Aren't we IN the Lounge already??

I think the cake is gorgeous (even tho it's leaning) and her dress is beautiful too!

I'm a complete cake snob and find it just a bit gratifying that you can see the "layers" underneath the icing. Even the white house's pastry chef has his off days!! I doubt the top tier is supposed to lean like that. The flowers are a coverup!! I mean why make just the top tier lean on such a beautiful and elegant looking cake?? We have to remember that the cake was outside in the Texas heat and humidity and was probably struggling!! And the dress is just stunning!! Wish I had the figure to wear a dress like that!!

I saw a picture on this website tonight...but already forgot where, of a top tier that had an intentional "lean". It sat on a metal "frame" that had a tilt.

Has anyone else seen this? I'm wondering if you could see it from the other side, if this cake would be the same.

I believe I have seen that before, also. It enables you to look forward at the cake yet still have a view of the top of the cake. I don't remember where I saw it though.

So maybe the tilt of the top tier is intentional after all.

Well, since we're in the Lounge and it's safe to weigh in on the maiden name debate, let me just say how very glad I was to ditch mine...it was Wack. In elementary school they called me Patty Wack. In middle school they called me Wackoff, and in high school (because of that song) they called me Wiggy Wack.

I got married when I was 18 and I was so happy to lose my maiden name. Nobody can pronounce my married name right (It's Hispanic but they get confused when they see me and call me Mrs. GayTan, said just like it looks) but it's better than Wack. I don't think a hyphenated name would have worked either...Wack-Gaytan or Gaytan-Wack...nope, neither one would have been good. And if I had kept my name, then which name would my kids have had? or would they have had to be wack-gaytan

Oh, and back to the cake...I would guess if they had it outside in a tent, they had some portable air-conditioners set up in there. They do that in the really big tents sometimes. It is true that if the white house pastry chef came to Texas to make the cake, he might have had trouble getting his buttercream to behave well, even in the air conditioning. Half the things I read in books have to be adapted to work here.

I like it. I wish I could see it better. That is the same picture I see everywhere.
My DD will be getting married soon, and it seems a nice style for her.

If anyone can get a close up. Please post it...

I am trying to find another view of the cake but have not been able to find one yet......BUT...... I DID find this adorable family photo and thought it was so funny that Pres. Bush is totally clueless as to where he is supposed to be looking!

And I think both daughter are just lovely but what's up with Barbara? She appears to be so UN-natural in all of the photos!

The cake is pretty I really want to see a better photo!

The photo I posted earlier is the photo that is being used for souviniers in Texas. I doubt any other ones will be released for a while if at all.
Jenna's dress is beautiful as well as her sisters and mom's. They are a beautiful family. I wish them all the best.

That is the only pic I saw, too. It is a pretty cake, simple, classy

I just found this new bite about the cake.

http://www.glam.com/blogs/she_knows_parties/jenna_bushs_wedding_cake

Personally, I don't think the tilt is pretty, it looks like a mistake, and the icing looks bulged on the "non-flower" side of it. Not one for the memory books, but at least the bride was happy with it.

Thanks for sharing that info., momkicksbutt!

Just wanted to put in a note about the last name. My son is getting married at the end of the month and he and his future wife will both be hyphenating their last names. I have not seen how it will be written out, meaning if his name or hers will come first or last. I did ask him how will his children's names be written and he was not sure. I just told him that I hoped that their names would fit all the blanks that are usually on official forms. I also said it would be confusing when it came to filing paperwork with both of their names. Which one comes first when filing their names for reports? Anyone know?

I think the cake is simple and elegant which is what I would expect from her. I think she is so pretty too The minute I saw the picture on the news I thought how can that top really be leaning like that???? I have't heard who made it , has anyone?

I think it would have looked better to have the top cut on a slant, rather than propped; but I really like the sides.

I can't get that glam site to open, has anyone else? It just keeps running. Darn it! I wanted to see another side!

The picture on the glam site is the same as the one on the 1st page. As for the tiliting. I don't know why you would need to "see" the top of the tier when it's pretty visable. Plus, if you look at the bottom edge of that tier the icing is bulging where it's tilted.

I thought the cake was pretty. Not what I would have picked for myself, but it seems to fit their style.

On the last name issue, I was Crystal Allen, and my husband is Allen Zimmer. Yep, my maiden name is his first name! So I hyphenated my name to Crystal Allen-Zimmer. Not only because it's cute, but because I promised my brother that he wouldn't be the last Allen. I joked around while we were planning the Allen-Zimmer wedding that I wouldn't need to show up!

Yeah the first thing I noticed was the big bulge in the front of the top tier. I donât get the tilted top tier part of the design but the rest of the cake is gorgeous.

This explains it:
www.mixmingleglow.com/blog

I just checked out that link......

What idiots!! Poor Jenna. You and I all know how even though the bride is going to happy over all on her special day, the cake is a very big detail that she is definately not going to miss!

What a thoughtless thing it was for the florists and security people to have done.

I posted my comments about this on that link.....

If I were the bride I'd be chewing out some secret security butt!!! And the florist for taking it upon themselves to "redesign" her very special cake! I wonder what they would have done if they broke apart that teir moving it around?? From the looks of bulging side of the teir, that was not far off.

What idiots....