Officially Hitched: Mmm...Pie

After the incredible toasts and the delicious dinner (that unlike many couples, we actually ATE), it was on to the tradition of "cutting the cake" - only we didn't have cake. Nope...no cake. Need a refresher on why? Click here.

Enter the land of mini-pies.

Spoiler - our "cutting" pie is in view at the top there.

Hello mini-pies, I love you.

So to preserve the tradition of "cutting the cake" we decided to get a larger, normal-sized pie for us to "cut" and give our guests mini-pies to enjoy. We chose five flavors and I created little pie flags so you could tell what kind you were selecting. Oh how I loved those little flags.

Let the pie fun begin...

Following our pie moment, we were surprised with a song that Mama Frog had recorded for us as a gift for our special day. Quick background: Mama Frog has been a singer all her life and has quite a bit of professional experience under her belt so we were thrilled with such a personal and sentimental gift. Oh and for the record...that incredible gift of hers...yeah, this little froggie didn't inherit it.

Hi Mama Frog and Grammie Frog...I just love this shot.

Are you having something other than cake? Do tell...! I love hearing all the creative alternatives.

Easy as pie

Way back when, I shared our dirty, little secret – we don’t like cake. After going through all of our options, the most logical choice was pies made fresh with all of the local berries and fruit that are available in Washington in the summer. We found this adorable little bakery called, get this, Sure To Rise – how cute is that?

We settled on 3 large pies and 80 mini pies in varying flavors (blueberry, strawberry rhubarb, apple, peach and triple berry). Because I wanted the pies to be displayed sporadically on the pie table, I knew I needed a way to identify the flavors for our guests. Enter pie flags.

Pie chart…ha, get it?! I’m funny.

Since we are using a large pie for our “cake cutting” I needed some sort of topper for people to recognize that this pie was significant. For the record, we’re going with blueberry – lord help me if I get it down the front of my dress. To match the mini flags, I made larger versions that I’m planning to group together to create a topper for our pie:

Front

Back

Although they were a tiny bit labor intensive, overall they were pretty easy to put together. I loved coming up with different ways to design them and in the end, I think they will be really helpful for our guests come dessert time.

What are you doing for your dessert?

Cake Thoughts

I’m not a cake person. There, I said it.

These days everyone is looking for ways to make their wedding unique and put their own stamp on it – one thing I feel compelled to discuss is my complete obsession with the idea of scraping the cake altogether and moving to Paris so I can have a croquembouche.

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Is that not the cutest and most delicious thing you’ve ever laid your eyes on? I mean, how can that not be tasty? Cake is pretty, yes…but croquembouche is sugary goodness, not to mention, very fun to say. It almost reminds me of monkey bread – anyone ever had that? I swear it’s laced with crack - monkeybread, that is…after my first time (that sounds so dirty), I literally had dreams about it. It’s THAT good.

Go get some. Seriously. Is it hot in here? Whew.

Okay another idea (and probably the most realistic in our case) is the rustic pie route. I do happen to love the backyard look of a table of homemade pies – you still get to “cut the cake” but you can avoid the icing coma that comes along with cake. Although, if your beloved decides to smear said pie in your face – that could create quite a mess. Note to self.

Check out this adorable pie set-up thanks to Lyndsey Hamilton Events:

The pie table is definitely my front runner but…I may need to continue thinking about this. In the meantime, feel free to send samples.

How about you, are you a cake person?