We had a beautiful wedding, shot by Darby Elizabeth Photography, this past fall that was just like this. The couple were not cake people and so in place of a cake they hosted a gelato bar! It was such a fun idea that the associated press spotlighted the idea. Plus it was really tasty!

We had a wedding cake just for ceremonial cutting reasons. I would have forgone the cake completely but my husband said it was bad luck not to have one. I am not sure where he got that idea but it didn't really matter to me so we puchased a small 2 tier cake. For our guests though since we got married at Christmas we had a dessert bar with christmas cookies, mini eclairs, mini key lime pies, ect. We also set up a coffee bar with hot chocolcate and egg nog.

Just recently I blogged about french macarons. They're lovely and you get get them to match your wedding colours. Will they overtake cupcakes? Time will tell.
BTW, love the Twinkie cake.

I am having friends and family make homemade pies in place of the traditional wedding cake. My fiance and I will still cut a separate cake for the cake feeding tradition, but I am trying to construct a tiered pie stand.....any suggestions??

We are doing pies instead of cake for our wedding. We both prefer pie to cake, so we decided to ditch tradition. Since it's a fall wedding, we are going with "fall" pies- apple, pumpkin and pecan. We are going to cut into the pie and are using a buffet server (can find at bed bath and beyond) or using stands from the bakery.

We are doing pies instead of cake for our wedding. We both prefer pie to cake, so we decided to ditch tradition. Since it's a fall wedding, we are going with "fall" pies- apple, pumpkin and pecan. We are going to cut into the pie and are using a buffet server (can find at bed bath and beyond) or using stands from the bakery.

Although I'm a huge fan of the wedding cupcake, I LOVE the Twinkie cake! Who doesn't love Twinkies???? And it's pretty, too!