Wedding Experts On the One Cake They’ll Never Forget

Military Moment

“My most memorable wedding cake took a year to plan and design,” says Kelly O’Brien, owner of Glass Slipper Gourmet in Martinez, California. “The bride reached out via email explaining she was having her wedding on the U.S.S. Hornet, a museum aircraft carrier harbored in Alameda, California, to honor her father and fiancé’s military careers. She wanted to create an operational 3D military tank that could shoot out donut holes and marshmallows! The exterior of the cake was covered in edible tracks, antennae, nets, and road wheels and the inside included a delicious Snickerdoodle filling. The couple’s non-traditional cake-cutting ceremony was a target shoot contest—the person with the most points got to do the face smash!”