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Tips For a Scrumptious Wedding Cake
by Allison Rushby
The new trends in wedding cakes allow brides to have
a cake that not only looks good - it tastes good
too! Brides don’t need to settle for the traditional
white vanilla cake with the plastic bride and groom
on top any more. From fruit cake to cheesecake,
icing to ice-cream, there are many decisions to make
when it comes to choosing a wedding cake to suit
you, your fiancé and your guests. Take a glance at
the following tips to devise the delicious wedding
cake you deserve.
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Have a multi-flavored cake! This is a great option
if you can’t decide between one flavor or another,
or if you want to give your guests a selection of
cakes to choose from. If you will be having three
layers of cake, you could have a layer of mud cake,
a layer of vanilla cake and a layer of rainbow cake,
something for everyone!
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For some extra flavor, have a wedding cake with
filling. Talk to your baker about having a
filling made of white or dark chocolate,
strawberry, mocha or preserves.
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What about using a modern type of icing? While the
traditional soft white icing is still very
popular, white chocolate icing would be a
delicious, and surprising, alternative.
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Have a wedding cake with an unusual shape. At the
moment, one very popular style is to have a
wedding cake that resembles a stack of presents.
This is a fun cake, and generally has two or
more square layers, is heavily decorated and
tied with a bow.
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For a modern looking wedding cake, think about having
your layers made in different shapes. For
example, a square layer, a heart shaped layer
and an hexagonal layer would make your cake
modern indeed.
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If your wedding will be having a color scheme,
decorate your cake to suit. If your color scheme
will be rose pink, you could cover your cake
with small, romantic, pink rosebuds, either real
or made of icing!
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For a special touch, talk to your baker about using
some of the detail on your wedding dress to make
decorations for your cake. If you take a picture
of your dress to your bakery they should be able
to copy some of the lace, beading or other
decorations from your dress onto your wedding
cake.
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Get sentimental! Copy the cake top your grandparents
or parents used at their wedding. To make the
parents of the happy couple feel extra special,
serve them the first slices of cake you cut
yourself, before it is taken to the kitchen to
be cut and served to your guests.
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Personalize your cake by having your, and the groom’s,
initials intertwined in icing on your cake as
decoration.
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Have a wedding cake with a special meaning. For
example, if you have been to France together,
you may like to have a croquembouche. This is
the traditional French wedding cake, a yummy
tower of cream-filled pastry!
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You may like to follow a special wedding cake
tradition practiced in Bermuda. With this
tradition, a tiny green tree is used as a cake
topper. After the wedding, the bride and groom
can plant the tree in their garden and watch it
grow, as their marriage does!
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Add some accompaniments to your cake for your extra
sweet-toothed guests. Chocolates, fruit, sugared
almonds or lollies can be placed on your guests’
plates for a decorative touch.
The look of the moment is a wedding cake decorated
with fresh flowers. Some favorites include roses,
carnations and pansies. These flowers can be made
into cascade designs or other styles. For a simply
stunning look, have one single, perfect, bloom on
your cake, such as a lily or orchid. Using fresh
flowers to decorate your cake looks great and need
not cost a fortune.
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