Cake Flavors?

LesaBear

I'm having a DW and have no idea what kind of cake to have. My parents have tried the chef's food and say it's great but there is no way for me to taste the cake before the wedding. I've asked him for suggestions but he just keeps telling me "I can do whatever you want". I don't know what I want.

So.. What kind of cake did you have/ are you having? I need some inspiration.
TIA!

Huskerfanz

We had red velvet, strawberry, and marble. 

MyNameIsNot

We had different flavors for each layer.  They were:  Almond cake with Bailey's filling, lemon cake with raspberry filling, white cake with Gran Marnier filling, and chocolate cake with cookies 'n' cream filling.  The almond and Bailey's was my favorite.  The chocolate and cookies was probably the most popular.

LesaBear

I love the liquor fillings I would have never thought of that.

Huskerfanz

Have your parent's tried the cake?  Maybe they have some ideas.

LesaBear

No, for some odd reason he gave them flan when they did the tasting. We will not be having flan!

MyNameIsNot

The liquor was the best, IMHO.  But we had kids, so there had to be "virgin" cakes. 

The other ones that I love are flavors of yummy desserts, like creme brulee or tiramisu.  What's your favorite dessert?

If they are saying they can do anything, I'd start looking at local bakeries or websites to get some ideas.  Will they set up a tasting with your parents?

LesaBear

He would most likely do another tasting of the cakes for my parents but it's in Costa Rica so I don't know if they'll be back before the wedding.

I was thinking of trying out local bakeries to get an idea of what I like, but I can see myself getting carried away with that and gaining 15 lbs in the process. I'll have to share.

stina93446

We had 3 flavors; red velvet with cream cheese filling, almond cake with raspberry whipped, and chocolate cake with chocolate mousse.

aerinpegadrak

My sister did table cakes, so she had about a dozen different flavors.  The head table cake was chocolate with a mint filling, really good.  We're having cookies instead of cake, so I'm no help there; we're getting a birthday cake for the rehearsal dinner (three of our attendants have birthdays within two days of the wedding), but we haven't ordered it yet.

snarlinkitten

we are having white cake with cannoli filling, lemon cake with strawberry, lemon with lemon, and white with strawberry.

kmurr010

We are having three flavors... Our first is a chocolate cake with a peanut butter ganache filling (tastes so wonderful!), the next is a strawberry cake with a fresh strawberry jam/fruit filling (i don't know how else to describe it) and the third is a butter pound cake with a lemon filling.

megk8oz

We kept it simple: white cake with chocolate mousse filling. It went over real well with our guests.

cukimerrydoll

I'm torn between red velvet and almond.

iamjoesgurl

We had four:

1.  White cake (hint of almond flavoring) with chocolate mousse

2.  Lemon with raspberry filling

3.  Chocolate with cherry filling

4.  Chocolate with orange creamsicle mousse (DH's choice)

I didn't think I'd like the 4th one, but it was amazing!  I would have loved the liquor mousses but our bakery didn't have those.

LesPaul

Ours was half chocolate with raspberry filling, and half carrot cake.  With cream cheese frosting all over.  It was delicious.

chiquita623

We're doing sheet cakes.  One German Chocolate, one Red Velvet and one White.  There could possibly be a 4th and that would either be lemon or carrot.

brookelynpaisley

We had one flavor in each tier. Our bottom tier was Oreo cookie (white cake with Oreos baked in), the middle was lemon, and the top was triple chocolate with a mocha filling. The groomscake was mint Oreo because that's DH favorite ice cream cake flavor (and there was no way to do ice cream cake).

FutureMrsBoucher

We're keeping it simple. 3 tiers, two layers each tier, all buttercream frosting.

Bottom tier: chocolate layer on bottom, marble on top.

Middle tier: vanilla layer on bottom, marble on top.

Top tier: all marble (I'm pretty sure, anyway. It's either that or one of the other two.)

FI LOVES vanilla, and I love chocolate, so we swirled [:

etaraskewich

We're simple: chocolate, vanilla, and a raspberry walnut. But I had a friend who requested confetti cake...and her baker made it happen! You really can have WHATEVER YOU WANT!!

ashleypastori

I tell everyone that I'm only getting married for the cake because I'm so excited about the cake!  I've literally had it picked out since before I met my FI. Our cake is almond sour cream with peach and passion fruit filling and buttercream frosting.  The groom's cake is going to be chocolate ganache.  Just think about the best cake you've ever had and ask the chef to do that.