Wedding Planning Guide

Put Some Style in Your Wedding Cakes

Put Some Style in Your Wedding Cakes

Buck the tradition when choosing the style of your wedding cakes. Times do change and some traditions no longer make sense, or serve a useful purpose.  And you want to remember your wedding details for the happy and fun-filled time had by all your guests rather than reliving the embarrassing  moment of not having a knife to cut the cake as several hundred people looked on. Having decided on the style and  type of wedding cakes you want, you can now start searching for bakeries to make the cakes.

When you visit the bakeries, ask for their photo album containing pictures of wedding cakes they designed and baked for other wedding customers. You need to find out quickly if the baker can cater to your needs by designing cakes that you will be proud of. Stand firm on your intended design and not allow the baker to influence you toward a more tradition style cake, if that is not what you want.

While you can go for the traditional white color for wedding cakes, you can still choose a blend of white and another color, or you can blend two colors other than white. When it comes to colors, let your imagination run wild, but choose colors you know will strike a harmonious cord on your wedding day.  

Now remember that even bakers have certain biases toward certain wedding cakes. So you want to start consulting with your baker several weeks before your wedding date. This gives you time to work on their beliefs about how your cakes should look, and get them to do exactly what you need. You could be disappointed if you leave it until close to the date or assume they would follow your orders without some personal intervention. Bakers are indeed artistic and would resort to their own imagination if they had a chance.

You also want to have your theme for your wedding cakes already picked out before you visit the bakeries. Your theme can be your favorite flower, for example, roses, daffodils, sunflowers. Or you can choose an urban theme, or some other theme that suits your fancy. But it is important to have your cake represent the overall theme of your wedding and have an imprint of your vision, hopes, and dreams.  

Size does matter when it comes to wedding cakes. So you want to shoot for a monumental and multilayered or tiered cake. And, of course, you need one large enough to serve all your guests. Also you would want to have the baker insert a beautiful cake topper, especially one which adds some pizzazz to the cake design.  Cake toppers do add a majestic look to even traditional wedding cakes.

Also, if appearance is most important in your wedding cake choice, and if money is not an object, you might want to choose a cake decorated with fondant icing to grace your wedding cake.  Similarly, if taste is important to you in your wedding cake choice, then you probably want a butter cream icing.  

Finally, when finding out the cost of your cake, don't forget about extra costs such as shipping your confection. In essence, the baker could give you the cost for each slice but your total costs would depend on how many details and the complexity your design is for your wedding cakes.