The Cake Baker (and Palawan)

Last night, we met with our cake supplier, Alex Franco. He's the 2003 W@W wedding supplier of year. Imagine, out of ALL the wedding suppliers, he's THE wedding supplier! And talking with him last night made me realize why he's so popular among brides to be.

We met with him at the Palm's Library. It was Danica Sotto's wedding upstairs (where our own wedding will be held) and Alex is the cake supplier of that wedding. John Mateos Ong (our photographer/videographer) is the official photographer of Danica's wedding as well! Wow! My wedding will have suppliers who are the best in the industry! I can't hardly wait!

Alex was very warm and easy to talk to. He gave us a sample of the cake. It's a chocolate and prune cake with a chocolate-mango mousse filling and caramel topping. It was absolutely decadent! Our cake will have 5 EDIBLE (yes, EDIBLE) layers. The top layer is carrot cake, the second layer is apple-cinamon while the third, fourth and fifth (bottom) layer will be chocolate and prune. ALL of them will have the chocolate-mango mousse filling and caramel topping. The cake will be decorated with flowers in pastel shades and fruits. The icing will be done in a basketweave design. The cake table will be decorated with different fruits. Check out his site to see what I'm talking about.

Alex showed us how to cut his cake. Since a cake layer is 3.5 to 4 inches in height, we have to cut in a way that it will not fall over when we put it on the plate. Moreover, he already warned us that his cake will be difficult to cut as the filling will be ice-cream hard. Yup. He makes the cakes 1 month before the wedding and stores them in a freezer. Argh! They're so good! Don't worry, we plan to serve the cake to our guests.

The main reason why I think he's the BEST supplier is his price. He does not ask for downpayment. My mother-in-law was very wary of this as how we will ensure that he will deliver, but he already has a reputation in the industry for following through. Anyway, our cake package is VERY reasonable (ask me personally for the price). This includes the fruits, flowers, cakes (all 5 layers), a free chocolate cake (for us to take home on our wedding), 30 pcs brownies, and rental of steel frame. This is cheap as for some suppliers, for the same price, we can get a 3 layer cake with only one edible layer and that's it. Alex himself delivers the cake and decorates the cake table.

I've also started canvassing for our honeymoon destination. Leo and I have decided that we want to go to Palawan so I asked around for packages and prices. My dream resort is Amanpulo however the prices are so obnoxiously expensive that we would rather someone give it to us instead of paying it ourselves. But since no one has volunteered (hinthinthint), we're settling for something cheaper.

Claudine recommended Club Paradise at Coron Island (dun nga ba yun?). The price is reasonable and we're planning to stay 4D/3N. We're also considering El Nido and Club Noah Ysabelle. Once I get the final prices from the travel agent, we'll be booking our honeymoon. We'll be leaving on Monday, Sep. 3.