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We all love alternative cake and nontraditional cupcakes, but Offbeat Wed also adores wedding pie, wedding candy, and wedding wheels of cheese. We have wedding menus, and information for special diets like vegetarians vegans, gluten free folks, and more!

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DONUT MIND IF I DO: delectable wedding donut bar ideas

Whether you’re serving donuts as your cake alternative, as part of your brunch reception, or maybe as a pre-ceremony donut treat, we know that donuts deserve the attention cake gets. Donuts 4 life! Here’s everything we think you’ll need to make sure your wedding donut bar is ready to be admired by all. And then devoured!

Kombucha mocktails as your signature cocktail? It's a thing and we've got recipes!

Kombucha mocktails as your signature cocktail? It’s a thing and we’ve got recipes!

If kombucha is your thing, and it is for some of us, then get ready for a new kind of signature cocktail for your wedding: kombucha mocktails! These non-alcoholic drinks are full of cocktail-style ingredients that make them yummy for everyone. Here are a few of our favorite kombucha mocktails recipes…

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Foodie wedding centerpieces so good you could eat them (and we did!)

I went from a bride who didn’t give a crap about having a florist, to LOSING MY GAWDDAMNED MIND when I saw the edible centerpiece arrangements that California Sister created. We loved them so much we enjoyed them as our wedding table decor AND as dinner the next night.

First check out these amazing edible centerpieces, and then see how we enjoyed them AGAIN with our tummies…

A baby Groot cake that will steal your heart at this Guardians of the Galaxy wedding shoot

A baby Groot cake that will steal your heart at this Guardians of the Galaxy wedding shoot

Thanks to our sponsor Set Ready Garment Bags for presenting this week’s posts on Offbeat Bride. We love ’em, and think you will, too…   With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 coming out in theaters today, I imagine a whole lot of you are chomping at the bit to see (slightly grown) baby Groot […]

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This steampunk cake is all dressed up with somewhere to go

There are belt buckles and a ruffled skirt lining one tier, a pearl and cameo choker on the next, a racy and lacy top tier, and of course, a jaunty top hat with a veil on the very top of this steampunk cake. I even spy a big bow in the back! Are you kidding me with all this charm? It’s making me want to wear a cake.

Shall we see more views, including of the pair cutting into this bad boy? On to the steamy cake!

No lie: this Portal wedding cake, Portal cupcakes, AND Portal cake balls win the day

No lie: these Portal wedding cake, Portal cupcakes, AND Portal cake balls win the day

Keli and James proved themselves to be massive Portal fans with their three-pronged dessert attack: a companion cube cake, mini Portal cupcakes (that are no lie!), AND even tiny Wheatley cake balls.