Wedding Cake, Food & Beverage
Because food and beverage seems to be one of the top priorities for Colorado wedding couples, this is an opportunity to incorporate a lot of creativity and design elements. Starting with the centerpiece for any wedding, consider the cake table and design. If your cake is white, contrast the linen with a color. Be sure to consider the cake stand. If you want to skip on the cake, then purchase a desert or cupcake stand to display treats such as truffles, lemon bars, and pecan tarts. Many cupcake stands will have a top layer in which you place a 6" cake topper, giving you the opportunity to still perform a cake cutting.
For the menu, consider serving a mixed grill plate. This will save you many hours having to place specialty food orders, creating coded place cards, and communicating these food orders with the caterer - don't forget that that usually takes place within the last two weeks before your wedding (perhaps the most busiest two weeks). Generally, guests are very appreciative of receiving any meal at a wedding, so don't worry trying to please everybody. This is your day and be creative with the food: serve a specialty drink with coordinating colors, offer a candy bar, create stations around the room with a spin-off comport food such as mashed potatoes & macaroni and cheese, pair wines (or martinis) with an olive tapenade station, or pair Colorado micro brews with a wide selection of gourmet pizza or chili.
Make sure to click the picture for a larger view, an explaination of the wedding and vendor information. Click here to view a destination mountain wedding at Keystone Resort; photo album and photos by Greg Harring. Reminder: photo credits are provided; if you should use any of these photos, you must provide photo credit. Example: © Photo at right by Bart Young.
