I think that's cute.... a little strange, but cute!

Ugh, the front of her dress looks like a slice of pizza.

I wonder if she picked her dress specifically because she wanted it to look that way for the cake?

At what point does a person sit around thinking, "Man, I should get a cake THAT LOOKS LIKE ME" - when does that become okay?

I could imagine it as something you think up as a joke, laugh hysterically about for 15 minutes, and then get all, OMG, what if we ACTUALLY DID IT? And then you see if it's possible, and it is possible, and you do it just because it's so crazy you know you'll laugh about it every day for a really long time. But I come from a crazy (in a good way!) family, so nothing is out of reach.

Anybody else think of this episode of Next Gen?

Wedding cake is reporter! Wedding cake is reporter!

I know everything is bigger in Texas this is getting serious. So. Much. Cake. Also, anyone else slightly disturbed about the idea of being eaten in effigy?

Also, anyone else slightly disturbed about the idea of being eaten in effigy?

That's what bugs me the most about it, but whatever floats your boat.

Omg! Gross!

Eeeeew. How arrogant. It's the groom's special day too you know!

There's a TV channel here called Wedding TV (Sky 277 and 278, if you're interested) that has a show about over-the-top weddings like this. Rich Bride, Poor Bride, I think it's called.

The other week, this couple ordered the biggest cake you've ever seen - it was so big it had a fountain built into it. It had to be fifteen feet wide and about 8 feet tall, tiers and tiers connected by bridges, with the fountain in the middle. And if that wasn't enough, they had it brought into the reception in a gold carriage pulled by tiny white Shetland ponies.

They also had 113 doves (there was a very complicated reason for this number) that they released, and the bride's dress cost about $30,000. Of course, it was horrible, it made her butt look big. The whole wedding cost over $150,000 and they said at the end that they are now broke and will be paying off their credit cards forever. "Oh, but it was all worth it to have such a wonderful day."

Disclaimer: I only watch Wedding TV when there's nothing else on. Honestly. And, you know, once you watch the first two minutes of a show like this, and you see how ghastly the bride and groom are, you just have to watch to the end.

And, re the effigy bride, I wonder if the groom got to eat the ... you know ... that part, that special little wedge of cake.

What, her heart? I had no idea you were so romantic, essexjan!

Of course I'm not, chris. I have this vision of the groom on his knees, munching away at her crotch, whilst hundreds of horrified guests look on aghast as he licks the icing off his lips.

*puts down half-eaten slice of remaining birthday cake, walks away slowly*

LOL EJ!

About 500 people sent me this today, because they know I'm starting to plan my wedding.

I promise there will be no life-sized misskaz in cake form. In fact, I want pie for my wedding, although I am willing to concede that pie is much more difficult to make for a crowd. I may have to settle for cupcakes.

Definitely no life-size cake for me, either. No, mine will be a miniature me.

Or not.

I want pie for my wedding
OMG...do it! I went to a wedding a few months ago that had a pie buffet instead of cake. I'm still talking about it. I'll always be talking about it. It was so awesome.

The only effigies we had at our wedding was our cake topper - I'd made it from Sculpey clay, Mr. V holding me over his head. Our cake was ice cream!

I didn't like the bride's dress, or the front part, anyway. Too bad they didn't just make a smaller version, but of the two of them instead.

And essexjan, you nearly made me choke with that comment you made!!!

Not only is it arrogant, she's being an attention whore. I guess iReport is a self-submission of news stories on CNN.com? So she did this st00pid wedding cake, then sent the report to CNN. That's about as bad as a MeFi self-post.

How do you flag a post on CNN?