Great Ideas For Wedding Cakes

Everyone looks forward to seeing the wedding cake at a reception. Everyone will be excited to see your wedding cake. Where can a bride get ideas for her cake? Check out these suggestions on where to get wedding cake ideas.

Your wedding colors are a logical starting place for your wedding cake design. Let’s say that you have chosen a palette of brown and baby blue for everything from the bridesmaid jewelry and dresses to the tablecloths at the reception. A cake in the same color family will be a lovely complement to your design plan. An elegant damask pattern would look lovely in this type of high contrast color combination, as would a whimsical design of pop art circles and dots. Reproduce the reception decor colors on your wedding dessert.

Another neat idea for a wedding cake is to take your inspiration from the fashion at your wedding. Wedding cakes which replicate the lace from the bridal gown are among the most exquisite. Perhaps you would like seeing the beadwork from your bodice on the cake. Draw inspiration from your bridal jewelry set. If crystal bridesmaid jewelry and bridal jewelry will be a feature on your big day, ask the baker to top your cake with a custom crystal cake topper. Another beautiful idea is to give your cake the soft glow of pearls by adding a luminous powder to the frosting. Fabulous!

Take a look at the style of your wedding stationery for a fantastic source of style ideas for your cake. Pick up a favorite motif from your invitations to recreate on your cake. A lot of times the general style of the wedding stationery will translate beautifully to cake decorations. If you selected special invitation hues like pear and espresso, use those same colors for your frosting. Maybe you had invitations made from paper with petals embedded in it; it would be lovely to design a cake with scattered petals.

Of course you will want to plan a cake related to your wedding theme. A terrific cake for a seaside reception would be one designed to look like ocean waves. Brides planning rustic weddings can decorate their cakes with marzipan fruit in seasonal varieties. For a preppy wedding, try a pink and green argyle cake. If you are having a retro reception, choose a cake made to look like it is from the ’50s or ’60s. Remember to consider your wedding theme as a source of inspiration for your dessert.

You will find that there are many more places to get ideas for cake designs. You could reproduce the same cake that your parents had at their wedding, base a design on your honeymoon destination, or simply choose a cake that is decorated with your favorite seasonal flowers. Designing your wedding cake should be one of the most enjoyable parts of planning your reception.