Cake Tasting

She found him waiting outside the bakery with his leg up leaning against the shop window. She smiled when she saw he was in his jeans, black t-shirt and denim jacket. She always thought he looked hot dressed down.

He smiled when he saw her and she ran up to him. He made her feel like a giddy teenager. She hoped she always felt this way. She didn't want to see life without him.

"Ready?" she asked.

"Yes. You?" he answered.

"Yes. Let's go in," she smiled taking his hand.

"Absolutely," he smiled back.

He led her in holding hands. They'd been looking forward to this since they'd booked it last week. Dave was looking after the children giving them a rare moment alone together.

They greeted the owner and sat down.

"I have a range of cakes for you to try," she smiled.

"Thank you," they smiled up at her.

"Shall we get started?"

Emily nodded enthusiastically while Aaron laughed, "Sure."

She smiled and brought out the slices of cake. There were six in total. They'd already told them what they couldn't have. They'd had to fill out a form when they made the appointment.

The first one they gave was a carrot cake. They both decided it wasn't right. Emily thought it was a little dry. Aaron thought the same.

The second was a red velvet cake they couldn't agree on. Emily wasn't keen on cream cheese being used in their wedding cake. Aaron thought the colour would be interesting for their wedding cake. They both agreed they couldn't choose a cake based on colour.

The third was an apple cake. They both agreed it was too dry. They had three more to go. They hoped they found one they could both agree on.

For their fourth they had a vanilla cake which though it tasted lovely they agreed was too plain for their wedding cake.

Next up was a fruit cake which they both thoroughly enjoyed. If they didn't like the next one this would be their wedding cake. Aaron had a sneaking suspicion though that Emily was going to love the next one.

Finally they got the white chocolate fudge cake to try. It was an original recipe from this bakery and one of their specialities.

The first forkful tasted heavenly to Emily so she broke off a piece for him saying, "oh god, Aaron, you have got to try this it's almost as god-sent as you."

He smiled blushing a little inside and ate it off her fork. Oh god, she was right! Apart from the fruit cake this was the most amazing cake he'd ever tried. They just kept feeding it to each other until they'd run out of cake.

"I think I know which you've decided," the baker smiled.

"Ooh but I still really like the fruit cake too," Aaron answered.

"So do I...Could we have both?"

"Sure," she smiled. "What icing would you like to use?"

"I think we'd like to use the fudge topping for the white chocolate fudge cake," Aaron smiled. Emily nodded vigorously. "Fondant icing for the fruit cake?" he asked. Emily nodded again. "Marzipan?" She smiled and nodded again. "Fondant icing and marzipan then on the fruit cake."

"We'll do that for you. Any ideas on design?"

"Traditional design for the white chocolate fudge cake," Emily said.

They designed the fruit cake together. They decided they wanted it to be white with white sugar roses. They wanted their names iced around a huge sugar rose in the middle. It would be so special.

The white chocolate fudge cake would be a three tiered cake. It would have a sugar paste outline on each tier. There'd be fancy icing on the side of each tier. On the top would be a bride and groom made out of fondant icing.

They both agreed they couldn't wait to see these cakes and cater for everyone. She agreed to make them just as they wanted them to be. They couldn't wait to see the final products. They bet they'd look amazing.