Wedding Cake Hunt

I am in the process of wedding planning for next fall. It’s finally one year away! Of course weddings mean wedding cakes, so I figured it would be a struggle to find a wheat/dairy/egg/almond free wedding cake. If this is my wedding I want to be able to eat the cake too!! So I decided to ignore the fancy pants cake designs and go for something more meaningful than looks, edibility.

I started by contacting Vermont Gluten Free. They are a bakery in southern barre Vermont that primarily makes cookies, brownies, cupcakes and small cakes. I told them about my dilemma and they were kind enough to make me a small gluten free, vegan chocolate cake. Was it ever good!

 

I also knew about another bakery in Essex Vermont called West Meadow Farm Bakery. Again, I ordered a gluten-free, vegan, chocolate cake to taste test. Half the fun of wedding planning is tasting the cakes, so it’s only fair. Oh boy, this was good too. It was like a brownie cake covered in sugary frosting.

My decision came down to a few things.

1. Matt is picky about his frosting. 2. Convenience on the actual wedding day.

For these reasons I chose the cake from West Meadow Farm Bakery. Even though the first cake was lovely and delicious, West Meadow is closer to work with, they seemed a little bit less swamped with work, and Matt preferred their frosting. I had also seen on their facebook page that they had previously made a wedding cake which made me feel more secure.