Wedding Cake Ideas: Your Guide To Choosing The Right Cake For Your Wedding
• JonRichard
Choosing your wedding cake has got to be one of the best parts of planning your wedding. Forget the stress of managing your budget or organising the seating plan for an afternoon and spend your time planning and TASTING your wedding cake options. To get you started, we thought we’d gather some of our favourite wedding cake ideas for you to mull over. From traditional fruit cake, to a light sponge, to something completely unique like a tower of donuts, your options really are endless. When else will you have an excuse to splash out on a truly ginormous and delicious cake? You might as well go all out.Wedding Cake Ideas 1: The Naked Wedding CakeThe naked wedding cake is a huge trend that has emerged in the wedding industry over the last couple of years. For those of you who are newly engaged and haven’t yet come across a photo of one of these beauties during the hours you’ve spent on Pinterest, it’s essentially a tiered sponge cake with a delicious creamy filling, but no or very little icing on the outside. Instead, the sponge is decorated with a sprinkling of icing sugar, fresh fruit or flowers. These wedding cakes will work well for a rustic, bohemian style wedding. Plus, the scarce use of icing means that they are ideal for a summer or destination wedding, as it’s less likely to welt in the heat.Wedding Cake Ideas 2: The Traditional Fruit Wedding CakeIf you’re a traditionalist, you simply can’t go wrong with the classic fruit wedding cake. It's typically made with dried fruit that has been soaked in brandy for at least 12 hours and covered in thick, white icing. The classic tiered recipe is steeped in tradition, symbolising prosperity for the newly weds. But, with less and less couples opting for this flavour these days, we say it’s time to revive the trend.Wedding Cake Ideas 3: Why choose? If you can’t settle on a wedding cake flavour, who says you have to choose? Rather than layering up several tiers of the same type of cake, get one of each type. You could stick with a tiered design, for one, giant, magical, multi-flavour cake, or you could set up a cake table with a cute cake stand for each of the different options. Who wouldn't love a spread of cake flavours? Victoria sponge, chocolate, lemon drizzle or red velvet? Erm, we'll have a slice of each, please. Trust us, your guests will thank you.Wedding Cake Ideas 4: The Cheese CakeNo, we don’t mean the creamy, vanilla baked good. We're talking about an actual tower of cheese. This one is great for those who don’t have a sweet tooth. If you and your spouse-to-be would rather end your meal with some good wine and even better cheese, this is a fabulous choice. Stock up on an array of crackers and let your guests nibble on a cheese platter to end all cheese platters.Wedding Cake Ideas 5: CupcakesIf you’re not bothered about the traditional ‘cutting of the cake’, and instead are looking for something that’s pretty, delicious and fuss free, go with cupcakes for your big day. These delightful little treats will not only look amazing, but it also means no one has to faff around cutting the cake into equal slices and packing it up into boxes for your guests to take home.Wedding Cake Ideas 6: Donut TowerYes. You read that correctly. It’s your wedding day, so you can make quite literally any decision you want. If you’re not really a cake-lover, then don’t spend hundreds of pounds out of your precious budget on one, just because it’s tradition. If donuts are your go-to baked good, then treat yourself with this mouth-watering tower of sugary goodness.Wedding Cake Ideas 7: Easy as PieDo you just love pie? Apple, summer fruits, chocolate, treacle, meringue- there are so many incredible pie flavours out there. If this is one of your favourite dessert choices, then we say embrace it. You can either order a multi-tiered pie masterpiece, or go with one of the latest wedding trends that has recently emerged- pie pops! These adorable little creations are quite literally mini bite-sized pies on lollipop sticks. They make a pretty photo opportunity and are easy for your guests to grab and enjoy.Wedding Cake Ideas 8: Macaroon Masterpiece If you’re looking for a wedding cake with a little bit of sophistication, you can’t go wrong with a tower of our favourite French creations. These light and dainty baked goods are crispy on the outside but soft in the middle, and are as pretty as they are delicious. Plus, macaroons make the perfect wedding favour- so you’re killing two birds with one stone here!
