Charming Pink Wedding Desserts

- Charming Pink Wedding Desserts -

Pink has always been a favorite color for weddings. What other color could be more romantic, pretty, and feminine? There are many wonderful ways to use pink in a wedding, right down to the wedding cake.  

Get inspired by these charming ideas for pink wedding cakes and desserts:

Swiss Dot Cake

Most brides will choose to have a classic tiered wedding cake at their reception. One delightful design for a pink wedding cake is a quilted Swiss dot pattern done in fondant. Frost light pink fondant over a white cake filled with raspberry cream, then etch a diamond shape pattern into the frosting to resemble quilting. A small Swiss dot is applied to the intersection of each diamond. For an added detail, faux pearls may be piped around the base of each cake tier. That is a popular accent when the bride is wearing pearl bridal jewelry. A pink Swiss dot cake would be absolutely wonderful for a spring or summer wedding with a classic style.

Pink Cupcakes

If whimsy is your style, a tower of pink cupcakes would be a terrific dessert for your wedding reception. It would be fun to have the cake variety be red velvet under the pink frosting. There are many great design options for the cupcakes. For a romantic look, decorate the top of each cupcake with a large dark pink buttercream frosting rose. Your guests will love it – remember those birthday cakes when you were a kid and everyone fought over the slices with the frosting roses? This time, everyone gets a rose on their cake! Classic white china cake stands with cut out details are a lovely way to display such pretty cupcakes.

Cupcakes can be very contemporary as well. A great modern look would be to choose three different geometric patterns to use on the cupcakes. You could use a stripe, a check, and a polka dot, for instance, done in shades of pink, red, and aqua. Display the cupcakes on a clear lucite tiered stand so the patterns are really showcased. As for the flavor, it would be fun to do brownie cupcakes, which is a big wedding trend right now.

Cotton Candy

Looking for another fun idea for a pink wedding dessert? Consider cotton candy! It would be a wonderful addition to a carnival theme wedding or any summer reception. Cotton candy would probably not be served instead of a traditional wedding cake, but as an additional dessert for your guests. Hire a cotton candy truck just like you would find at a real fair for a terrific late night reception surprise. Your guests will love it the unexpected and fun treat.

Candy Stations

Candy stations have become a tried-and-true wedding favorite. A wonderful thing about candy bars is that they are easy to create in a signature color. If your wedding taste runs towards classic pearl bridal jewelry and roses, make your candy station elegant in design. Fill clear glass apothecary jars with your favorite candies in a range of pink hues. Ideas include custom pink M&Ms, pink gummy bears, and pink Jordan almonds, to name just a few. Small silver scoops will add to the elegance. For an informal wedding reception, set out galvanized tin pails filled to the brim with pink sweets like candy necklaces, pink saltwater taffy, pink rock candy, and pink bubblegum. Chinese take out shaped boxes are a great way for your guests to take home their favorite candies as a wedding favor for a sweet reminder of your charming wedding.

About the author: Bridget Mora is a former bridal shop manager.She currently writes as often as she has time for and she has witten numerous articles about weddings, fashion and etiquette for SilverlandJewelry.com . Silverland Jewelry has provided elegant wedding jewelry for thousands of brides. Custom jewelry in your wedding colors make long cherished bridesmaid gifts.

If you want to guest post on this blog, write us at contact[at]weddingcakesinspiration.com

Summer Wedding Cake Ideas

Summer Wedding Cake Ideas

Tips For Great Wedding Pictures

You want your wedding day to be beautiful. You arrange everything so it’s picture-perfect. But then you look at the pictures your photographer took, and they are less than perfect. You feel like that which should be the everlasting memory of your wedding, those instants captured on camera, don’t make your wedding enough justice. For some people this is reason for a shrug, others may have a meltdown over this. Thinking about this, and about some recent debacles with wedding pictures that made the news, we put our heads together and came up with some tips on how to have a picture-perfect wedding with pictures that actually come out perfect.  

First of all, hire a good photographer. This may sound pretty straightforward advice, but some people don’t really follow it. They go with the venue’s official photographer, or with someone who took good pictures at a friend’s wedding. Worse, some people hire an actual friend – this is an issue in itself; marriages are for friends to enjoy and for professionals to document. Look at the photographer’s portfolio and make an educated decision. And remember: you’re hiring a photographer to do a job, much like you would hire a contractor to fix your plumbing. Make sure that everything that you expect out of the photographer and the end result is set in stone – meaning a comprehensive contract.

Now that you have a good photographer, work with him or her. Show him around the venue, show him the places where you’ll want your pictures taken and maybe even take a few test shots to have an idea of how it will all work out. You can also get advice on the photographer of how to stand or pose for specific situations. For example, when you’re taking pictures with all the guests it’s easy to get tired and not look your best in every picture. But a good photographer will be able to advise you on how to move or how to stand so you can always look picture perfect. Also, a good photographer will know when to take a candid picture and when to tell you when to pose. You can agree on some signals or special code for when he wants to let you know he’s taking your picture, so you’ll know to keep your eyes open and not to yawn, for example.

Also, look at the setting beforehand and decide right away where you want your pictures to be taken. Deciding on this the last minute may lead to some awkwardness. This way, you can make sure that those special places are kept in top condition, and aren’t used for storage or parking, for example.

Things can go wrong, and if they do there’s not much you can do to fix them. You can’t turn back time and get married on a sunnier day, but a better photographer will have adequate lighting gear. So being prepared is a great part of it, and being able to improvise is another. The best wedding picture is the one that looks better on paper and not in your mind.

This post was written by Holly Adams from Coupon Croc. Visit for a John Lewis discount code before you buy any camera equipment.

Wedding Cake Stands

Many couples think a lot of choosing the dream wedding cake, but they should too give some consideration to how they will show their stunning cake. So you have found your dream wedding cake, but there has appeared a one tiny little problem: the Wedding Cake Stand. If it do not match with the wedding cake, the whole ceremony will lose the perfect picture of how you have imagined. In spite of everything, the wedding cake is the centre of all happenings, thus it must be presented in outstanding light.

The first thing that you should do is to get suggestion and advice of your cake designer or baker what would be the finest type of wedding cake stand for your cake. There is a huge variety of wedding cake stands, and you should choose the right one for your wedding cake, so it will take a lot of time and nerves to find the perfect one. In order to save you time, here are some wedding cakes stands:

If you have chosen for a traditional wedding cake, than you should go for a unique antique wedding cake stand. You can find this kind of cake stand in antique stores, or they are handed down from generation to generation in the family. These kind of stands are made of silver, ceramic, glass or iron. All of these have a single carving that will make your wedding cake more impressive and beautiful.

Moreover a silver, plateau wedding cake stand will make every wedding cake appear more elegant and stylish. These stands are available in all forms and different sizes, plus they can support a huge cake with quite a lot of layers.

If you wish a tiered wedding cake stand, than you can come across numerous plated stands which would be a brilliant option for showing a wedding cake with more layers. These stands are also wonderful for holding cupcakes, which is the latest fashion at many weddings.

Another kind of wedding cake stand is the silver pedestal stand. These cake stands are great choice for a smaller wedding cake, because they do not have as much support, but will give a casual look to your wedding.

If you want a dramatic look for your wedding, than choose a wedding fountain cake. This will definitely take the breath away. Now, they are in trend, so you can find a huge variety of fountain cake stands or some enhancer for traditional cake stand, and the only thing that you should do is to pick up the right one.

The alternatives for wedding cake stands are never-ending, so you must find time to find and choose the perfect match for your imagination. If you have a low budget, you can rent some for a really small amount of money. After all, the enjoyment and the happy moments between the bride and the groom are on the first place.