Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Stop it With the "Wedding Trend" Talk Already

Someone asked me the other day what I thought about trends.  And I'm really glad they did because I've been wanting to talk about how much "wedding trends" bother me for a while now.

For example, when the wedding world talks about cupcakes as being a wedding "trend," my reaction is always this: Cupcakes never needed to become a "trend" in the wedding world for me to consider serving them at our wedding. I think that's kind of silly, actually. In fact, I find it very odd that people would hate something as delicious as a cupcake based solely on the fact that it's become too much of a "trend" in the wedding world to serve them. And can we please point this out so that it's ingrained in everyone's cupcake-"trend"-hating heads: A cupcake is nothing but a mini version of a cake. Got cake mix? YUP. Got frosting? YUP.  It's the same fucking thing. Oh, and those "giant cupcakes" the infomercials are selling... yeah those are the same fucking thing too. So if those start making their way towards "trend" status, I'm calling bullshit.

So, hmmm, what other shapes can we make a cake out of to start the latest trend in wedding desserts? How about cake-balls? Yeah. CAKE-BALLS. Little cakes in the shape of big, round balls that you dunk in semen frosting. That sounds way cooler, way edgier, and way trendier than a regular old cake or a lame cupcake. And after the photos of our cake-balls surface, you all are going to copy us, and then a bunch of other assholes are gonna copy you, until there's this major hate-filled backlash against cake-balls, and we have to come up with a whole new cake shape, just to stay ahead of the hip dessert curve.

As you all have probably gathered by now, we are not basing our decisions on the rules of a traditional white wedding. Instead, we've started from scratch. We are building our own traditions from the ground up. Therefore, all we know about dessert is that we want to serve it. We haven't automatically started the cake search just because that's the way it's always been done at weddings. No. Nor would we consider a trendy cake-alternative just because more people are becoming hip to not having to follow the "rules." Trends just don't go along with the our wedding mantra. We're all about flying our freak flags, and following our own rules NOT based on what's trendy, but based on our own personalities and heart's desires.
Posted by Britt Hollenbrau at 9:00 AM
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19 comments:

  1. You go, girl. Some people hate cupcakes because they're too trendy. Some people hate them because they're not traditional enough. Honestly, if anyone complains about the cupcakes at our wedding, I'll shove one in their mouths and walk away. I would have never imagined a year ago that one of the biggest problems people had with our wedding was the cupcakes. Ridiculous.
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  2. Exactly. I posted my frustration about this months ago when a mainstream site had a survey asking whether the cupcakes were great, trendy or played out. Gag. They're little pieces of deliciousness, so how the eff is that a trend or not? Your $1000 wedding cake is played out too, but you don't see me starting a darn survey about it or trying to make you feel bad.

    And don't even start me on the color of the year bullshit.
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  3. seriously! good stuff is good stuff regardless of trendiness. I'm doing cupckaes cause they taste good and are awesome and I feel no need to stand up in front of people cutting a million dollar cake.

    p.s. cake balls sound fantastic!
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  4. 1) Yes, yes I totally agree.
    2) You spelled semen wrong - but cupcakes dunked in sailors makes for a way more funny mental image
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  5. Isn't a "giant cupcake" just a regular-sized cake? This has bothered me for awhile now!
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  6. Awesome post. It's hard nowadays not to be sucked in and be just another lemming running around out there. It's refreshing to have a blog like yours to bring us back to our senses.

    I haven't been trendy/in-style since 1981 (which is the year that I was born), so when planning our wedding, we did what we wanted to do. However, I am not above being sucked into such trends. It happens and I'm sure it's gotten the best of us. But I hear ya. Cupcakes are just cupcakes, since when do you need to be trendy to eat them?
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  7. trends extend to real life too. someone gave me a giant cupcake mold for christmas. i certainly don't need a weird mold hogging space in my kitchen for something i might bake once a year because it's cute! i returned it and used the money to get new measuring cups instead.

    you know what your cake ball idea makes me think of? chocolate coated cheesecake balls on a stick. my organization's catering company makes them for events. they are sooo good.
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  8. you are funny. and i have to say that i have fallen for this a time or two in my wedding planning fever. I wanted pies...and then i noticed pies everywhere...and all of a sudden my dreams seemed cheap and overdone.

    EXCEPT ive never been to a damn wedding with pies. why...oh why do i even CARE about what i see in the blogosphere. i need to quit looking at the "pretty" wedding sites...and just meander around the blogs revolving around REAL brides, INTERESTING brides, with SUBSTANCE.

    :-)
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  9. all i can say is that i've been craving CRAVING cupcakes for about a month now. so, that's one "trend" i wish you'd all send over here.
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  10. Yes for a pair of cake balls. (Although I fear you may make them a little too cool!)
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  12. Agreed. It doesn't help that culture is about me, me, me. People already feel the intense need to personalize everything, from internet avatars to what color cell phone they choose. And what's more personal than a wedding? So people see a trend develop and immediately try to buck it because they think "Ohmigod, I don't want MY wedding to be like EVERYBODY ELSE'S." Like there is a universal wedding ref keeping score, or something.

    I had this same line of thought just the other day. I started entertaining the idea of grey dresses for the wedding party, and then I though, BUT GREY IS EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. Insert useless hand-wringing. What I need to do is follow thoughts like that up with: So? You LIKE grey, fucking USE IT, lady.

    Thanks for reminding me of that.
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  13. I totally feel ya on this. smart post
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  14. Mmmm. Cake balls.

    P dot S I think all brides need to do their own thing. Stop worrying and judging what others are doing. It's so much more fun that way.
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  15. I love all things with sugar. We had an all dessert buffet.... mmmmmm sugary goodness.

    Stuff what everyone else says. Cupcakes = Awesome!
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  16. Haha, I love your descriptions of cake balls. Dessert tastes good and people want it to be fun and portable. Nothing wrong with that.
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  17. Very very true! I just read your post out to the OH who is now laughing... There are a lot of cupcake haters out there - but is a bit like saying you hate kittens just because they're too fluffy!
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  18. Britt, cake balls sound exactly like Munchkins from Dunkin' Donuts....just sayin'...
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  19. Ha ha, you're hilarious. I love your rant here and I concur. PREACH sister!
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