The Perfect Cake Smash

If you and your groom have a fun-loving spirit and don’t mind getting a little messy, you might want to smash a little cake on your wedding day, as is traditional. As you feed one another a bite, don’t be afraid to playfully get icing all over your new husband’s face! There are a few [...]

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Victorian Charms from WeddingCakeCharms.com

Wedding cake charm pulling is a Victorian tradition that is still practiced in some parts of the world. After the cake is baked, silver charms with special meanings (such as luck, wealth, a happy family, etc) are pushed into the cake. Before the cake is cut, members of the wedding party gather around and pull [...]

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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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Traditional Italian Cake

If you are Italian and ever wondered what the most traditional cake would be for you it would be a fruit cake with plenty of almonds or a plain almond cake. According to an article on weddingscape, there is no ancient traditional Italian cake because in the past a wedding cake with almonds just did [...]

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White Wedding Cake Symbolism

The Maise Fantaisie site which practically takes anthropological looks at wedding cakes has supplied an interesting article about why wedding cakes are white. It is true that when most of us think of wedding we think of them as white because we think the same thing about the wedding dresses. This is because historically the [...]

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How To Freeze Wedding Cake

According to an article on Ruthie’s Cakes, In order to freeze your wedding cake properly you need to abide by certain directions. If you don’t, the cake can go sour. It is customary to save the top tier of the cake for sharing between the bride and groom one year afterward.
You need to first make [...]

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Mehndi-Inspired Wedding Cakes

Henna is a natural substance used in some cultures to create intricate temporary tattoos, especially on the hands and feet. It is traditional for brides and, in some cases, grooms, to have mehndi designs applied in the days leading up to the wedding. This practice is popular in India, but is also fashionable in other [...]

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Dragon & Phoenix Cakes

If you’re planning a wedding with traditional Chinese elements, you may want to order Dragon & Phoenix cakes.
Typically, these little cakes are presented to the bride’s family by the groom’s family as part of the engagement gift, and they are presented to the ancestors in worship or sent with the wedding invitations. You can serve [...]

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Serving Your Cake

Most brides and grooms have a cake cutting ceremony where they feed one another small pieces or smash the cake into their new spouse’s face, depending on the couple. What happens after that, though? Don’t assume that your catering company wll serve the cake (unless they baked it), and they might ask you how you’d [...]

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A Bride’s Pie

In the seventeenth century the wedding cake was replaced by a very unique concoction called the Bride’s Pie. This pie was sweet with a tart or sour taste and it was either made from mincemeat, sweet breads or mutton. According to the website maisie fantasie  there was a glass ring hidden inside the Bride’s Pie. [...]

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