We said "I Do" to I Do Wedding Cakes

For the latest in our wedding planning ventures, Aaron and I visited Morgan Hill Bakery and I Do Wedding Cakes in Morgan Hill, California, just minutes away from our venue Gilroy Gardens for a cake tasting on Monday evening.

We dined French style that evening by having our dessert first followed by dinner on the way home after.

We arrived early to our 6 p.m. appointment at 5:30, expecting to hit much more traffic than we actually did. While waiting for Baker and Owner Debbie to ready the five cakes we would be tasting that evening we looked at displays there and then sat down at a table to flip through different books displaying the work they have created throughout the years. The picture above (one of our personal favorites) was one we came across in a book. We loved the style. No surprise there considering we both love Disney. But the "eerie" thing was that the couple have the same initials as the two of us. So I found it particularly fitting to share this picture with you all. 

Shortly after coming across this picture, Deb came back out for us to try five different cake flavors: 

-Carrot cake with buttercream filling

-Chocolate with raspberry mousse filling

-Vanilla with lemon custard filling

-Spice with apple filling

-Picasso, their specialty, with banana filling

We loved all of the flavors, making it particularly hard to choose, and how fresh, moist and lightly frosted they were. The company does a two-day process (at most, depending on the filling) in making the cake before they deliver it for the wedding. Because it is a family-run business, you can tell it is quality work and their prices are incredibly reasonable.

Aaron's favorite was the spice with apple filling and mine was the picasso with banana filling (though we loved each other's favs too) which made it easy to decide. We are going to have Aaron's choice for our cake (expected to serve 75 people) and my flavor for a sheet cake (expected to serve another 80 people). Doing sheet cake saved us a TON of money and depending on the bakery I highly encourage other couples to do it.

After working out the details of the flavor, we worked out a design for the cake. Aaron and I were in agreement, which made it very easy to do, so we decided on a three-tiered box cake (rather than the traditional circles) with detail scrolls along the sides and a Disney-esque saying that will truly capture our special day. I am really looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I am sure it will be here before we know it...