Is The Cake Good Enough to Eat?



When was the last time you attended a wedding and gazed lovingly and longingly at the wedding cake, only to stare shockingly at it later when you end up pulling a satin ribbon out of your mouth while relishing the cake? Well, hopefully that hasn’t actually happened to you–but it seems plausible, given the trend toward cakes meant to look at, and not to eat.

Even though the gorgeous decorations may look appealing to the guests, not everything on the cake may be edible.
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Chocolate Cakes Becoming More Accepted at Weddings

Chocolate Rose Wedding Cake

Tradition be damned! Let’s have a chocolate wedding cake!

And truth be told, in the 21st century, chocolate is becoming more and more accepted at the reception. Some people just aren’t crazy about white cake. For all the cocoa lovers out there, the obvious option for you is nothing but wedding chocolate cakes. Though chocolate cakes are now widely accepted irrespective of how they look, it will not be a very bad idea to break away with the tradition and get yourself the most unique chocolate cakes for your wedding. Read More…

‘CAKES’ FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Dummy Cake

If you want your wedding to have a cultural / international theme, or if you’re just interested in wedding trivia, you might find the following interesting. These are some “wedding cake options” offered in different places around the world.

1) DUMMY CAKES. These are used frequently in both India and Japan. Sometimes the whole thing is fake, other times the top tier is actually edible. These cakes look genuine, but because most of the cake is not real, it cuts down substantially on the cost.
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Common Wedding Cake Headaches

Here are a couple of ideas to save yourself a couple of common headaches that many experience with their wedding cake.

1) The headache of the melted cake. Remember that if you’re getting married in a warm month, it’s a good idea to turn on the air conditioning in the reception area well before the cake is delivered. Unfortunately, many times it will not be on in the reception hall due to high energy costs. Read More…

The Best Cake Decorator

How do you pick the best cake decorator or designer for your wedding? For all of the advertising options in the 21st century, truthfully, word of mouth is still the best way to go. You should be able to get good advice from your married friends, relatives or co-workers. If you simply cannot get good advice from your acquaintances–or you just don’t trust their advice–you’ll have to shop by yourself, comparing both price and quality.
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Pink Lily Wedding Cake

Wedding cake layers need not be on top of each other always. They can be displayed and decorated separately as seen in this classy wedding cake ensemble topped with pink lilies.
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Lavender and White Wedding Cake

The classiest lavender-themed wedding cake ever! Need I say more? =)
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Patterned Pink and Chocolate Wedding Cake - part 2

The perfect combination of pink and chocolate in a wedding cake! The wedding cake “topper” is quite unique too =)
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4-tiered Pink Roses Wedding Cake

A very classy white wedding cake adorned with beautiful pink roses and pink ribbons.
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Black and White Wedding Cake - part 2

In this version, the black is added as an accent rather than as a part of the white wedding cake itself.
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