Infusing Your Culture Through Cake!!

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Having your culture shine at your wedding can be done in many different ways. If you don’t want to go over the top with aspects of your culture, use subtle details to let your culture shine through. This post is dedicated to CAKES, my favorite part of a wedding.
Almost every culture has a signature cake or dessert. By serving this sweet treat, you are doing two things at once; 1) serving a delicious desert and 2) infusing your background in a way that is not obvious. Now you can do this through the flavor of cake/desert or by decorating the cake with symbols of your culture.

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The Groom's Cake

We all remember the famous groom’s cake from Steel Magnolias, the armadillo red velvet cake, the best groom’s cake ever!! Most brides wouldn’t choose the armadillo but if that’s what your groom is into why not?!

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Do you know why there is a groom’s cake? Well after some research, I now know why so I thought I’d share it with you. The groom's cake is a smaller cake that is served at the wedding reception. Young unmarried women are supposed to take a piece of the groom's cake home to place under their pillows and the old wives tale says they will marry whomever they dream of that night. It’s like believing in Santa Clause but it is cute story to tell. I think it would be a unique idea to give all your single friends a piece of the cake with a note attached about the groom's cake tradtion. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to insult anyone so before you go with that idea, think about what it may come across to your friends. The groom’s cake is a southern tradition but it’s rather popular amongst us all. It’s also making a big come back. The groom’s cake should reflect the groom’s personality. Here are some groom’s cakes that clearly had the groom in mind.

The Tech Savvy Groom

The Mr. Fix it Groom

The Foodie Groom

The College Pride Groom

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Happy Planning,

Deniesha Joseph
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Vendor Profile - LuxSugar

LuxSugar specializes in making homemade desserts that are not only beautiful but delicious!! They have an array of flavors and goodies to choose from. There are cupcakes, specialty cakes, cookies, bars, cheesecake, biscotti’s and even candy apples. The cake and cupcake flavors are to die for and they have the cutest names. You can have Marilyn Monroe Red Velvet, Kanye West Chocolate cake with chocolate mousse, Samantha Lemon cake with vodka frosting and Shakira Pineapple & Coconut cake with pina colada flavors & vanilla glaze. Is your mouth not watering?!



I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely ladies of LuxSugar and they rolled out the red carpet for me. I couldn’t get enough and I should have stopped at cookie number 2 but it was too good to resist, being the chocolate chip cookie lover that I am. These were some of the best chocolate cookies I ever had. Their heart shaped cookies come in a box favor box which they call love bits!! These are perfect favor for your bridal shower or wedding. Then came the cupcakes which are so moist and tasty. My favorite of the day was the baileys cupcake with baileys Irish cream icing. It was so good!! All the flavors were perfect but red velvet is my favorite kind of cake so when I bite into it I was in heaven.





LuxSugar desserts are the perfect treats for your guest at any occasion. They specialize in custom orders so if you have a favorite cake that’s not on their long list of flavors, feel free to ask. They will recreate your mother’s recipe for you. They make great cupcake towers and they are customized to fit the theme of your event. Everything is customized the way you want it with their delicious flavors in every bite!! The best part of LuxSugar is the love!! These three ladies (Peggy, Shari and Heidi) love what they do and the love is their desserts. They pride themselves on top notch customer service and a quality (unbelievable scrumptious) product. You can’t ask for anything more in a vendor!!



To place an order, you can set up a tasting and consultation. All of their desserts a made fresh and are delivered. If you have a large order, you should place your order at least 4 days before your event. For more on pricing and how you can have some LuxSugar for your event visit their website @ http://www.lux-sugar.com/ .

Thank you to Peggy, Shari and Heidi for your hospitality and the goodie bag of treats!!