All about Wedding Cakes
There is no longer a hard or fast rule to follow when it comes to choosing your wedding cake. Wedding cakes of today are no longer made of royal icing and topped with plastic figurines. In fact your wedding cake provides you with a great way to stamp your unique sense of style and individually firmly into your wedding. Today’s weddings cakes can be made in practically any design and to suit almost any theme.
Incorporate details into your wedding cake
It is ideal that the colour schemes, flowers, venue and general theme of the wedding all be decided prior to ordering the wedding cake, as the wedding cake should incorporate a little bit of all the other wedding preparations. For example it is possible to have the wedding cake decorated with the same flowers in your bouquet. Or if for example you’re having a beach wedding, then you can organise a wedding cake which will suit the beach venue and conditions. It is also best to decide on a budget for your wedding cake as well as decide on whether you will serve your wedding cake as desert or if it merely to be cut as part of the traditional rituals.
Wedding cakes have no boundaries
A wedding cake can be made up of practically any flavour or texture. You can have a chocolate wedding cake, the traditional fruit wedding cake or if you’re going for a tiered cake, why not have each layer of cake a different flavour.
Deciding on a design for your wedding cake
Wedding cakes come in a variety of shapes, colours and designs and range from the traditional tiered wedding cake to the not so traditional, more contemporary wedding cake styles. Contemporary wedding cakes can take the form of stacked wedding cakes, column wedding cakes, castle wedding cakes, or even part-pillars wedding cakes. Furthermore the styles and designs of the stands or pillars which are used to separate the wedding cakes are limitless.
Alternative wedding cake designs
Individually prepared wedding cakes are all the rage now and will ensure guests remember your wedding for days to come. Fairy cakes or individually iced wedding cakes are very popular at the moment and can be displayed in a variety of designs. These individual wedding cakes can also be decorated with tiny sugar flowers or the couple’s initials. But be aware that the more intricate details on the wedding cakes, the greater the cost is likely to be. Nonetheless however, a mini wedding cake is the ideal momentum to give guests.
Chocolate weddings cakes
An increasingly accepted choice is the chocolate wedding cake. These wedding cakes can be finished in dark or milk chocolate or even white chocolate for couples who still want the traditional white wedding cake. The chocolate wedding cake can be decorated with fresh fruits, fresh flowers or even their sugared equivalents in keeping with the theme of the wedding. The chocolate wedding cake is a good option for weddings in which the cake is served as part of the dessert, as you can’t go wrong with chocolate.
Let your wedding cake suit the conditions
It is essential that your give some thought to the compatibility of your wedding cake with the conditions which surround your wedding. For example if you plan on having an afternoon wedding during summer, it is not ideal to choose a wedding cake which will easily melt. Stay practical when deciding on your wedding cake.
Don’t leave your wedding cake until the last minute
Remember wedding cake makers and designers tend to get booked up quickly, so make sure you order your wedding cake well in advance to avoid disappointments and last minute frazzles. Last but not least, do your research on wedding cakes before your make your final decision. Check out prices, and what services these prices include (i.e. will they set up the cake at the wedding reception venue, does it include transport costs etc), and decide on a budget before finalising the details of the wedding cake of your dreams!