A Tropcial Wedding Cake

You don’t need to plan a destination wedding to enjoy a tropical theme. The cake is a great place to highlight the theme by including a tropical design. From tropical flowers and a waterfall like this example, to palm trees and monkey cake toppers, your tropical cake can be elegant, silly, or anything in between.

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Metallic Cake

This Topsy Turvy cake is not just fun, it is eye catching because of the airbrushed metallic colors. If you love the glitzy look, talk to your baker about a metallic tone to your own cake, either in shades of gold, copper, and bronze like this one, or incorporating silver into the design.
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Multi-Colored Wedding Cakes

This bright cake from Just Temptations is but one example of how bright, colorful, and creative cake-makers can get when they are given free reign. A multi-colored cake like this one can showcase just what a creative and fun-loving couple you are. If you want to go color crazy, talk to your cake maker about [...]

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Chocolate Swirls

There is not much that can compete with a rich chocolate brown for contrast on a white cake. Whether you fancy abstract, like this cake from Collette’s Cakes, or a more regular pattern, the designs are both tasty and lovely.
Imagine the contrast of a swirl of chocolate atop a light icing. The flavor combination alone [...]

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Cherry Almond Wedding Cake

Sweet, tart cherries, almonds, and a bit of style make this an amazing Martha Stewart cake. The color makes it non-traditional, but not in a shocking way, and the tartness of the cherries along with the sweetness of their cousin, the almond, make a fantastic dessert for your reception.

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Reach for the Stars

Want something unique for your wedding cake? What about this beautifully starry creation? Perfect for a themed wedding (A Night Under the Stars, Reaching for the Stars), this cake is beautiful and elegant with a beautiful look that would be equally at home as the centerpiece for a romantic evening wedding or a total sci [...]

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Cakes Inspired by Dresses

If you’re not sure how you want your wedding cake to look, why not ask your decorator to takes some inspiration from your wedding dress. Lace designs, jewels, and ribbons can all add to the look, which will match your style perfectly, since you’ve likely chosen a wedding dress that you love. Here are some [...]

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Hat Wedding Cakes

If you love the look of a fancy hat, you can incorporate that gorgeous look into your wedding by asking your cake designer to create a cake with a hat theme like this gorgeous example by Cakes by Sue (775-883-4900).

Another great example of a hat wedding cake is this couples cake, with two tiers and [...]

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Black Wedding Cakes

Earlier this year, Bridella featured some beautiful black wedding gowns. While you may not traditionally associate this color with weddings, black can be a really stunning and beautiful way to create an elegance to your big day. If you aren’t daring enough to wear a black gown, consider having a black wedding cake. Here are [...]

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Robot Cake Toppers

I love these robot cake toppers I found on Etsy from user buildersstudio! They have a retro kind of steampunk feel, and are definitely really cute if you and your finance are into sci-fi/sci-fantasy or technology.

These toppers are a little pricey, but they can serve as collector’s pieces after your big day. You can see [...]

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