Choosing the right wedding cake is more than just picking the dessert for the end of the wedding meal. The cake is often more like a piece of artwork that will be set in the middle of the reception area for later. It becomes more than just a cake; it is a centerpiece that reflects the couple’s style and even their individuality. Depending on choices that are made it may speak of their ethnicity, their cultural background, or illustrate family traditions. Whatever it is made to reflect this cake will be remembered in photographs as well as in your own visual images of a couple’s wedding day.
That is why these cakes are so much more than they used to be. They are no longer simply a multi-tiered white wedding cake that is covered in white creamy icing with a bride and groom centerpiece on the top. The fillings are now unlimited. If you are looking to theme the inside to the season a spring cake is now likely to be lemon with a creamy lemon filling. Berries are being used more at summer weddings. Whatever is in season can be put inside your cake. Or is you want something a little exotic then a coconut cake layered with pineapple, mango or key lime may be more to your liking.
An autumn wedding cake is more likely to be a carrot, apple or nut cake. But to make it that much more delightful to taste you can add cream chesses, maple or orange fillings. In winter count on warming the taste buds of your guests with chocolate fudge, hazelnut or cappuccino flavors. These are just some of the suggestions that you might get from the baker of your cake. But, truly what you want is completely up to you in both design and flavor. If it is the tradition layer cake you want, whether it is a two layered round cake, a multi-layer octagon or a five layer square cake, it can be made for you. Then you need to choose the embellishments. Will you want it covered with eatable flowers or sugar bows? Are you looking to put fruit on top? Will the cake stand by showing or hidden? You will be surprised at how many individual decisions you will have to make on what kind of cake you want.
The design of a wedding cake can incorporate so much. It may have something o do with where the couple first meet, where he proposed, hobbies and shared interests or even the careers of the couple. More and more couples are breaking away from tradition and having their cakes designed especially for them instead of ordering from a standard catalogue of cakes. A musician may choose a cake that is in the shape of the instrument they play. Why not make a layer cake in the shape of a guitar or piano? No matter what you choose, the flavor, the frosting or embellishments, make it a wedding cake that means something to both of you.
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