Sentence examples for instead of cake from inspiring English sources

At a wedding I attended nearly 10 years ago, the bride had a few special requirements: She wanted pie instead of cake.

For one, you can make flag brownies instead of cake (adding chocolate is always a good idea).

To cap off the poorly received party, things come to an end when everyone becomes ill with food poisoning thanks to Martin's parents serving diseased oysters instead of cake.

TV Guide writer Matt Roush called "Andy and April's Fancy Wedding" the highlight of the night among NBC's Thursday comedy shows, and said he particularly loved the scene with Ron Swanson pulling out his tooth, and another later scene where Ron criticized Chris for bringing a vegetarian loaf to the party instead of cake.

Maybe make root bear floats instead of cake.

Try making strawberries and grapes with fat free whipped cream topping instead of cake or pie.

Occasionally, I'd receive a gentle reminder to snack on carrot sticks instead of cakes, and I would think: "Up yours, patronising email service – don't you realise you're talking to someone who makes her own sodding muesli?" Then I'd inhale an entire carton of ice-cream, which obviously needed replacing every 48 hours, as was surely the right of all weary pregnant women everywhere.

Convince your workplace to bring or offer healthier options: It may not seem appealing to be known as "that kale guy who took our pizza away" or the woman who "made the workplace grapes again instead of cakes the workplace again". But in the long run people may thank you.

Serve decorated cupcakes instead of cakes at birthdays and other special events.

Other savings include serving cake as a pudding, so you don't also pay for dessert; having sponge instead of fruit cake, having "pudding cakes" such as a tower of profiteroles, or cake made of cheese.

Macniven says they'll bring the same adventurous spirit in the video to the wedding itself: "Instead of a cake cutting, we're going to have the traditional cake explosion, where we blow up a giant wedding cake". What's more, he says, wedding guests will have to sign liability waivers for the "secret hijinks" they have planned.