Red velvet wedding cake

One of the most popular of wedding cake trends is red velvet wedding cake. We’re not talking about a groom’s cake in the shape of an animal that, when you cut it open, looks like it’s bleeding. We’re talking a traditional wedding cake with a surprise inside.
This style of cake is based on an old Southern recipe for chocolate [...]

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The Jackie Kennedy cake

The wedding cake served when Jacqueline Bouvier married Jack Kennedy in the 1960s is still be used as a model for wedding cakes by brides, even today. Their cake featured five tiers and an intricate icing pattern, and was ordered by Joseph Kennedy.Â
According to Wedding Sutra this cake made an appearance at Pierce Brosnan’s wedding [...]

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Interracial cake toppers

We are all familiar with cake toppers – the traditional one features the bride and groom. The main problem with these mass produced toppers is that they usually they have white skin. You can also find bride and groom cake toppers that have a black or Asian couple on top. But it’s tough to find a cake [...]

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A cake with edible pearls

Edible pearls are not really pearls but rather hard candies that are coated with an iridescent coating so they look like the real thing. They are a popular decoration for wedding cakes and especially apt if the bride is also wearing pearls.
The nice thing about them is that they also come in different colors, such [...]

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The Donald Trump wedding cake

If you like orange flavored liquor (and really, who doesn’t!?) a Grand Marnier-flavored cake like the one Donald Trump had when he married Melania Klaus might be for you. The Trump cake was designed by Mar-a-Lago pastry chef Cedric Barbaret.
According to Wedding Sutra, the Donald’s wedding cake was five feet high, weighted fifty pounds and had seven tiers. [...]

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Icing flowers on your cake

If your wedding has a floral motif there is absolutely no reason that you shouldn’t have those flowers decorating your wedding cake as well. But with the knowledge that some flowers might be poisonous and shouldn’t be added to a cake, consider the possibility of having those flowers made out of icing.
According to the designers at Buckhead Wedding Cakes [...]

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A cake for the groom

The wedding is finally here. You’ve been a nightmare for weeks planning the last-minute details, not sleeping, and starving yourself to fit into that wedding gown. And who’s taken the brunt of your emotional overload? Your groom. So what better way to lighten the wedding day for him than to surprise him with a groom’s [...]

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The drunk bride and groom fell off the cake

I can’t recommend this cake for every bride and groom, but if you’re planning to have an alternative wedding, and your friends and family have a good sense of humor (or if you just don’t care), this cake might be perfect. At first glance, it’s hard to notice anything but the drunk bride and groom, [...]

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Ranunculus is too toxic for cakes

Decorating your cake with edible flowers undeniably makes for a beautiful cake. However you need to be careful not to use inedible flowers around a cake as a decoration or a garnish. For instance pink lilies, which are not edible, would look beautiful on many wedding cakes, but some people could have reactions to the pollen [...]

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New Cake Book from Mich Turner

Mich Turner just came out with her second cake cookbook, Fantastic Party Cakes. This follows on the success of her first book Spectacular Cakes, which was released two years ago. The books include innovative recipes for wedding cakes – along with gorgeous color photos – and her confections have been a hit with celebrities such as [...]

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