It actually swayed. That was a very stressful day in my life as a pastry chef. That was almost 20 years ago. Lagalle, who was born and trained in France, has worked as a pastry chef at some of the finest resorts and hotels in the nation. The wedding cake can make or break the bride s big day, Lagalle tells his students, as he shows them how to create elegant cakes covered with tinted buttercream roses.
Accidents can happen.
I will never forget the cake I made for a wedding at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. The table leg gave way, and the cake danced across the dance floor at the reception. The first step a pastry chef must take in creating a wedding cake is to meet with the bride and the bride s mother, who usually come armed with wedding-cake books, bridal magazines and photos of cakes they admire. Lagalle says they often mix and match elements to come up with their own unique cake. Other brides simply want to have the same style of cake that was served at their mother s wedding.