07/19/2023
On July 13th my parents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at The Wellwood near their home in Charlestown MD surrounded by family!!!! 🎉🥳🥂
A special THANK-YOU goes out to all of the Wellwood staff not only those who helped cater this fantastic celebratory meal but everyone who has served and taken care of my parents over the last 20+ years. 💗🥰
Not only did ALL immediate family (including all 11 grandkids) attend the celebration but family from Maryland, Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Pennsylvania, California and as far away as Switzerland! Some of us meeting for the first time ever or after MANY years. ❤️❤️❤️
I volunteered for the honor of creating their anniversary cake, well cakes really. (Not recreating their wedding cake since that cake is HUMONGOUS!). Doing a little research I discovered that the 60th anniversary flower is orchid and the theme is Diamond. The white anniversary cake uses both as accents in the decorations. Bottom tier: chocolate cake with choc ganache and whipped Oreo cream for between the layers. Top tier: lemon cake with fresh lemon curd and black raspberry purée between the layers (thanks to my daughter Lyla for helping me pick the black raspberries).
The smaller chocolate cake was specifically for my dad - completely Sugar Free! Devil’s food chocolate cake with whipped chocolate between the layers. Chocolate frosting and chocolate ganache drizzle.
Happy 60th Wedding Anniversay!!
Much love - your youngest 😘❤️