you're selecting a baker
make sure they are licensed yes we
ensure yes a lot of venues now are
requiring their cake bakers to be
licensed and insured and it can be
really stressful at the last minute
trying to find a baker when you find out
they can't give the venue what they need
so this we whipped up a very special
concoction for you okay it's a lemon
elderberry cake and typically people see
elderflower is very floral and medicine
all right but this gives it just a touch
touch of that berry flavor to balance
out the acidity of the lemon is good
it's really pleasing it's beautiful and
it's light elegant and almost too pretty
to eat but I'll eat it anyway very very
just kind of melts in your mood does we
have someone who did that elderberry
syrup special for us so it is wonderful
it's delicious Nadine thank you so much
for the tips make sure also that your
baker is not a one-person shop because
they could run into problems Nadine moon
we love having you thank you also as
long as we're on the the topic of
wedding cake guys earlier we're asking
you how much you would pay for these
wedding cake slices that are up for
auction a hundred hundred dollars it's
an old wedding cake it's a piece of
history
what do you get with it I told my
husband we should buy one and just put
it in the shop to say we have it I think
so too
Reiser in the shop just put it on
display out on the in a little dome that
sounds Carson all right well stick
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