Thrill of the bundt

I may be apathetic with writing about green weddings, but I can talk bundt cakes all day. In fact, ever since I wrote about the Jamaican rum cake, it's pretty much all I can think about. The bundt has inspired me to give a hoot about the wedding cake after all. So I did a little thinking, a little web surfing and a little math. Yes, journalists may use their fingers, but we can still do basic math.

If I buy three of the mini bundt pans, which hold 12 cakes, I can make 150 of them in a matter of a few hours and about three rounds of baking. The pan pictured is from Williams-Sonoma for $32, but I'm sure I can find them for closer to $20. That would be a total of $60 for cake pans alone. :( Seems a bit much, unless I use Betty Crocker cake mixes and go the do-it-yourself route. I'd still have to figure out a way to incorporate the Jamaican Rum. I'll call on my friend Chef Isaac for his expertise. Maybe I can just mix in a chocolate rum sauce. Or, we can have Rum Creme as one of the toppings. We'd have to put that out of reach of the little kiddies.

Then there's Mom, who says she knows someone who makes beautiful wedding cakes for $100. Decisions, decisions. Good thing I've got 15 months to go.

By the way ... I ordered a dress! If you really want to see it, e-mail me at aimeeblanchette@comcast.net.