Over time many things have changed with weddings, but one thing that has stayed the same is there’s always a beautiful Wedding cake. The cake is a big part of the wedding, and something everyone remembers. This is the first sweet you and your sweetheart will share once you’re married. With a little planning and plenty of tasting, your wedding cake will taste as good as it looks.
Fit Your Theme
The wedding cake is usually the centerpiece of your reception and it should fit in with your wedding ‘theme’. Incorporate your wedding colors into the cake with fresh or sugar flowers. Roses are always popular, but think outside the box, and consider showstoppers such as orchids, hydrangeas and stargazer lilies. Imagine your reception site and take your cues from your surroundings.
Wedding Cake Color
Flowers aren’t your only options for color. All white cakes can be accented with ribbons circling each tier. Real or made of fondant, these give the cake a clean, finished look. For a bit of whimsy use a fun dot or swirl pattern to adorn the sides.
Options for Toppers
As for the top tier, forget the plastic bride and groom and go for something more personal. Your grandmother’s china teacup filled with flowers would make a great topper, or perhaps a preview of the honeymoon to Paris with a mini Eiffel Tower.
Stay with one or two great ideas and your cake will be a standout. Customize your cake and it will become an edible expression of your love.
Cake Flavor
The flavor may be the best part about a wedding cake. Visiting bakeries and sampling their cakes will be a delicious detail to savor. Taste your favorites and dare to try something new. Fresh fruit fillings such as strawberries and raspberries pair nicely with whipped cream and chiffon cake for a summer wedding.
If you met your sweetheart in line for your daily latte, carry the coffee theme into your wedding cake. Try a moist chocolate cake brushed with Kahlua, and a rich mocha cream cheese filling. For something tangy, go for a tart lemon curd paired with lemon butter crème and light chiffon cake. Mix and match flavors until you get the combination that you love.
Types of Frosting with Wedding Cake Flavor
Once you have decided your cake flavors, the frosting is your final choice. Be sure to sample these when you are at the bakery and try them with your cake choice. If a very clean and streamlined look is what you want, fondant is a great way to get it. Fondant is a sweet icing made of sugar, corn syrup, and gelatin that is rolled out and draped over the cake. Because fondant is hard to work with, price per slice goes up.
An alternative that has a similar look is butter cream. It is a soft icing that can be easily colored and flavored. Butter cream is used to create piping details such as dots and boarders.
For a really dramatic look, or for a groom’s cake, consider poured chocolate ganache. With a shiny, rich, dark brown finish, it is a creative alternative to white wedding cake.
Wedding Cake Price
Price per slice can run from $3.00 to $10.00 depending on the level of decoration. Shop around, and then once you decide get it all in writing. Be sure to have all the details specified in your contract to include delivery time and fee, tier shape and sizes, specific flavors, flower types, and decorations.
Whatever wedding cake you choose, your wedding cake will be a sweet addition to your special day.
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