Pink Wedding Cakes

This lovely pink cake, courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings, quotes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famed love sonnet to her husband, “How Do I Love Thee?” just as beautiful today as when she put pen to paper over 200 years ago. The paper garlands -- dotted with ribbon flowers and bows, add a sweet finishing touch to the lovely pale pink fondant tiers of this almost-too-precious-to-eat wedding cake.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)