Recce Day.

Recce Day. The place is lovely. Shan and Praveen are having the wedding at The Pod, the swanky place where the National Library is. It is rather appropriate I must say – cosy, lovely view of the city and the city lights. Caleb was hitting on the bartender… oooh love is in the air! The flowers have also been decided on. The Pod is going to be filled with the fragrance of a thousand roses and many sprigs of forget-me-nots. We ought to do an American Beauty-esque type of poster with Shan and Praveen decked head to toe with rose petals and blow it up to A40 size J Time to get working on the cake… I feel hungry just thinking about it!
Just to make sure I can see the instructions properly on 1 page, I’ve decided to put down our email correspondence:

-----Original Message-----From: BrianTo: Shanthini Subject:
RE: wedding cake
oki sure!! will leave it to u!! jus as long as its big, classy and shan-ism...hahahahhhaa....

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From: BrianTo: Shanthini S
ubject: RE: wedding cake no lah... you cut the bottom tier... actually really depends.the thing is if having the cake on top of the styrpfoam, it'll be top heavy. not too good an idea.B

-----Original Message-----From: Shanthini To: BrianSubject:
RE: wedding cake yes ur rite! the one with the monogram and scattered rose petals with red dots right. squareish one thats white.We like it wif the plate tat sticks out and the seperate tiers. ie jus like the picture la...so tat it will look tall and classy. Plus we like e gold finishes of the plate also. wud go well with the overall deco.Our choice is Orange/Citrus with Grand Marnier. sounds yummy!!!! Plus it will be different from our dessert spread whcih wud be primarily chocolate/vanilla.I am not sure how the dummy thingy works but yes sure! I'll jus leave it to u... jus as long as it looks elegant and classy can already!Jus to check, is it possible to make the top tier real instaed of the bottom one? since we will be cutting the top rite?thanks for the cupcakes deal brian!!! but really i dowan you to be baking all saturday....its a party for all of us to enjoy u noe!! anyway indian kids (only my 3 nephews and niece) SHUD be introduced to alcohol sooner or later!! hahahahaha!!!! so no need to burn out with tat dude...thanks again though!!!if u got sample of this cake prav n i wud love to try la...cos it sounds interesting n funky but we dunno how it wud tatste...k go get ur suit ready!!!!!! woooohoooot!!!!!

-----Original Message-----From: BrianTo: Shanthini
Subject: RE: wedding cake
Just to confirm, it's the one with the monogram and scattered rose petals with dots right?It's a design I could work with. If we are looking at fifty people, that should be about 4 - 5kg of cake. What I could do, is that I make the first tier out of real cake and then instead of getting the dummy from the cake supplies supplier which is quite unworth-it for you and myself, I could purchase Styrofoam myself from artfriend and the top 2 tiers will be fake. This will cut the cost substantially for you. Would you prefer separate tiers like the picture or would you prefer the tiers joined together like in Row 2 third picture from left?As for cheesecake, if you want icing, than cheesecake and icing cannot go together. 1.The moisture from the cheesecake will cause the fondant to melt so it'll look like globs, ie disaster. 2.icing plus cheesecake = very bad tasting cake. If you want to stick to the cheesecake, then it can only be cheesecake alone without icing. Probably can decorate with fresh flowers.Some flavours that you can consider are:Orange/Citrus with Grand MarnierMadagascar Vanilla with Baileys ganacheCoffee with kahluaChocolate-Cherry with kirschVanilla with rum-soaked raisinsChocolate with hazelnut liquerBecause you are my friend, I could do a non-alcoholic version of the wedding cake for kids, in the form of cupcakes, say 20 cupcakes for free.-Brian

-----Original Message-----From: Shanthini To: Brian
Subject: wedding cake
hey brian!!!this one we tot looks simple and elegant.http://galleries.frugalbride.com/html_ver/gallery.php?curr_page=12nd row first picture.Can make it for just 50 people to eat? I will be very sad if it goes to waste.Also, if it is simple like this, possible to make it in cheesecake flavour? Cos i not sure..hehe...if cannot den we just stick to orange.thanks!!!!cheersshan