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.
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Buttercream cake with sugared fruit.
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Strawberry and white chocolate mousse.
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Creamy cheesecake with fresh strawberries.
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Chocolate brown and cream wedding cake with flowers made from sugar
paste.
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Romantic Wedding Cake using fresh flowers.
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Beautiful sugar flowers cascade down this cake.
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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.
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Animal Cake Toppers. A cat bride and groom cake topper made from sugar
paste.
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Fresh flowers decorate the top of this beautiful wedding cake.
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Comical wedding cake topper.
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The lemons that decorate the top of this cake have been made from
marzipan.
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Monogram and orchids cake topper.
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Use a favorite piece of jewelery as a cake topper such as this broach.
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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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Colored beads have been wired and fanned out on the top of the cake.
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This beautiful cake has been glammed up with some
stunning glass beaded ornaments which have been place among fresh
flowers.
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This two tier wedding cake has been decorated
with silver sugar dragess and chocolate covered heats which make it
appear to be decorated with jewelery. |
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.
Wedding cakes can also be designed to match your wedding dress or
better still have the cake made to look like the bride as this couple
did.
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Zebra theme wedding cake.
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The wedding theme colors are white, black, brown and gold.
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Garden theme wedding cake complete with the picket fence and flowers in
buckets.
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This white wedding cake has been made to look like a flower pot full of
beautiful blooms this would look great for a spring wedding.
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Monkey love wedding cake.
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This cake features the happy couple sitting on a ledge over water, and
a bride and groom dolphin cake topper; a very contemporary wedding cake
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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 black, red and white cake.
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The colors can be air brushed on to give a softer look as you can see
in the fairy cake, green has been airbrushed onto a white fondant
background to give a green grass look. |
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The colors can be alternated out to give a patchwork look and combined
with fabric as done with this army cake.
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Using a single color on a white cake can give a dramatic look.
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Color and cleaver sculpting of coral and sea shells from sugar paste
give an impressive look to this beach wedding cake.
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Buttercream has been piped into scrolls to give added dimension to this
cake
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Other Creative Wedding Cakes
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This cake has been shaped to look like a pyramid and is completely
covered with edible gold leaf. |
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.
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Donuts as a wedding cake display.
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Chocolate truffle tower.
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The details on this cake were made with royal icing and pastilliage. |
Wedding present wedding cake.
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"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. This one is covered with spun
sugar.
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Wedding cake made from cheese rounds and fresh fruit.
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White truffle wedding cake.
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Halloween wedding cake.
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Easter wedding cake. |
Suitcase wedding cake.
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Wedding Cake Pictures and Ideas |
| Wedding
Cake Serving Size Chart |
Use this handy chart to help you work out what size cakes you will need
to serve all your wedding guests.
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Approximate
Wedding Cake Portions Servings Chart
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Wedding Cake Sizes
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Round Fruit
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Round Sponge
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Square Fruit
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Square Sponge
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Dessert Portions
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15 20 25cm (6”
8” 10”)
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136
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66
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80
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89
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50
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20 25 30cm (8”
10” 12”)
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208
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105
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278
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139
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70
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15 20 25 30cm
(6” 8” 10” 12”)
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236
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116
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314
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156
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80
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20 25 30 35cm
(8” 10” 12” 14”)
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323
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169
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474
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237
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120
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15 20 25 30 35cm
(6” 8” 10” 12” 14")
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351
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180
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510
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254
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130
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