Doubtless you’ve seen reference, not just here, but in other wedding resources, about traditional wedding cakes as well as about unique wedding cakes. What distinguishes one from the other?

As cakes get more and more specialized, a specific style of wedding cake has arisen that wedding-planners call “Romantic Cakes.” So just what characteristics qualify a cake for that designation?

Fruit-lovers rejoice: There are several ways to use gorgeous, delicious fruit as part of your wedding cake. For instance:

In the Batter
You can select a cake that places fruit directly in the batter.

These days, I do a lot of thinking about wedding cakes and a lot of research as well. The other day as I was online researching the subject, I came across something that sparked something in my memory. It was a doughnut wedding cake. And then I remembered hearing about someone who started out recently [...]

Raised in West Virginia, I heard often about the historic mountaineer’s wedding cake: a not-overly-sweet, dried-apple cake. Be forewarned, though: This is not for those who desire a traditional wedding cake in any sense. But if you want to add a dash of the unconventional, and especially a backwoods, country twist, you might want to [...]

A wedding cake for a wedding that might take place underwater!

A wedding cake based on Thomas, the popular cartoon series on the cute railway engine.

A wedding cake shaped in the form of a football.

A very lovely wedding cake topper featuring a teddy bear couple!

A wedding cake filled with cute and lovely teddy bears.