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The new trends in wedding cakes allow brides to
have a cake that not only looks good - it tastes good too! Brides don’t need
to settle for the traditional white vanilla cake with the plastic bride and
groom on top any more. From fruit cake to cheesecake, icing to ice-cream, there
are many decisions to make when it comes to choosing a wedding cake to suit you,
your fiancé and your guests. Take a glance at the following tips to devise the
delicious wedding cake you deserve.
Have a multi-flavored cake!
This is a great option if you can’t decide between one flavor or another,
or if you want to give your guests a selection of cakes to choose from. If
you will be having three layers of cake, you could have a layer of mud cake,
a layer of vanilla cake and a layer of rainbow cake, something for everyone!
For some extra flavor, have a wedding cake
with filling. Talk to your baker about having a filling made of white or
dark chocolate, strawberry, mocha or preserves.
What about using a modern type of icing?
While the traditional soft white icing is still very popular, white
chocolate icing would be a delicious, and surprising, alternative.
Have a wedding cake with an unusual shape.
At the moment, one very popular style is to have a wedding cake that
resembles a stack of presents. This is a fun cake, and generally has two or
more square layers, is heavily decorated and tied with a bow.
For a modern looking wedding cake, think
about having your layers made in different shapes. For example, a square
layer, a heart shaped layer and an hexagonal layer would make your cake
modern indeed.
If your wedding will be having a color
scheme, decorate your cake to suit. If your color scheme will be rose pink,
you could cover your cake with small, romantic, pink rosebuds, either real
or made of icing!
For a special touch, talk to your baker
about using some of the detail on your wedding dress to make decorations for
your cake. If you take a picture of your dress to your bakery they should be
able to copy some of the lace, beading or other decorations from your dress
onto your wedding cake.
Get sentimental! Copy the cake top your
grandparents or parents used at their wedding. To make the parents of the
happy couple feel extra special, serve them the first slices of cake you cut
yourself, before it is taken to the kitchen to be cut and served to your
guests.
Personalize your cake by having your, and
the groom’s, initials intertwined in icing on your cake as decoration.
Have a wedding cake with a special meaning.
For example, if you have been to France together, you may like to have a
croquembouche. This is the traditional French wedding cake, a yummy tower of
cream-filled pastry!
You may like to follow a special wedding
cake tradition practiced in Bermuda. With this tradition, a tiny green tree
is used as a cake topper. After the wedding, the bride and groom can plant
the tree in their garden and watch it grow, as their marriage does!
Add some accompaniments to your cake for
your extra sweet-toothed guests. Chocolates, fruit, sugared almonds or
lollies can be placed on your guests’ plates for a decorative touch.
The look of the moment is a wedding cake
decorated with fresh flowers. Some favorites include roses, carnations and
pansies. These flowers can be made into cascade designs or other styles. For
a simply stunning look, have one single, perfect, bloom on your cake, such
as a lily or orchid. Using fresh flowers to decorate your cake looks great
and need not cost a fortune. |
