My sister, Tasha and I went to meet Anna at Panera for a tasting. It was raining and there was a tornado warning, that was no stopping us! Tasha and I LOVED the coconut cake with both the coconut filling (it has some coconut peices) and raspberry filling. We also tried red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting (a favorite of Yamil's) but it was not our favorite simply because we are not red velvet cake lovers but I have to admit it was the best one I have tried. Yamil had to work but Anna was great and gave me some to take home for him to try.
I could not wait for Yamil to get home so I could get confirmation from him that he loved her cake too. To my disbelief, Yamil liked the red velvet but it was coconut cake with raspberry filling that was a winner. As soon as he tried it, he said "Mm, this is the one" and put down his fork and did not try and of the others. Yamil said that the coconut cake with raspberry reminded him of a Jelly Roll Cake that he grew up eating in Puerto Rico. I begged him to try the coconut with coconut filling but he said that he did not like coconut chunks but he knew I loved it so we compromised (more him than me lol) and decided to leave that for the top layer.
So our final selection was a three tier round coconut cake, the bottom two layers will have raspberry and the top will have coconut filling. Anna will use buttercream but no fondant (I do not care too much for fondant and it was more expensive than buttercream)
That night I sent Anna an email to notify her of our decision and hold our date. That was the easiest decision I made in this whole wedding process. Hopefully the tasting for the reception food will be just as easy!
Here is a sneak peek at our cake:
