Lincoln Nebraska Wedding Cakes | S’more Cake | Zach and Shanon

My son Zach, got married last year in the month of July and the reception was at the Knolls Country Club. He was the last one of my children to settle in “marital bliss”, so we were all very exited for this event. Of course, I planned to make the cake. It was a three tiered, 2 layer classic white cake, with each layer covered with a raspberry puree flavored with lemon, then filled with a limeade, cream cheese and white chocolate. It was covered with a Mousseline Buttercream, white chocolate and cream cheese frosting flavored with Grand Marnier. The flowers that Shanon picked for her wedding were red roses, so I decorated the cake with a cascade of red roses down one side.

Zach is my only son and he made a point to remind me of this years ago when he was 6. While we walked to school one morning, he told me, looking at me very intently, “If I left, you wouldn’t have any little boy.” I agreed but wondered what had prompted this remark. Years later, he shared how he had been mad at me one day, packed his favorite GI Joes and hid behind a tree located up the street. He had peeked around the tree, back at the house waiting for me to come out looking for him. He finally came home.

I wish I had known, because I would have shown him that he was missed and that I loved him very much. It’s a funny story now, however, there’s an ache in my heart that I hadn’t assured him at the time. Anyway, I told him in front of all his family and friends at his wedding reception, that he always has a “home” in my heart as my only little boy.
Lincoln Nebraska Bakery Photographer: Nicolette Dixon Photography