Saving Money with Your Wedding Cake Shape

If you’re on a budget, every dollar counts when planning your wedding. Did you know that you can save money on your cake by changing the shape you order? Most brides choose shape according to visual preferences, but shape can also save you a lot of money!
Why? Well, first, certain cakes are harder to cut [...]

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The Scrabble Wedding Cake

This is one of the coolest wedding cakes I’ve come across in a long time – the Scrabble Cake! The bride says she did the decorating work herself in the three days leading up to her wedding, which is super impressive considering how perfect the cake looks. Check it out:

She even stayed true to the [...]

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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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Elopement cakes

Elopement cakes are just what they sound like. They are wedding cakes without all of the fuss and detail of the larger kind. Many people just use the term elopement cake to describe a cake that would serve six to ten people. A wedding cake, of course, can be created to serve many more people [...]

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Blue wedding cakes

One of the hottest colors for Spring 2008 is blue – and we have a selection of cakes to inspire and wow you as you’re planning all the details of your wedding day. And visit our sister sites if you’re looking for blue bridesmaids dresses or blue wedding flowers to compliment your color palette.
The first group of gorgeous cakes [...]

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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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Can you fake a cake?

Can you fake your wedding cake? According to an article in the New Zealand magazine STUFF, former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson did just that. At her most recent wedding to Rick Salomon in a private villa in Las Vegas, she cut into a four-tier wedding cake that was made totally out of cardboard. It was [...]

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Modern wedding cakes in San Francisco

I just came across the Web site for inticing creations in San Francisco. Owner Kelly Zubal offers amazing modern wedding cake designs, as well as re-makes on wedding cake classics. All the photos below are from the inticing Web site, and there are others online, so go check out the portfolio. Warning before you fall [...]

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Martha Stewart Weddings’ amazing cakes

The fall issue of the Martha Stewart Weddings magazine is out, and as the cover promises, there are amazing cakes inside. Preview the issue at the Web site but for the full, glossy view of the gorgeous cakes, buy a copy of the magazine. With all the tips that you pick up, it will be [...]

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