1st Wedding Anniversary Recap: Part 4
Today is officially our 1-year wedding anniversary! Happy anniversary to us! 
I saved the best recap for last: wedding cake! 
Check out the first 3 wedding anniversary recaps:
I absolutely loved our wedding cake! It had 4 layers, each with a different cake + frosting combination:
- Top layer: Carrot Cake (of course!)
- 2nd layer: White cake with vanilla and mocha buttercream filling
- 3rd layer: Chocolate cake with hazelnut buttercream and chocolate truffle filling
- Bottom layer: Lemon-Strawberry cake combo
Mal and I didn’t smash cake into each other’s faces like some couples, but cutting the cake at our reception was really fun!
We didn’t arrive home from our trip until late tonight, but it didn’t stop me from digging into the top layer of our wedding cake. (We put it in the fridge to defrost over the weekend.)
In keeping with tradition, we froze the top layer of our wedding cake to eat on our 1st wedding anniversary.
Mal’s step-mom wrapped it up good and tight last July 12th!
After unwrapping the top layer, our wedding cake looked a little beat-up, especially after being wrapped a million times in plastic wrap and stored in our freezer for a year.
Cutting our wedding cake for the second time! 
I was so worried that our cake would have freezer burn and taste bad, but it didn’t at all! It was SO GOOD!
The actual carrot cake was surprisingly soft and moist. Holy yum!
Mal and I each had a piece of cake and chatted about our first year of marriage. It was such a wonderful way to spend the last couple of hours of our anniversary.
Bed time!
Kathy (Moving Beyond Perfection) — July 12, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
WOW that cake looks amazing! This is actually so fun for me to read because I think the first time I stumbled across your blog through Kath’s blog was right after you had just gotten married – so basically, last summer. Aww nostalgia
Erica — July 12, 2009 @ 10:28 pm
Aw! I’m so glad the cake was good. Mal’s mom really did a number on wrapping that baby up!
Lena — July 12, 2009 @ 10:28 pm
Happy Anniversary!!!
Lizzy — July 12, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
Happy Anniversary! the cake looks amazing, even a year later! i bet you it tasted amazing! yummmy!!!
Emily (A Nutritionist Eats) — July 12, 2009 @ 10:42 pm
So Cute, Happy Anniversary!
maria — July 12, 2009 @ 10:43 pm
Happy Anniversary. We still have our cake in the freezer, we meant to eat it in June for our one year but forgot. Great reminder. I will have to get it out. Glad you liked yours!
Emily (Healthy Fit Mama) — July 12, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
Happy Anniversary! So glad your cake was still good. Ours was horrible when we ate it for our first anniversary! It definitely had a freezer-burn taste to it.
AutumnTao — July 12, 2009 @ 10:53 pm
Happy Anniversary!
Mara @ What's for Dinner? — July 12, 2009 @ 10:54 pm
How wonderful!!! I love that your anniversary is the same weekend we got engaged
Kelly — July 12, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
Happy Anniversary! Your cake looks yummy. It brings back good memories of our first anniversary – 22 years ago!!
Elizabeth S. — July 12, 2009 @ 11:21 pm
Carrot cake! Yum! Happy Anniversary – the rest of the years will fly by!
Rebecca — July 12, 2009 @ 11:22 pm
I’m definitely having different flavor layers in my wedding cake! Happy Anniversary!! Your cake looks delicious!
Caroline — July 12, 2009 @ 11:59 pm
Happy Anniversary! That is such a fantastic cake–I love both the pretty exterior as well as the variety-packed interior!
Lynn (The Actors Diet) — July 13, 2009 @ 12:06 am
Isn’t it amazing how cake actually lasts a year in the freezer? Congrats again!
MarathonVal — July 13, 2009 @ 12:14 am
Aww, happy anniversay to you and Mal!!! Your cake looks beautiful!!! I get to eat my 1 yr anniversary cake in a few months too, and I have been wondering if it will taste freezer burned too… glad yours was still delicious!
Christie @ Quit Your Diet — July 13, 2009 @ 5:49 am
Happy Anniversary!! Awesome, glad your cake held up! We just had our one year anniversary and the person that packed up the food at our wedding forgot to give us some of our wedding cupcakes! So, we just had the baker make up six for our anniversary so we still got to reminisce. Glad you enjoyed your first anniversary!
Shannon (The Daily Balance) — July 13, 2009 @ 6:26 am
Cake looks fantastic!! The mister an I were also surprised how well our cake held up when we celebrated our one year anniversary two years ago. Our three year is tomorrow
congrats!!
Shannon — July 13, 2009 @ 6:47 am
Happy anniversary!! We ended up eating the top of our wedding cake on our one-month anniversary…our freezer is tiny so we were keeping it in my parents’, and we felt bad about it taking up space. But we got to share it with everyone at Thanksgiving!
Yum Yucky — July 13, 2009 @ 6:52 am
That’s cake is great!…and what a pretty dress and happy smiles! Many more happy years to you!
Bree — July 13, 2009 @ 6:55 am
Happy Anniversary! Glad you had a great weekend celebration and that the cake was still delicious!
Lauren — July 13, 2009 @ 7:13 am
Happy Anniversay sweetheart! Hope you and Mal enjoyed every moment of your 1st year and wishing the two of you endless years of happiness and blessing!
ttfn300 — July 13, 2009 @ 7:20 am
happy anniversary!! Here’s to many more fabulous years
Lovely cake!
Emily @ The Experimentarian — July 13, 2009 @ 7:57 am
Ow wow, that frosting!!!! Drool….
Meganerd — July 13, 2009 @ 8:03 am
happy Anniversary!! Enjoy your cake!
Lara (Thinspired) — July 13, 2009 @ 8:08 am
Happy Anniversary!
I was shocked when our wedding cake was edible after a year, too! It was so moist and still as delicious as ever. What a nice way to end the day.
Mel @ She Runs Brooklyn — July 13, 2009 @ 9:03 am
Carrot Cake wedding cake. What a fantastic idea!
Happy Anniversary!!
Crumble a little cake in your oatmeal to celebrate:)
-Mel
Cait (Cait's Plate) — July 13, 2009 @ 9:03 am
Oh my gosh that cake looks amazing! And I can’t get over how adorable you both looked at the wedding! Happy, Happy anniversary again!
Melissa — July 13, 2009 @ 9:10 am
Look at all that frosting! YUM!!! Happy Anniversary!
Sammie — July 13, 2009 @ 9:11 am
Happy Anniversary. Your cake was beautiful.
Quinn — July 13, 2009 @ 9:29 am
Happy Anniversary! LOVED the cake!
Pam — July 13, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Glad you both had a wonderful weekend and many more anniversary’s to come!
Hugs,
Pam
http://www.alovefornewrecipes.blogspot.com
Kati — July 13, 2009 @ 9:49 am
Awesome! Happy 1 year!
Our cake was good at one year too!!
brandi — July 13, 2009 @ 9:59 am
happy happy anniversary! I’m glad the cake was still good
what a fun weekend trip you guys had! I’m just catching up on everything, but it looks like you all had a great weekend!
Rose — July 13, 2009 @ 10:05 am
Happy Anniversary! Glad the cake was still good
leslie — July 13, 2009 @ 10:05 am
happy happr anniversary. wedding cake is definitely the best tradition!
K — July 13, 2009 @ 10:06 am
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Your cake sounds delicious so I’m glad it lasted a year in the freezer!
Becci — July 13, 2009 @ 10:09 am
Wow, I am impressed with how well your cake lasted in the freezer! Happy Anniversary!!
Dawn — July 13, 2009 @ 10:17 am
Aw Happy Anniversary!
Jen — July 13, 2009 @ 10:27 am
Thank God you didn’t smash cake in each other’s faces. That is an incredibly stupid and just plain mean custom.
jenna — July 13, 2009 @ 10:31 am
happy anniversary!! it sounds like you had such a great one down south!
and what a lovely way to end your anniversary weekend! 
Kiersten — July 13, 2009 @ 10:56 am
Happy anniversary! I totally want my wedding cake to be a carrot cake too, it’s my favorite.
Courtney — July 13, 2009 @ 11:25 am
WOW that cake looks AWESOME! And happy anniversary!
Allie M. — July 13, 2009 @ 11:52 am
Carrot cake will definitely be what I pick for my wedding cake–someday! Even after 1 year, it sure looks scrumptious! Happy Anniversary!
Meredith (Pursuing Balance) — July 13, 2009 @ 11:58 am
Happy Anniversary!!!!!! That wedding cake is AMAZING!
Therese — July 13, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
Yummmm!! Our baker includes a freshly baked duplicate cake for our 1st year anniversary. We ate our cake topped the week we got back from the honeymoon
I can’t wait for our second one next February!
Sarah — July 13, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
That cake looks amazing! Yeah, mine was pretty gross after one year in the freezer. I can’t believe my 4th anniversary is this Thursday, time flies
Rachel in NC — July 13, 2009 @ 12:38 pm
Yum! Happy anniversary again!
Allison — July 13, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Happy Anniversary! I was also celebrating with year-old cake yesterday and it was delicious! Glad yours was also.
Emily — July 13, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
Happy Anniversary! We too thought our cake would be nasty when we pulled it out of our freezer, but it was delicious! Congratulations on this beautiful day! -e
Dirnov — July 13, 2009 @ 11:15 pm
Hi there,
Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!
Thanks
Dirnov
Jocelyn — July 14, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
Hey there! Is that a common tradition to save the top layer of your wedding cake?! It’s really sweet and your cake was simple but elegant and classy. i loved it : )
xo
Jocelyn
http://peacelovenutrition.wordpress.com/