Wedding Planning - Catering & Cakes

I think if you asked anyone planning a wedding, they'd probably say that tastings are one of the best parts! I will say that Ryan and I actually haven't done that many tastings because we were lucky enough to find the perfect bakery and caterer for our wedding pretty quickly thanks to recommendations from our photographer and reviews on The Knot! 

I shared a little bit about our tasting with Crumbs and Crumbles last week - they dropped off cupcakes and macarons for our take-away tasting - and we so enjoyed all of the cupcakes! Especially the whiskey cake with a hint of caramel and Swiss buttercream icing. Yum! Yum! Yum! 

  

 

Monday (hey - yesterday) we had a catering tasting and it was quite the thrill! I mean; I've never experienced a caterer tasting, but I certainly enjoyed it! We arrived at Classic Catering and met Deborah, who showed us to a table that was laid out with champagne, ice water and red wine and a lovely crudité and charcuterie board to begin our tasting! Everything was so incredibly tasty - especially their homemade ranch dip that went with the awesomely displayed veggies!

We followed that with Tomato Bisque soup shooters topped with Miniature Grilled Cheese sandwiches, Stuffed Mushrooms, Cornbread Cupcakes topped with BBQ Pulled Pork and Miniature Chicken and Waffles! It was divine! Absolutely divine. I'm drooling just now thinking about it. *giggles* Deborah then brought out Korean Shrimp Skewers, Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon Skewers, Chicken & Pineapple Skewers and Miniature Angus Beef Sliders! Guess what - also all to die for! I was starting to feel full and we weren't done yet!

  

She brought out teeny martini glasses filled with creamy macaroni and cheese sprinkled with toppings and shared that they'd serve the macaroni and cheese and guests could top their martini glasses with toppings of their choice! The macaroni and cheese was creamy, lightly cheesy and absolute perfection - so good that even my Dad ate it, and he never eats macaroni and cheese!

 

We finished up with a selection of ham and turkey sandwiches made on a variety of breads with wonderful sauces - again I will say, it was delicious! We finished our samplings and the caterer so kindly brought out a bag of to-go goodies to take to Ryan since he didn't get to come and taste all the good things! It was truly the most wonderful experience and Deborah was so delightful to work with! 

We stopped along the way home at Fluffy Thoughts to pick up another take-away tasting (wedding planning in the age of COVID) of six slices of cake! We tried My Passion, Strawberry Shortcake, Cookie Monster, Candy Bar Crunch, Coffee in the Morning and Dat Cookie Dough - look out y'all! We sampled each of the slices after dinner on Monday evening and while they were all so extremely tasty, they just couldn't quite rival the goodness we tasted from our first tasting! 

I know - we haven't actually done that many tastings - but the ones we have done have been so much fun! I know we've found our winners; the perfect bakery and caterer for our wedding, but there is a part of me that wants to keep attending tastings! I know - there will be plenty of other exciting things to do as the planning continues!