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Things That Go Wrong on Your Wedding Day Make the Best Memories
9 cakes and all the disasters
There’s nothing better than cake but more cake. — Harry S. Truman
Every bride dreams of the perfect wedding day. When she is planning every minute detail, she never anticipates that anything will go wrong. After all, this day, of all the days before or after, is supposed to be perfect, like a fairy tale.
What we forget in our dreamy haze is that a wedding day is just like life. Things that can go wrong, will. And just like life, it’s those things that make the most memorable stories.
When my husband and I married — both for the second time — we created a wedding that included all our family and friends in the planning and preparation. It was a celebration of our community as much as a celebration of our love.
Because it was a group effort, everyone wanted to contribute something. We decided to let our friends contribute cakes. If one cake is good, a bunch of cakes is better. My best friend wanted to gift us with a special wedding cake, so I requested a small, two tier cake with simple white frosting — chocolate cake with raspberry filling.
Other friends baked their specialties, and my daughter and I baked three cakes. If we didn’t have anything else, we were…
