Weddings Archive
The Sweetest Battle: Wedding Cake vs. Cupcakes
You love wedding cakes, but you also love cupcakes. A wedding cake is traditional but cupcakes are whimsical and trendy. What’s a couple to do with this delicious dilemma? With over twenty years of experience, Saint Germain has quite the experience in wedding catering and this has given us some insight on how couples should decide what is best for them.
The wedding industry has changed in a big way; people are becoming more practical about their weddings. Extravagant luxury weddings are being exchanged for modest yet still classy wedding spreads. An example of this is the trendy replacement of traditional wedding cake with cupcakes, desert tables or even macaroons.
While every couple is different when it comes to their unique taste and preference; when it comes down to it you have to ask yourself, “What is right for your style”.
| Cupcakes | Cakes |
| Trendy & whimsical | Formal & traditional |
| $$ | $$$$ |
| Fun & laid back | Elegant |
| Easier to eat/ Less messy | More decorative |
| Easy to have multiple flavors | Limited flavors but crowd pleasers |
| Sprinkles! | Cake toppers! |
So who wins the battle? It’s a tie!
They both bring a lot to the table (no pun intended). It all depends on what the bride (and groom) prefers and what kind of wedding it is. If you have any more questions, our highly talented team of wedding planners and chefs can take care of every detail of your wedding. We can also cater your engagement parties, post wedding brunches, showers and much more.
Unique Desserts & Candy Stations For Your Wedding Reception
If you’ve been to a Wedding lately you may have noticed that instead of a cake, there was a whole table dedicated to several desserts and a variety of candy. Sweets, Treats and Candy displays are expanding trend. A dessert display can be filled with trays of desserts and ornate glass jars full of candy that coordinates with the colors of your event or Wedding. Desserts can include cake pops, cheesecake lollipops, miniature pies, french macaroons, cookies & milk shooters.
The options for making these displays unique to your Wedding are endless. Not everyone loves cake, so why not try a dessert display full of cookies or pies? You can make your display unique by adding custom candy tags, a table linen that matches your wedding colors, or include your favorite childhood candy such as Smarties, Lemonheads and Snowcaps. A dessert display can also double as a favor for your guests to take home. Provide candy scoops and treat bags that can be use and they are a perfect way to get your guests involved.
Presenting your treats in a fun and unique way will make your guests feel like a kid in a candy store. Ask your wedding coordinator at Saint Germain Catering for ideas on how to display desserts for your next Wedding or event. it will leave a lasting impression and have your guests talking.
Six Tips for Planning a Unique Wedding and Reception
Since we were young, many of us dreamed of having Cinderella-style weddings. We saw Princess Diana on TV and thought about how our own dresses might be equally grand. Our guests would be dressed to the nines, dabbing their tears with dainty handkerchiefs and rejoicing over our romantic happiness. At the reception, delicately prepared foods would adorn the artistically prepared tables.
Do guests *just* remember the food, drink, and music?
Everyone would eat, drink, and be spectacularly merry.
Sure, the realities of how MUCH time, money, and effort goes into planning such elegant weddings can be stressful to expectant brides and grooms. But achieving such a memorable occasion doesn’t HAVE to be overwhelming.
Quick Tips for a Perfect Picnic
Got a Posh Picnic Planned?
It’s summertime, the season of graduations, weddings, family reunions, picnics in the park, and backyard barbeques!
Speaking of BBQs, the smell of grilled food, a plate full of fresh fruit and colorful casseroles, the sound of laughter and great music in the background, and a bug-bite-free setting can make even the most antisocial people come together and smile each summer.
