Que Bueno!

So we made the bakery rounds this weekend, and we made some interesting discoveries. First, what most traditional bakeries consider wedding cake tastes like sponge and high-fructose corn syrup. The customer service was nice enough at the first place we went, and the decoration available seemed imaginative, but the cake samples seemed like they were straight out of 1955. Super sweet, dry as a bone, sicky-sweet filling, and very little flavor. I guess that must be what most people want out of a wedding cake, since that's what's available at most places.

But not us! On a whim, we checked out Arandas Bakery, and we were totally impressed. Not only did they have all the great Mexican pastries that we loved when we were in Mexico, but they do wedding cakes, too! The front window had a gigantic cake (designed for a quinceanera) consisting of no less than six individual cakes. Obviously, not quite our style. But here's the deal: they'll do a tres leches wedding cake! If you've never tried it, walk right over to your local panaderia and grab some! It's basically a cake soaked in three kinds of milk (hence the name), giving it a distinctively moist texture and rich taste. It comes in several flavors, including coffee, strawberry, and chocolate, along with the plain version. Yummmm....

We've got a few more places to check out before we make a final decision, but we've got at least one (very) good choice...