Creative Wedding Cakes

Unique, Unsual and Creavite Ideas for your Wedding Cake

Creative wedding cakes can get more attention and have a “WOW” factor that will have your guests remember your wedding for many years to come.

Use your imagination and think outside of the square to get ideas for your unique wedding cake.

And with the help of a skilled cake designer you can create a cake that is uniquely you.

As you will see from the below examples you have an endless array of ideas and options available to you are only limited by your imaginations and the skills of you cake baker.

So let your imagination run wild and dream up several creative wedding cakes and then discuss it with the cake maker to see if it can be done.

Flower and Fruit Themes

Flower themes are always popular and beautiful and can be incorporated into many different cake styles.

Your favorite flower can be the theme for your wedding; it could be a rose, sunflower, gerbera daisy or even a tulip. The flower can feature on the cake as a simple cake topper or it could cascade down your cake to create a garden look.

It could be fresh flowers, silk or crafted from gum paste or marzipan.

Creative wedding cakes don’t just have to be decorated with flowers you could use fruits that are in season or made from marzipan.

The fruits that you use to decorate your cake could also be the flavor or filling for your wedding cake.

 

image by thisistami Buttercream cake with sugared fruit.	image by chotda Strawberry charlotte	image by soundandfury Creamy cheesecake with fresh strawberries.
image by foodchronicals Chocolate brown and teal wedding cake with chocolate leaves	image by myavaloos Romantic Wedding Cake using fresh flowers.	image by jamie anderson Beautiful sugar orchids cascade down this cake.

Wedding Cake Toppers

Wedding Cake Toppers are another option that will add a creative accent to your wedding cake.

The cake toppers are available in many shapes and forms and can made from porcelain, glass, crystal, hand crafted from sugar pastes and marzipan, silk flowers, fresh flowers, plastic and beaded just to name a few.

image by bloomsberry Use a favorite piece of jewelery as a cake topper such as this broach.	image by rombia Flowers decorate the top of this beautiful wedding cake.	image by theseq Comical wedding cake topper.
image by traceyhunter White chocolate covered strawberries decorate the top of this cake.	image by marylynn Monogram and orchids cake topper.

Cake toppers can help to define your wedding style and add personality to your celebration. You can more see wedding cake topper ideas in our wedding store.

 

Wedding Cake Jewellery

Wedding Cake Jewelery is a modern creative addition to the wedding cake. It adds a little bit of sparkle and glamor to the occasion.

If you can afford it you can use precious stones and beads but if that is not an affordable option, you can go for the more affordable costume beads and stones which will still give and impressive display.

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Unusual Wedding Cakes

Unusual wedding cake ideas can come from your hobbies, interests, or even the wedding theme that you have chosen.

Perhaps you are both interested in sports how about running shoes, golf bag or football for a wedding cake.

If you are interested in fishing or camping a cake made to look like a fishing basket with rod and reel may be appropriate.

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Cake Color and Texture

The color of your wedding theme can also be incorporated into the cake design as well as a seasonal theme, will give any skilled cake designer the opportunity to come up with some ideas for creative wedding cakes.

Color can be added to fondant, buttercream and royal icing as well as the use of cake toppers, flowers, ribbons and other elements.

Your wedding cake does not have to have a smooth finish. Texture can be add to the cake icing to give it a three dimensional look.

It can be as simple as piped scrolls, balls of rolled fondant, a quilted look can be given to fondant icing and decorative edges can be made from buttercream icing and royal icing.

Below are some ideas for the use of color and texture on creative wedding cakes.

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The cake could be made in one solid color, or several colors such as this  red and white cake.	The colors can be air brushed on to give a softer look as you can see in the above cake, a variety of colors have been airbrushed onto a white fondant background to give this a bollywood look.

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The colors can be alternated out to give a soft look.	Using a single color on a white cake can give a dramatic look.

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Buttercream has been piped into scrolls to give added dimension to this cake

Other Creative Wedding Cakes

This cake has been shaped to look like a pyramid and is completely covered with edible gold leaf. image by fugue	This creative wedding cake has paper cut outs pinned to it. For safety reasons remember to remove all pins from the cake before serving the cake to your guests. image by  bev	Donuts as a wedding cake display. image by  perter charbonner
Chocolate truffle tower image by joz007	The details on this cake were made withfondant icing, image by  sweet cupcakes and treats	Bright and bold colors make for a creative wedding cake.  image by mandots.

"Croquembouche" means "crack in the mouth" in French. It's a traditional French Wedding cake, with a tower of choux balls filled with pastry cream that is flavoured. image by ben sauer	Cheesecake wedding cakes. image by heart	For a unique wedding cake use  bold colors on a white background.  image by  sweet cupcakes and treats
Halloween wedding cake. image by discoplace	Wedding cup cakes. image by photo gram