There's type of cherry cake design you see here and there, which is usually square, white fondant boxes with heaps of cherries peeking out from the turrets. It's perfectly nice, but this take was different. It seemed to capture all the sweetness of cherries and then some ... just like you might see on a tin vintage lunchbox at a really kick-butt yard sale. It was the hand-painted details that really got me. I LOVE painted cakes.
Top to Bottom, L t R. Stewart's Cherries'N'Cream soda; "Danny & Cherry" m&ms, Keiron; Cherry in dark chocolate and edible gold leaf, Brides.com. Paper lanterns and cherries in glassine bags, Martha Stewart; Cherry-motif cake by SheTakesTheCake; limited-edition Cherry Cordial Hershey's Kisses; Cherry Honey Sticks at StashTea; Almond-Cherry Soap Scrolls, YouStinkSoap at Etsy.
Why aren't more wedding themes built around this super-sexy fruit? Like their perfect partners, almonds, cherries are close cousins to the rose. If any fruit clamors for center stage at weddings, I think it's this one. Plus, go with cherries and you have the perfect excuse to have that pink and red wedding you always craved. It's sweet schoolgirl crush and grown-up passion all at once.
For me, I'd have to romance this late-summer taste bomb with some intimate gifts for guests. Little jars of potent, homemade cherry jam (surely an aphrodisiac!) paired with a scone recipe. Or sweet little sticks of cherry honey. Or, for age-old gifts of good fortune, mini-jars of honey from the local beekeeper, made even richer with toasted almonds and dried cherries.
Planning ahead? If you've got 2-4 months, you can handcraft an unforgettable cherry cordial from nothing more than vodka, cherries, sugar and brandy. Finish off each bottle with a recipe for cherry cordial + ice cream, gourmet hot chocolate or brownies, and a luxurious length of Midori ribbon.
Here's some more cherry fun to get those 'juices' flowing:
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- Maybe it's just me being obsessed with dip-dyed dresses, but I think Gwen Stefani had the right idea with her white-to-deep pink wedding gown. To the right is a John Galliano's dip-dyed tour-de-force from Dior's 2007 collection. I'd love to see this ultimate-romance palette on the bridesmaids or at the very least, a flower girl.
- How cute are those pink and rose M&Ms, above?
- Rose-red paper lanterns are simple way to set the mood.
- Nobody's going to turn up their nose at the perfect cosmopolitan. Make it extra-special with flavored sugar rims, maraschino cherries or a few organic rose petals.
- Cherry Cordial Hershey's Kisses are cute, inexpensive and already a fixture at weddings.
A final note: I gave Stewart's Cherries'n'Cream a pass here, because people love it and the bottle is adorable. But on the whole I really dislike soda made with high fructose corn syrup, and especially specialty soda (can't they take a whole two cents from the production budget and use sugar??) Last night hubbie and I downed an entire bottle of Lorina Sparkling Orangeade (which is totally devoid of HFCS, thank you very much), and were ready to run off and join some kind of soda cult.
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3 comments:
Blake you create these storyboards so beautifully!!! I definitely think cherries can replace the whole "a perfect pair(pear)" theme.
love that dior dress! oh, and thanks to you I'm craving for some cherry cake. thanks !!! :)))
I now have an excellent idea for my Spring 2009 wedding. I have been in love with red wedding dresses for awhile but I also wanted a spring wedding and red and sping do not go traditionally habd in hand. But I think my making cherries our theme...we can do it. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
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