There is nothing to stall wedding planning quicker than the flu.

Not long after we made plans to look at venues and even purchased tickets to a wedding fair, the fiance was struck with illness. After a full weekend spent nursing him back to health, I went down the same road (without the luxury of a nurse, I should mention).

Now that the hacking and nose-blowing and general yuckiness has subsided, we're ready to get back on track and try again.

This week, he (because he wants to be involved) is in charge of asking the remainder of his groomsmen to stand up for him as well as making appointments to look at potential venues. (I'm not-so-secretly hoping he'll read this blog, feel guilty about slacking and will finally quit dragging his feet on his assignment).

For my part, I have arranged to taste cake. It may be too early to do so, but this is, quite honestly, the part we've both been looking most forward to. The whole point of attending that wedding fair (which we had to forgo) was to eat cake. Mmmm cake.

So an appointment to taste cake was made. We, of course, have different visions as to what that cake will be on the day of our wedding, but we're willing to taste as many cakes as need be beforehand just to make sure we really know what we want.  

Without having tried any cakes yet, I'm leaning toward a lovely lemon cake with raspberry filling. For a summer wedding, I can't think of anything more perfect to go with champagne and cap off a great day.

He wants chocolate.

To my surprise, as I've laid out my vision to friends and family, most of them have scoffed at my resistance to chocolate. I didn't realize that when most people think of wedding cakes, they think of chocolate. Now I like chocolate cake as much as any red-blooded girl, but it's the last flavor I think of when I think of a wedding cake.

I imagine a compromise is probably coming down the pipe at some point. The glory of a multi-tier cake is that the tiers can be different flavors so maybe he'll get his chocolate after all. But if he thinks he's going to try to smush some chocolate mess all over my face (and risk messing my dress), I've got news for him.... 

Sound off: What's your preference for wedding cake flavors? Have you tasted something that just blew you away?