Monday, October 12, 2009

A Wonderful Wedding Weekend

Like several of my tea blogger friends in recent weeks, my family just wrapped up a wonderful family wedding weekend. My stepdaughter Heather and her Wisconsin boyfriend Brad tied the knot on Saturday, so I don't have to tell you that we have been busy bees at my house! The wedding and reception went off without a hitch, and it was just as beautiful as everyone had hoped. Here's the happy couple arriving at the reception at The Veranda, a B&B in Senoia, Ga.


The ceremony was held at the historic Senoia United Methodist Church, and miraculously, despite the dreary weather reports calling for 80 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms all day Saturday, we had no rain and no storms!

Here are Heather and Brad at the reception.


And isn't this a beautiful spread? Her mom Lynn, who was lovely to work with, has a great eye for decorating and designed a beautiful spread. I particularly loved the lavish floral arrangement decorating the buffet table.

At nightfall, the Japanese lanterns leading the way to the reception added a sparkle to the festivities.


Following a trend of many recent brides, Heather asked me to make chocolate cupcakes to serve as the groom's cake. Fortunately, my dear friend and baking mentor Susan gave me expert guidance and baking tips ("Use an ice cream scoop for the batter so the cupcakes will be uniform in size"). The cupcakes were a real hit and, topped with foil footballs, made a nice presentation on the wooden platform Susan let me borrow. Several people who had no idea I'd made them actually came up to me and asked if I had tried those great cupcakes, and of course I was thrilled! They had also been taste tested by me, my co-workers, and the bride and groom, so I felt pretty good about things, but it was nice to have it confirmed! (If you want a great recipe for chocolate cupcakes, use this one, but instead of vanilla frosting use the frosting recipe on the side of the can of Hershey's cocoa. I made 130 cupcakes and only a handful of them were left at the end of the night.)

Cupcakes I can do, but my skill set does *not* include fondant-iced cakes, so when a Green Bay Packers ballcap cake was requested for the top of the cupcake platform, I wimped out and ordered one from a local bakery. The Wisconsin folks seemed especially happy with it.

As did the bride and her new husband!

Finally, since most of you reading this don't know the bride but you do know me, here's a picture of me and my sweet Alex, the happy father of the bride. Tomorrow I'll show you a sweet tea-themed thank-you gift I received!

14 comments:

  1. oh angela. i love to see a photo of you and your husband! And I am so so impressed by those cupcakes that you made! They look as if they came from a top notch bakery!

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  2. This brought tears to my eyes! So very sweet. That's a great photo of you and Alex. Bobby really like his column about his "Last dance." And the weather was just a miracle, hence my facebook status for today. We went camping with the Scouts and were so thankful for the sunshine. Take care!

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  3. What a beautiful wedding, Angela and in such a lovely setting. The reception buffet looked wonderful and the Chinese lanterns at night were so pretty. I knew your chocolate cupcakes would be a hit -they look delicious.

    That is a lovely photo of Heather and Brad at their reception. Also, a very nice pic of you and Alex in front of the groom's cake.

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  4. Just beautiful and so is your family! Hope you can get some rest this week.

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  5. Everything looks so perfect! (Wish I had one of those cupcakes right now.) I enjoyed seeing all the photos. Thanks for sharing with you blog buddies.

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  6. What a lovely wedding and everything was so very visually appealing. You post looked as if I was looking at one of my favorite magazines. Beautiful!
    Maureen

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  7. Congratulations to Heather and Brad. Thanks for sharing the lovely photos. Everyone looks gorgeous. And your cupcakes do too.

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  8. How lovely! I love the fact that she was married in that lovely old church. One of my daughters have several pictures of it and the Veranda is such a beautiful place for the reception. I'm so happy for you all that the weather was so pretty. Glad all went well. Alex looks especially handsome in his suit and you of course are always pretty.

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  9. I forgot to mention what a GREAT job you did with those cupcakes (but we all knew you would!)

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  10. What a beautiful couple! Especially that bride. What a lovely lady. I'm sure this wedding was a good time. Nevertheless, I find myself asking...was there tea there? And how was it? --Teaternity

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  11. Angela, thank you for sharing such a lovely and personal event with us. The photos display what a beautiful and giving person you are.
    And yes, there must have been tea-do tell!

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  12. Angela you look beautiful and what a job you did on those cupcakes. What a cute idea. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us. They really look perfect. It is not easy to get them to look exactly alike. Congratulations on the wedding! Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  13. Well, there was no tea at this wedding but let me assure you the dinner was perfectly delicious and of course the wedding cake and cupcakes would make great teatime treats!

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  14. Dear Angela, what a beautiful looking couple and a beautiful reception as well! And you & Alex look great, 'a loving couple!' And those cupcakes: you weren't kidding! They looked delicious and I felt I was reading a 'Bridal Review' from The Knot. Great job and thank you for sharing with us, Joanie

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