Yesterday Icelebrated my fourth anniversary with the hubs. Weddings can be ridiculously stressful and complicated to plan. There are so many details it's easy to becomeoverwhelmed. Not mention the fact thatyou have to somehow please the bride, groom, and their families.
However, even withall the compromises, there are some things that you just have to have. I took to Facebook to see what things some ofmy friends what was the one part of their wedding they were unwilling about theirwedding?
We all know everyonehas different priorities, for me, it wasthe cake and food. Being Caribbean/WestIndian and marrying into a multiracial family, I was very concerned about makingsure my culture was represented in my wedding.If you know anything about Caribbean people, we are passionate aboutour food, and it is a large part of ourculture.
I knew from the verystart that I was not going down the aisle without having a traditional Guyaneseblack cake, even if it had to be bussed in from New York City.
What's blackcake?
Well, it's prettymuch the national Caribbean/West Indian cake.Really? It's a kind of fruit cakemade with rum. It all starts with marinatingfruits like raisins and dates in rum (preferably the Puerto Rican kind) forabout a year. Then, when you're ready tomake the cake you use the marinated fruits and some additional rum. The special ingredient is burnt sugar, whichgives the cake it's dark color.
As you may have guessed,this isn't the type of cake you can get from your local bakery, so my cake wastransported from New York to Maryland in pieces. So I could have this
What was your gottahave at your wedding?
