The South Will Rise

We went to two weddings this weekend, and maybe that is not a crazy thing, but one of them was in Charleston and the other was in Arkansas.  It felt a little crazy to me.  The first wedding was on Saturday morning out on Sullivans Island.  My very dear friend Kendall married a fantastic guy named Robert.  The wedding was at his family’s beach house, and it was so wonderful.  Kendall looked so beautiful, and it was an intimate close ceremony right on the beach with a super fun reception that followed back up at the house.  Now that I am writing this blog, I feel it is my obligation to really focus on the cake at weddings- it is my lot in life.  Kendall and Robert’s cake was awesome!  The top layer was carrot cake, the second layer was chocolate, and the bottom was vanilla.  All three were delicious, light and creamy.   Happy and warm in the sun, full of cake and surrounded by friends, it was very hard to leave, but on to the next.  We dashed home to pack and then went out to the airport to catch our flight to Northwest Arkansas where Corby’s cousin was getting married on Sunday afternoon.  The two weddings could not have been more different.  I knew everyone at Kendall’s wedding and knew no one at Samie and Kevin’s wedding.  Kendall and Robert were married on the beach and Samie and Kevin were married up on hilltop overlooking Fayetteville, AR in a beautiful barn.  Kendall had cake- Samie had pie.  Now, despite the differences, both weddings were so much fun.  It was so great to meet all of Corby’s family and friends who had come into town for the wedding, and the barn was so beautiful.  Now the pie, or should I say pies because there were five different kinds- chocolate pecan, strawberry, apple,   peanut butter and mixed berry.  I am not kidding when I say that peanut butter pie was something special.  If you follow this blog at all, you might remember that I tried to make a peanut butter pie and failed miserably.  Well, this pie did not fail- it was so so so good.  I have never thought about having pie at a wedding, but it was genius.  It was a busy but fun weekend, and I am glad to be back in Charleston and so glad these two wonderful couples are married- congratulations to them both!  Also, don’t forget, you have until Friday to enter the Daisy Cake give away- just click the link and comment to enter http://thesouthwillrise.com/mothers-day-dasiy-cake-give-away/

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