Wedding Cakes Inspiration

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Wedding Dessert Ideas

Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2012. General - No comments

After the vows are recited and the "I do's" declared, the next (and often best) part of the wedding tradition begins—the party. Whether you're having a small cocktail hour or a full sit-down, three-course meal, no wedding is complete without the after-ceremony celebration. Although some folks opt out of incorporating libations in their nuptial festivities, few receptions lack the classic wedding cake or desserts. From lavish multi-tiered cakes to an extravagant tower of cupcakes, decadent desserts are a must after any wedding ceremony. Wedding cakes are no longer plain, conventional layers of vanilla confection. Today's wedding reception treats are not only delicious, but have personality to boot. There are many unique and creative baked ways to display the breadth of joy and happiness you as a married couple feel on this day. Here are a few tasty wedding dessert ideas that your guests will surely fall in love with.

Let Them Eat Cake

Nothing at a wedding reception is as traditional as the wedding cake. Although we now view the wedding cake as a fun ritual meant to be a delightful display of affection between the newly married couple, the wedding cake has an odd past. In ancient Rome, the bond of marriage was consummated when the groom dropped a barley cake over his bride's head. During the medieval period, the newly-married English couple shared their first kiss over a mound of buns, which symbolized a prosperous marriage. Single wedding guests would take a morsel of bread home and sleep with it underneath their pillows in hopes of one day being as successful as the newlywed couple. While today's grooms no longer smash cake over their brides' heads, the wedding cake remains a representation of the promise of good fortune for the couple. Photographers will take hundreds of wedding reception pictures, particularly during the traditional cutting of the cake; therefore, the wedding cake must be just as charming, beautiful, and breathtaking as the new couple. Modern wedding cakes are often as intricate and elaborate as Contemporary cakes designed to match the bride's gown or blend in attributes of the floral arrangements are all the rage. More recently, cakes featuring vibrant, bold colors, or delicate details, such as making the cake look like a stained glass lamp or sculpture.

Appetizing Wedding Pastry Alternatives

Not every couple desires to do the typical, tiered wedding cake. Avant-garde newlyweds are experimenting with fresh ideas when it comes to wedding reception desserts. Within the past few years, individual cupcakes have become a hit at wedding parties because they can be arranged in an array of unique formations and can be used to exhibit something special about the couple. Wedding-themed cookies are also gaining popularity at receptions, and there are numerous ways to go about creating these delicious delights, including lollipop cookies. Not everyone is partial to flour-based baked goods, and you may have a few guests who abide by gluten-free diets. For those who can't or don't want to indulge in cake or cookies, add creative table centerpieces with hard candies or chocolates. Throw in some custom-made candy hearts with romantic phrases or the names of the bride and groom to add some personality to your wedding treats.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Delicious Winter Wedding Cake Flavors

Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2012. Articles - No comments

It is wonderful to have a wedding cake that matches the season of your event, both on the outside and the inside. While traditional white wedding cake is always a crowd-pleaser, there are many other options for tasty cake and filling combinations.

These are some of the most delicious flavors for winter wedding cakes.

Candy Cane: What could be more wintery than the peppermint goodness of candy canes? It is right up there with Christmas trees and crystal snowflake earrings for seasonal fun. A candy cane flavored wedding cake could be truly incredible. You could choose either a white chocolate or a milk chocolate based cake and have the baker create a white frosting using finely crushed candy canes. The bits of red will look great on the outside, and the flavor combination will be amazing, like having a giant piece of peppermint bark for your cake. Yum!

Gingerbread: The spicy flavor of gingerbread is another iconic winter taste (and aroma). Choose gingerbread cake with a rich cream cheese or buttercream frosting for a wonderful combo. You can decorate the outside of the cake any way that you like, of course, but it could be fun to create an elegant design loosely inspired by gingerbread houses. Imagine tiers decorated with piped icing in intricate patterns like one finds on the Victorian inspired gingerbread houses. It could be so lovely. Or go casual and fun with a gingerbread cookie bride and groom cake topper, complete with a frosting wedding dress and pearl necklace on the “bride”.

Eggnog: This is another wonderful flavor that evokes the winter holiday season. An eggnog cake would be tasty with a rum-infused vanilla frosting. It is also a flavor that would work well in a cake that has different flavors for each tier. You could have one eggnog, one chocolate-cinnamon, and one traditional buttercream as your “safe” flavor.

Mocha truffle: For the chocolate lovers out there, how about a mocha truffle wedding cake? This is a flavor that your groom is sure to love too! A dark chocolate or white chocolate frosting would be an excellent companion to the mocha. A chocolate icing with a dash of cinnamon would also be fantastic. Serve this cake with strong coffee to play up the coffee in the mocha.

There are plenty of other delicious ideas for winter wedding cake flavors. You could do cranberry-buttercream filling in a white cake, a spice cake, a caramel and pear cake, or even a Christmas cookie flavor. Which winter cake variety do you like best?

Author: Bridget Mora writes about wedding planning and wedding design for www.silverlandjewelry.com. Follow Silverland Jewelry on Pinterest, Lover.ly, Facebook, and Twitter to see gorgeous pictures of winter wedding cakes, dresses, wedding jewelry, and more!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Acrylic Wedding Cake Stands

Posted on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Wedding Cake Stands - No comments

Before you say “I do” to your spouse-to-Be, there are many “I dos” that you must say. If you want to have a perfect wedding day, those “I dos” must match between each other. One of the things that you say “I do” is to the wedding cake. Wedding cakes are right next to the happy couple when we are speaking about things which are from great importance on your wedding day. A perfect wedding cake makes a perfect wedding reception. The wedding cake must look excellent with the wedding cake stand. Researching through all wedding cake stands’ options we came to conclusion that the acrylic wedding stands are best choice for your outstanding wedding cake.

The acrylic wedding cake stands supposed to be the simplest and stylish ones. There is a huge variety of acrylic wedding cake stands, and many acrylic plates are compatible to provide your own custom design. Also, they usually appear in different sizes and shapes, so they can suit for everything you wish for. Moreover, there are acrylic wedding cake stands that have a hollow tubular separator between the plateaus, and they could be arranged according to the wedding theme. For instance, you could decorate the stand with flowers inside it, if you are having a flower wedding cake. Also, if you have a traditional white wedding cake or chocolate wedding cake, you could go for a bubble transparent acrylic wedding cake stand. It will look stunning! Moreover, acrylic wedding cake stands perfectly match with novelty wedding cakes as castle wedding cake or butterfly wedding cake.

In addition, there are also tired wedding cake stands which are suitable for tiered wedding cakes or cupcake wedding cakes. Also, acrylic wedding stands are extremely flexible and they can be brought together in few seconds. What is more, the acrylic wedding cake stands are suitable for large wedding cakes. You could find extremely affordable acrylic wedding cake stands in antique stores or on the Internet. Another option is to rent the acrylic wedding cake stand, so in this way you could save some money. Nevertheless, you have an opportunity to order a wedding cake stand that it will be designed specially for you, and after the wedding reception you could sell it or keep it for other important celebrations in your life.

Last of all, a nice acrylic wedding cake stand will give amazingly astonishing look not only to your outstanding cake but also to the whole wedding reception. You have many options for choosing acrylic wedding cake stand because there is a huge range of them, and even they could be designed on your wish. Moreover, they are very simple for placement, which make the whole process of placing the cake much easier. Our vote differently is for the acrylic wedding cake stand, so fell free to say “I do” to the acrylic wedding cake stand, and make your big day unique. If you have any information for stands, we will be very glad if you share it with us.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Getting Your Wedding Dessert Right is a Piece Of Cake

Posted on Friday, March 09, 2012. Articles,Tips - No comments

I don’t believe that I am the only person who has gone to a wedding, loved the food, loved the wine, enjoyed a mini food feast in my mouth, and then had a slice of the wedding cake… and suddenly, a marzipan nightmare comes crashing down; thick layers of hardened paste infused with sugar and almond, draped over a suffering sponge that is dry and completely devoid of flavor.

Now, don’t get me wrong - the cake looks incredible; it is pronounced and flounced with flowers frozen in time; it has been dipped in gold and silver and shinning like a miniature castle for all the guests to see. But the design seems to be the only thing that received any attention - apparently the flavor had to suffer the burden of being snubbed.

A Taste Revivial:

Luckily, the days of the stunning, yet tasteless wedding cakes are slowly coming to an end. Bakeries and pastry chefs around the world seem to have discovered the importance of taste and found the balance between facade and flavor. Not only has this association found more relevance, but more creativity in the design and style of the cake seem to have surfaced as well.

Some Modern Twists:

One such innovation is the use of cupcakes - so the top tier of the cake is a solid, round piece, with the marzipan and the extravagant decoration to go with it; therefore everyone is able to see the mastery of the cake, as well as the fact that it creates a platform to show off how the style of the cake suites the style of the wedding. Then all the tiers below are cupcakes - decorated to the same style, but they are small and iced with cream or meringue, or any other delicious topping that allows the tiny cup to become a real treat and delicious delight. This also allows for the tradition of the bride and groom cutting the cake to continue, but then makes the rest of it easy because all they need to do is assign a cupcake to a guest- and Voila! Sugary enchantment!

A Thing of Beauty:

Another means to keep the cake looking beautiful but tasting great is using actual items for decoration. Therefore the cake doesn’t have to have that stiff outer icing, it can be made fluffy and soft and different objects can be placed delicately between it’s folds - actual flowers, beads, feathers, lace or shells. This allows the cake to reflect the theme and the makers can get even more creative with the colours they use and real-life articles that litter the cake.

A wedding cake is an important centerpiece to any Western wedding; it is a sugary symbol of the coming together of two people as they embark on life’s journey as one. So lets make it beautiful and glorious and place the importance on it that it deserves - but hell, lets make it a little tasty as well. Remember, people are going to be eating this thing.

About the author: Amy Foure is a writer who specializes in planning themed events, showing you that you can use even the smalles accents, like butterfly wedding favors, to create a dramatic effect on your wedding day.