The REAL Butter Cream Debate

There are plenty of bakeries to choose from when you are planning your wedding.  Wedding Cake is one of the most sought after items in the planning process.  With tasting appointments, designer choices and more, it's almost like picking out your wedding dress.  Each bakery has something different to offer. 

Typically, tasting cake is just "taste" when you are planning a birthday party or casual event.  It might mean that your palette isn't as refined when it comes to understanding the different flavors of icing.   Butter cream is one of the most popular base flavors for a wedding cake.  That being said, most bakeries in town are cranking out the wedding cakes so fast, they compromise on flavor.  Since butter, eggs, flour and sugar are commodities, the price tends to rise an fall like a gallon of gasoline. 

Using REAL butter is one of the main differences in a Cakes & Culinary Creations Wedding Cake and the "other guys".  Most bakeries will use a variety of substitutes, one being Crisco.  We like to call this Crisco-Cream. 

Ever get the feeling, deep down in your soul, that the wedding cake you just tasted wasn't made with REAL Butter?  Is your brain telling you it's a good cake because the design is so perfect?  Well, here are a few tips that will let your brain know that your taste buds just got tricked!

1. If you can feel a plastic / greasy-spoon taste left over on the roof of your mouth.
2. If the icing doesn't taste like melted ice cream, it was probably made with imitation butter.
3. If the icing is crispy to the touch and has a little 'crunch', it's probably a Crisco-cream cake!

Happy tasting.  We want you to make the best choice for flavor and design.  Fresh, natural and beautiful, Cake Affairs and Culinary Creations is sure to satisfy all your taste buds!