Make Your Own Wedding Cake – Couples Create Cake Magic Together

While there are countless talented designers out there, many a bride-to-be is opting to make her own wedding cake. Even couples are finding togetherness over a cake pan and icing. Creating your own wedding cake is one more way to make this special day unlike any other – and, for the budget-conscious – it helps save money over what you’d spend hiring a professional.

So where do you begin if you’d like to design your own wedding cake? While your perspective groom may not appreciate all this attention to detail, brides know that each and every facet of the wedding is important! Let’s start with color.

The color choice for the wedding cake often compliments the bride’s dress. Once upon a time, most dresses where white, but nowadays, you can use any color of the rainbow. The color of the cake can also match the bridesmaids’ dresses.

If your cake will be covered with fondant, the texture chosen for the fondant can reflect the texture of the bride’s dress as well, giving you lots of options.

What about theme? Are you and your future spouse avid sky divers? Maybe you share an interest in dog shows or doll collecting. If designing your wedding cake is a project the two of you will share, try using a theme or feature, such as a cake topper, that will incorporate an interest you both enjoy.

One clever idea we saw at a cake show recently was a topsy-turvy wedding cake which incorporated interests in the outdoors, which the couple shared. On each level sculpted figurines of gum paste and marzipan were engaged in outdoor activities, like skiing and rafting, producing a fun cake!

If you and your fiancé are more traditional, try a design representing charm and elegance.

Once you’ve picked out the color of your cake, you can move on to the theme itself. Here are a few examples of wedding cake ideas that can combine your individual interests or tastes into one cake idea:

· Fashion a wedding cake that compliments your theme. Are you having a Hawaiian wedding on a beach? Perhaps you both love horse riding and have chosen a Western theme. Others include Renaissance, Victorian and Vintage.

· Movies are popular choices for wedding themes. How about Gone With the Wind or a musical like West Side Story?

· If you prefer a whimsical wedding cake, use gum paste or marzipan figures to represent your individual or shared pastimes. For example, put your figures into a boat on a lake or create an artist’s easel for a bride who is a painter or a camera for a groom who is a photographer.

Also consider these design elements:

· What is the reception area color theme?

· What are your preferences for the cake’s flavor and filling?

· Would you like a cake that is stacked or tiered? If it will be tiered, will these use satellite tier stands or will each tier be placed directly over the one below? Perhaps you’d prefer a sheet cake?

· What shape layers would you prefer – for instance, square, round or heart?

· Would you like to incorporate cake charms or jewelry? How about an elegant monogram that combines your initials or Swarovski crystal flowers? Other ideas are silk butterflies or flowers, or a fancy or fun cake topper.

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