Cake Couture

My Fiancé and I are planning a wedding in New Zealand, but we live in the Marshall Islands. Not an easy task.
With only two days to find a suit and a cake, we stumbled about the first day trying to get samples of wedding cakes and cupcakes from local bakeries. No such luck.
Many places required an advanced reservation or didn’t have any samples of the cakes/​cupcakes they had extravagantly displayed. Personally, I’m not comfortable shelling out $ 500+ on a wedding cake before I taste it. Then again, the cake is VERY important to me since I am a connoisseur of sorts when it comes to desserts. I also didn’t have the option of traveling back several thousand miles to attend a wedding show.
So after hitting several dead ends on the first day, I got on the phone and started making calls around town to try to make appointments for the next day. I called Cake Couture and even though they don’t normally do cake consultations on Friday, they said they could fit us in if we were there at 9:15am, sharp!
We arrived a bit early and were greeted by Thea. I was instantly put at ease. Looking at the website I could see the intricate detail and craftsmanship of her craft. This is a woman who takes much pride in her work, and it shows. As I flipped through the photos I recognized from the website, I was amazed to learn that some of the embellishments that I thought were real flowers were in fact hand crafted icing flowers. ***Mind Blown***
We continued on to two other cake shops today. One couldn’t even compare, the other had several good flavors that I think we would be happy with, but nothing that blew us away like the flavor and texture of the cake we had at Cake Couture. Add to that the incredible craftsmanship of the embellishments, and it’s a combination that is tough to beat.
Coming from Los Angeles, I see lots of beauty with little substance. It is nice to come across a business that not only prides itself on the outside appearance, but puts just as much care and consideration into those bits you can’t see!
We haven’t made a final decision yet, but after revisiting some of the samples from our outing today, it is quite clear to us that Cake Couture is above and beyond the competition. Thank you, Thea, for making our first tasting a memorable one!