When J and I were planning our wedding, we were pleasantly surprised to find that our venue would provide a cake at no extra cost. SCORE! We thought. One less thing to plan, one less vendor to deal with, and one less thing to worry about. We chose our cake from an album of "typical" wedding cakes, chose the flavor and filling, and that was that. photo by Danny Weiss At the time, we thought that spending the extra money for a spectacular wedding cake was a waste of money. Cakes are to be eaten, not admired. We were sure that no one would even notice if we were to spend an extra $1,000 on a cake. And you know what? I'm sure that 99% of our guests...