Our Wedding Cake and Why it was Baked in Brooklyn with One Direction Present

With over 20K likes on Facebook and high engagement from its customers raving about their baked goods, you'd think choosing Baked to make our wedding cake would have been a no-brainer but since we decided to get married a week prior to the actual date--we did a quick "on the spot" Google search for wedding cakes in New York and they were the first bakery that popped up so we placed the order. 

The customer service was amazing, we were asked when we'd like to schedule a tasting and responded with, "Nope, we're ready to place the order now!" I know, can you imagine 2 gays in New York City leaving it up to the cake god, but we did.

The only glitch we encountered was the wedding cake toppers, which were not included nor did they sell them, which meant it was up to us to find the toppers that represented us, our style, and our way of life -- gay wedding cake toppers in New York were my obsession for the following week. 

Baked recommend Etsy, but the delivery dates were 4-6 weeks out and we were planning a random and spontaneous wedding -- who knew wedding cake toppers were going to kick our ass like this? Since gay weddings are still so new, the market for toppers is awful. I mean, if someone wants a sure-fire way to make money right now, at $200 per set, you can certainly create your empire quick. The problem I encountered...the toppers I did find were boring as hell.

After a week of searching (I was even willing to do Minions with tuxedos but I couldn't find any) I gave up. It was Sunday afternoon--3 days away from the wedding--and I was on my way to get my spray tan when I stopped at Walgreens to buy some water. I popped over to the toy section and there they were, One Direction figurines. 

They had only two left, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson. 

Honestly, I don't know who these kids are individually, I just know Harry "did it" with Taylor Swift and I'm still waiting for that song to come out...Taylor, you're slacking!

After a little makeover with some black paint and a sharpie -- voila, we had original (sort of) wedding cake toppers for our special day. And that's how One Direction and Baked made our wedding day so unique. Our raspberry lemonade cake from Baked was delicious, sexy and beautifully made...just like our future together.

The before picture of the figurines

I truly love the lighting and how it captures the electric feel of the moment

A little close up on the tasty treat.

Capturing a true wedding moment.