Themed Wedding Cakes
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Themed weddings have become an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional white wedding, whether themed around a colour, an era or a fantasy scenario. In order for a themed wedding to work, it's important that everything matches the chosen theme, including, of course, the wedding cake.
If your wedding is themed around a specific colour, having your wedding cake designed to match shouldn't present any kind of problem as this is generally just a matter of changing the colours of decorative ribbons and certain elements of the frosting and decoration. It's only when your themed wedding cake needs to match a specific era or fantasy scenario that the design becomes more complex and, as your wedding cake will be a one-off design, more costly.
However, because wedding cake design has been forced to move with the times, good pastry chefs will work with you to develop a themed wedding cake design that will not only look right, but that will also match your needs with regard to size and type of cake.
If you're arranging your wedding around a specific era, it's a good idea to have a custom wedding cake made in the style that would have been used at the time. For example, a medieval wedding would traditionally have had stacks of small cakes instead of the traditional tiered cakes we know today. By opting for a themed wedding cake made from cup cakes, one for each guest, your cake will be perfectly matched with the era. Similarly, if you theme your wedding around the Regency era, a chocolate fountain may be a suitable choice, with individual cakes offered to each guest.
Popular customisations include:
- Castles - for Renaissance/Medieval style weddings
- Butterflies - for summer weddings
- Icicles and Mountains - for winter weddings
- Musical Notes - for the any musically themed wedding
- Japanese - think gardens, ponds, koi carp and serenity
Other custom wedding cakes ideas include:
- Ghosts and ghouls - for a 'spooktacular' wedding
- Fairies - for the 'fairy-tastic' wedding
- Classic black and white - think Audrey Hepburn, martinis, Cuban cigars, goldfish in bowls.
Whatever your theme, there's always a way of making a themed wedding cake to match. Just remember that custom wedding cakes need to be ordered at least 6 months ahead of the wedding date, and work closely with the designer in order to ensure that the finished cake lives up to your dreams.
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