cake wedding

It's a question brides have been asking since the dawn of time. Do I want a good looking Wedding Cake or a yummy cake?
Now some might say, I want both. Duh! Well buddy, it's a hypothetical question. So yeah, awkward moment for you huh?
Anywho, I thought of this question when I saw this picture posted:

It's not exactly the best looking or neatest wedding cake I've ever seen. Then, I saw the comment made by the baker of this cake (Secret Chocolatier - Charlotte, SC): "We have the best tasting wedding cakes. We build them more for deliciousness. "
Wow! First comment like that I've heard so far. I continued to read an article from them found here and saw another comment they made (about a little theory they have): "The better it looks, the less it's going to taste".
This is one of the reasons that they don't use fondant. They agree that the awesome airbrushed style of many fondant cakes is great looking but they refuse to take part. Instead, focusing on the actual "base" of the cake. Crazy huh?

So by their theory, this tastes great:

(Even if it does look a bit, um...slimy.)

And this, not so great:

That's right. Cakes are like people. They are all hollow inside no matter how badly you want to have sex with them.

As a blogger that is focusing on wedding cakes (until Valentine's Day) it's hard to say how much taste matters since all my pictures are obviously about show. Hard to taste a picture, know what I mean?
It started to make me wonder what I would pick come my wedding day. I know one thing, I'm going to try my best to avoid shortening. I can only hope that the Secret Chocolatier only uses butter since they claim, "We make things with traditions and handmade qualities in mind".
Of course all too often companies call their chemical laden creations "homemade". I'm not saying it's the case here but there is a good chance. I also know that in bakery school they more often than not make Crisco the ingredient for choice when it comes to frosting and cakes.
Looks like (just like everything else in life) we can trace back the bland, tasteless, shelf stabilized, freakishly sturdy cakes (even on hot days) to schools. When will we learn!

What do you bloggers think? For your wedding day would you choose:

1. An airbrushed masterpiece that tastes ok.
OR
2. A homely wedding cake that tastes awesome!


Choose your pick and say why in comments!