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The flavors of brunch foods should generally be mild, and that's also true for the wedding cake. Flavors like strawberry and cream or amaretto-almond.

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receptionsThe planner: Susan Southerland, owner of Just Marry!, a wedding-planning company with locations in Savannah, Georgia, and Orlando and St. Augustine, Florida.

Brunch Menu


  • Tropical fruit display
  • Citrus gravlax
  • Mixed berry parfaits with cinnamon yogurt
  • Spinach and blue crab eggs Benedict with Key lime hollandaise
  • Miniature quiches
  • Sausage and bacon
  • Caramelized banana and mascarpone stuffed French toast
  • Petits filets mignons
  • Crisp potato croquettes
  • Selection of miniature pastries, breakfast breads, croissants and muffins
  • Fresh bagels with cream cheese and slices of cucumber, tomato and Bermuda onion
  • Wedding cake
  • Selection of Viennese sweets

Comfort Foods

receptionsBrunch is all about giving your guests lots of choices at a variety of food stations, according to Southerland. “I like to do a different take on typical brunch foods,” she says. “For example, instead of traditional corned beef hash, have a chef at one station slicing fresh corned beef and serving it on a hash brown potato pancake. Another station might have caramelized banana and mascarpone stuffed French toast, while yet another offers spinach and blue crab eggs Benedict. a twist on two classic morning dishes that are popular with everyone.”

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“The flavors of brunch foods should generally be mild, and that's also true for the wedding cake.

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