Unique wedding cakes - a sweet closure to your wedding day
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Nowadays, couples tend to do away with the traditional wedding cakes. Unique wedding cakes are the in trend now. A wedding is not complete without a wedding cake. You would want to make a statement and make your guests remember your wedding as a memorable and unique one.
Gone are the days of the three-layer marshmallow icing cakes with a bride and groom figurine as the cake-topper. Bakeries and cake shops have become more innovative with regards to designing wedding cakes. They have become more and more creative. These bakeries and cake shops are also open to customized designs for wedding cakes. This would allow the couple to design their own wedding cake if they would not find something from the available pre-designed ones.
Here are some designs for unique wedding cakes:
Eiffel Tower Cake - the cake is about six and a half feet in height and lights adorn the cake beautifully.
Stack of Gifts Cake - this cake would look closely like a stack of gifts, or wedding gifts, each cake as a gift is decorated with a fondant icing which closely resembles that of a gift wrapper with ribbon, and about 3-5 gifts or cakes compose the stack.
Fruitful Wedding Cake - a cake which looks like a pile of fruits; the fruits are made from sorbet and is covered with an edible nougat cone. This cake is certainly a showstopper.
Monogrammed Fondant Cake the cake is covered with fondant icing; tiny pearls surround each layer of cake. You may choose to have your initials monogrammed all over the cake or have it as a cake-topper.
Cupcake Tower Wedding Cake several cupcakes surround the cake layer stand. Each cupcake has a swirled icing on top and finally topped with the couples initials embossed on fondant.
Floral Wedding Cake If the couple is into flowers, this cake would make a statement. The multi-layered cake will be adorned with different kinds of flowers made from fondant.
Almost all wedding cakes with a unique design are those which use fondant icing. Bakers use this type of icing, because it is easy to play with. Designs can be made easily. More so, colors are numerous. For instance an orchid can be made from fondant, with all the color details of the flower. The finished product of which would look exactly like the orchid, the only difference is that it is edible.
Wedding cakes can also have cartoon character designs.
Possibilities for designs of unique wedding cakes are endless. You could even have your photograph imprinted on your wedding cake. Anything is possible. You imagination is the only limit for these designs and the budget, of course. Consult your wedding coordinator if you have one and discuss with her your idea for your wedding cake. If you have a themed wedding, the design of your cake should go around the theme. Go ahead, be playful, be imaginative and make a statement!
Many don’t think of it but your wedding cake design can also be shown on your aisle runners. You can incorporate different elements of your cake design right into your wedding runners. Visit Signatureweddingaislerunners.com for more details on your aisle runner.