Top Layer of Our Wedding Cake

Before our wedding, Bryan and I had heard the tales of many other couples sharing a bite of their wedding cake on the evening of their first wedding anniversary. The tradition seemed like a fun idea to us, so we made plans to preserve the top layer of our cake for our anniversary.

Many couples had told us that the cake was not so tasty a year after the event, but the tradition was worth it. Our cake tasted so delicious on the day of the wedding that we figured even if it tasted a fraction as good as the original it still probably couldn't be a bad thing. After we finished working on our anniversary, we returned home to sample some of our wedding cake. Perhaps we were a bit excited (hmm, or maybe it was the excitement of reclaiming that precious space in the freezer that had been occupied for a year?)

Sadly during the thawing process the icing slid off of the cake. We were not discouraged, we carried on and took a fork to the cake.

If the icing had not slid off, you would have been able to read that the top layer said, "Dare to Love Completely."

For the record, 1-year-old icing is tasty. ;-)

The cake looks a bit destroyed, because we quickly realized that the top half of the cake and the outside of the bottom layer was not so tasty - but the inside of the bottom layer was still quite delicious.

Oh, the things we do for the sake of tradition. Here's to many more anniversaries my love.