The bride and groom want a belt on their wedding cake.......stop laughing now and help me out...........she says that the initials of both are to be on it but "It's proper" for one name to be in the front and the other in the back......for land sakes can someone enlighten me on this subject? I've looked through the pictures and can't find a cake of a belt.........thanks for the help

Wow, this cake sounds like fun. You could always make a fondant belt and use an impression mat or roller to imprint the belt with a design. The belt buckle could be painted with a silver or gold luster dust. Could you do belted tiers? A belt wrapped around the base of each tier like ribbon with the buckle in the front? And maybe a coiled belt at the top as a topper with the names? Can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm wondering.... are the bride and groom thinking of a Western-style belt? I'm guessing at this point she's referring to the oft-debated monogram on the belt buckle; if it's the man's belt, it would be his first name initial -- their last name initial -- her first name initial. If it's HER belt buckle, her first name initial comes first, then their last name initial, then HIS first name initial. However, "rules" aren't nearly so hard and fast for monogramming as they used to be, what with merged names, hyphenated names, life partners...yikes!

Most monogrammers will tell you that they follow "loose" rules on who's initial comes first on a joint monogram; linens are hers, glassware is his, and everything else gets decided by who wants it the most.

Google "monogram etiquette" and grab your favorite headache relief!

Really looking forward to hearing more about this one -- please do keep us informed on how it's going.

Cakelady,
gotta know - are you from Texas?

I'm planning a western-themed cake for a friend's 40th and found a couple of cakes with "leather" belts made of fondant wrapped around them. So you might try a search on "western" cakes and see what comes up.

Here's one of the ones I found. The fondant work is way beyond my beginner skills, but I thought it was really neat. HTH