Stuart’s Groom’s Cake…
chocolate cake w/coconut cream cheese filling & coated in chocolate, sugar cookies dipped in white chocolate and brushed w/metallic luster dust, marzipan pumpkins & organic snap dragons
I made this cake for my brother when he married his better half in Oct. 2007. The wedding was in KC and I live in Seattle, so that was the first obstacle. The second obstacle was to locate a supply of pate a glace (a coating chocolate) & a large quantity of milk chocolate. I literally started cold calling specialty food distributors in the Sodo district here in Seattle. I found a distributor that had in stock 1 pail of milk chocolate pate a glace and they were nice enough to sell it to me. Through talking with the sales woman, she told me she had a sample 5# box of milk chocolate bits that I could have. I about fell over as she saved me at least $40 in chocolate from a retail store - plus no chopping up a big block o’ chocolate!
Planning was the only way this cake had a shot as we soon realized our flight arrived in KC a mere 14 hours before the wedding. I was going to have to carry the garnish through security and on the plane & my mom was going to have to bake the cake and make the filling. I also had a list of demands. I needed an entire fridge - totally EMPTY! I needed organic fresh flowers & I absolutely needed coconut flavored rum. Which meant Moms & Dads were going to have to clear out the soda fridge, then go to the hippie grocery store & the liquor store…oh the horror…the horror!
My luggage was 20 lbs. over the weight limit due to the 15 lbs. chocolate and assorted cake equipment that I had to bring. I had the cookies & pumpkins layered between parchment & bubble wrap in plastic containers stowed in the overhead compartment. When we finally made it to my parents house, I discovered the filling hadn’t been made yet & my fridge was half full of soda. The rest was a blur as I don’t remember sleeping much. The pictures show I wasn’t able to fix my hair properly but I was able to deliver one fantastic groom’s cake!
