Worst Cake Tasting Ever...

Satuday March 3:

Awkwardness of British proportion ensued on this bleak and dreary Satuday morning. We arrived at a certain Laskin Road Bakery (that shall remain nameless) prepared to be wowed by cake ideas and pizazz.

I should have known better because the day started out by my mother taking picture of me and Mike, which were not very good, promtping Mike to say, loudly, "I look like a [slur for special needs people]." This maybe wouldn't be so bad, if the Bakery weren't partially staffed...by special needs adults.

Moving on, however, we tried to shake off the imminent awkardness, but couldn't because we were forced to wait a good 15 minutes past our scheduled conference with the cake lady.

When she finally graced us with her (smile-less) presence we were abruptly forced into a small room with Dummy cakes. The room itself was a dull shade of off white, and it smelled of water damage and stale frosting. On the table were two notebooks full of Google-produced wedding cake images and some scrap paper to take notes on.

We were left in that room for a good 5 minutes to peruse the completely unhelpful suggestion books, and we began to wonder if this endeavor was doomed from the start. The woman did return with cake of the vanilla, chocolate, almond and lemon varieties, and then left the room again...

Nothing was terribly impressive, and we were about to leave when the woman asked if we wanted any other flavors... Being that we would prefer a red velvet caked I requested that, and she returned with a fresh one. It was awesome, the first good thing to come out of this whole encounter...

but then came the money talks.
Between up charging for red velvet, upcharging for cream cheese, upcharging for decorations and a $200 Sunday Delivery Fee, we were looking at a $900 cake, from a terribly unprofessional wedding tasting.

We left that day with our dignity, a sugar buzz, and a resolution to try more tasting.