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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What Cake Shape Fits Your Personality?

While wedding cakes are traditionally round, this isn’t the only cake shape you should consider. Here are the options most commonly offered:

Square: Square cakes look formal, but edgy. This modern look is great for brides who want a fondant cake with sharp, bold lines.
Scallop: The scallop edge on a cake looks less formal. If casual [...]

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Muppets Cakes

Image via angelaortizmusic on Flickr.
Love the muppets as much as I do? Maybe a Miss Piggy and Kermit cake topper is perfect for you.  A hand-made topper like the one above gives a classy look to your favorite muppets, but there are also non-edible muppet toppers available from online sources if you want a less [...]

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Simpsons Wedding Cake Toppers

If you want a fun Simpsons-themed wedding cake, the cake toppers at the aptly named SimpsonWeddingCakeToppers.com may be perfect for you. Starting at just $60, there are a number of designs available, but they all feature the characters you love – Homer and Marge. Best of all, they can ship anywhere in the United States, [...]

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Black and White Lace Cakes

One cake style that is elegant yet a bit more cutting edge than your plain white wedding cake, is a cake that has black lace or piping. We found a local cake designer in Denver that has mastered just this kind of cake. Intricate Icings in Denvers is an award winning cake design shop that [...]

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Butterfly Wedding Cakes

Spring is in the air! A butterfly-themed wedding cake might be perfect for your big day. Lots of bakeries have versions of a butterfly cake, and most are willing to work with you on your ideas. Check out these cakes for a little inspiration:

This cake has hand-painted edible butterflies and flowers. It’s from Pink Cake [...]

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Topsy Turvy Wedding Cakes

One of the latest passions in wedding cake design is the Topsy Turvy Cake. You have probably seen this on cooking programs like Ace of Cakes or simply in your local haute-bakery’s window.
Essentially these cakes look like they have leaped off of the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. The round cake layers are tall [...]

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Choosing a Cake You Will Both Love

What to do if you like chocolate and he likes vanilla?  According to wedding expert Roney Carley, you could serve a cake that has a different flavor in each tier. In fact doing this has become a real trend, probably because having such a variety of cake to choose from is such a people pleaser. [...]

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The Incredible Cakes by Colette

If you are not familiar with the incredible Colette’s Cakes, you definitely need to take a look before you order a cake from anywhere else as this woman’s designs are a cut above the rest when it comes to making incredibly detailed works out of fondant. Her works are so detailed and opulent looking that [...]

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