Plumerias are bright and beautiful, with five soft petals and a scent that comes straight from heaven. Using them as a cake decoration is a wonderful way to add a romantic, tropical feel to your wedding cake. This cake from Bali Wedding Cakes is a perfect example of the beauty that plumeria flowers offer.

For a beautiful but less blatantly tropical example, check out this gorgeous cake from Maui Wedding Cakes.

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Wedding cookies can be an attractive wedding favor, an edible centerpiece, or even a primary reception dessert depending on your preferences and level of formality. Galaxy Cookies is a maker of themed cookies like the wedding cookies to the left. Wedding cookies are very versatile and can have fun and gorgeous decorations, including hearts, wedding cakes, initials, wedding dresses, or just about anything else you can imagine.

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Want to have your cupcake and cut it, too? Traditional cake cutting becomes moot when each individual cake is only a few bits large, which is why a combo of cupcakes with a small, regular cake can be a perfect compromise. Cupcakes are fun, cheerful, and pretty, and make a great wedding day treat, particularly for the slightly less traditional bride and groom.

The two options for the top layer like the one shown here are to cut it and perhaps serve it to yourselves and the bridal party, or to keep it afterward for  your one year anniversary. Or you could always have a separate cake made for the one year date.

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If you are preparing your own desserts for the rehearsal dinner, or if you are planning to have something special served, keep in mind that all of these same people will be indulging tomorrow as well. Keep them from feeling forced to overload by providing small, bite sized desserts or something very light.

Always remember, while you want the rehearsal dinner to be nice,  you don’t want it to upstage the reception! Keep things as simple as possible and leave the focus on your wedding day, where it belongs.

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This wedding cake is a dream and a half. White chocolate shards are used to create the unique look of this gorgeous cake, and the value is nothing to sneer at, considering the organic origin of the ingredients.

This cake, made by the Organic Chocolate Cake Company in the UK is created by a true innovator in the wedding cake industry, and the quality and elegance are truly something very special.

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You may have heard of the tradition of the groom’s cake, but what exactly is it, and what are you supposed to do with it? The groom’s cake is a less formal cake that often takes the form of the groom’s tastes or interests, like a cheesecake or the bongo cake at left. The groom’s cake can be served at the reception, in which case it would be placed on a separate table from the wedding cake. It can also be served as the dessert for the rehearsal dinner.

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Meet the Super Harlequin Cake from Sweet Sensations Cakes! This cake is completely elegant and gorgeous, with a round base and second layer and a square third layer before going back to the round for the top. The ribbon top makes it looks like a gift, but this is the sweetest gift you will see on your wedding day! The square section has a harlequin diamond pattern with pearl accents. Completely elegant and fun. Try mixing rounds and squares for your own wedding cake, and build your own elegant cake for your wedding day.

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If you are planning a fall themed wedding, a cake like this one from Carrie’s Wedding Cakes is perfect. This simple white cake is brought to a whole new special level with the lovely leaves in metallic shades of gold, copper, and a metallic green.

The placement looks almost as if the leaves drifted down and landed on the cake. Metallic leaves look elegant, but realistically colored leaves can also add fire and spice to a wedding cake.

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If you’re looking for a cake unlike any other for your wedding, these Two Sweet Sisters have you covered. They are currently offering classes to teach you how to make your very own spherical wedding cake like the one shown here. Certainly unique, probably hard to cut, but unbeatable in elegance, this cake is fun and exciting. Sometimes on your wedding day, you just have to play a little, and a gorgeous cake like this might remind us of that.

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If you want an elegant cake display, consider how your cake will be presented. While a very large or multi-tiered cake may not fit very well on a cake pedestal, a smaller cake would look perfect with an elegant display like this hand made glass pedestal available on Etsy.

Not only will a gorgeous pedestal like this display a small cake beautifully, it also makes for a wonderful addition to the new bride and groom’s home, as it can be used over and over to display your own cake creations in times to come.

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