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PRISCILLA LISTER

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SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

Wedding cakes are breaking
out of yesteryear's all-white
molds. Today's cakes have per-
sonality, panache and, more
than ever before, fantastic fla-
vors.
"The wedding cake today is
a real emotional decision," said
Margaret Lastick, owner of Le
Royale Icing in Oak Park, Ill.,
custom supplier of wedding
cakes for all the major hotels in
Chicago.
"The two items in a wed-
ding that tell people why
they're at the event are the
bride's dress and the wedding
cake," she added.
When customers come to
Lastick to design their wedding
cake, "they want to be different
somehow. The cake can be tra-
ditional, but they want it to
have a personalized twist," she
said.
One trend she notices today
is the return of the cake top
variations on the little bride
and groom that stand atop the
highest layer.
"For years, brides and
grooms were not interested in
the traditional bride-and-groom
cake top," said Lastick. "Now
I'm finding as long as some-
thing is very personalized and
unique, I'm asked more and
more to put a cake top on a
wedding cake."
A recent example she creat-
ed for one couple was a cake
top of tiny Limoges frog boxes.
"They were gorgeous and very
cute, and a very elegant look
because they were Limoges
boxes. Then I handmade flow-

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