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ROMANCE & WEDDING
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Sweet Spot
From Wedding Cakes
to Treats
Over time, wedding cakes have evolved, dating as far back as the 17th century, created to celebrate the union of a couple. For centuries couples have cut cake together, fed each other and posed for many photos in front of the sweet centerpiece. Even today, cakes can be a major attraction of a wedding reception. Sometimes, cakes greet wedding guests placed front and center upon entry. Often spotlighted, guests always take a look at the cake and de nitely sample its sweetness.
own urgent care. However, about ten years ago she made a birthday cake for her nephew’s rst birthday, designed just like a Drew Brees’ jersey. After a single Facebook post, the requests for sweet treats started and she’s been baking ever since. After years as what she describes as a “cottage baker” she opened Sugar Tribe in Ocean Springs almost two years ago.
day is the time to make one. Not only can she bake the cake of your dreams, but she also o ers other sweet treats that can serve as wedding favors.
One Ocean Springs baker has also seen cakes evolve as she works to help wedding cake dreams come true. Jennifer May eld never really saw herself as a baker. She worked in the medical eld, opening her
“There’s no rule book to follow,” she adds. In 2021, she’s seeing more couples opt for colorful wedding cakes, not just pastels but bright colors as well. “People are stepping out of the book of the basic white cake.” And why not? Wedding cakes are a statement, and your wedding
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story by Alexis Williams
photos by Maddie Simpson and Arielle Victoria and courtesy of Sugar Tribe Sweets and Events
When working with engaged couples, May eld urges them to choose whatever makes them happy. After all it’s their day, and a cake of their dreams is in order.
“Cakes are what made us who we are, so I would say that’s our specialty, but we have a variety of sweat treats and are always trying new things,” she adds. “I will try almost anything if they have an idea, and I will work with them to turn the idea into a delicious piece of art.”
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