Types of Wedding Cakes

Wedding cakes is one of the necessary items for the wedding which is one of the most favorite of all… So, it would be better for us to know some of the types of wedding cakes that can be selected as one of the option for the wedding…

The main categories for the wedding cakes involved the following divisions:

Traditional wedding cakes

These are the evergreen types of wedding cakes of white color that have been used from a long time and hence categorized as traditional wedding cakes. The main stuffing includes the decoration of these cakes with the help of butter, almonds and cream which makes it delicious.

Flavored wedding Cakes

These are the wedding cakes that are preferred for the usage of different flavors of chocolate, strawberry or vanilla whichever your favorite is. And these choices make a large number of options that can be chosen for the ultimate wedding cake that may consist of a combination of all or some of them for your wedding.

Individualized Cakes

This category contains the wedding cakes of personal choice with many of the personalized ideas that can be either given by the person whom it may concern or the wedding cakes maker or specialist. This is also a choice if you have a restricted wedding budget.

Frosted Wedding Cakes

These are named so as to represent the creamy impression of these wedding cakes which are filled with a large amount of cream and an ICY EFFECT! 

Wedding Cupcakes 

This is the most modern form of wedding cakes that have recently spread like a wave which consists of a variety of different forms of smaller and delicious cakes. Wedding Cupcakes are easy to make (at home also) being one of the reason for their higher popularity and even the popularity has become so vast that we may give these a tag of being the most common wedding cakes used today in the wedding.

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‘Mini Wedding Cakes’ Tasty Wedding Favors

Mini Wedding cakes can be considered to be one of the good ways of impressing your guests and decorating the tables for the wedding purpose being one of the favorite things of most of the people...

Mini Wedding Cakes

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When talking about wedding favors, these are one of the excellent edible gift to be presented for your guests. This is one of the alternatives for those who want to be different in their choice from the traditional wedding cake.

For the packing purpose, wedding cakes can be placed in the transparent mini boxes that can be presented to your guests as the delicious and lovely wedding favors. After packing the cakes, they can be festooned by ribbon and will make very graceful wedding favors for your guests for being given to your guests as a charming treat.

Mini Wedding cakes within Mini Boxes

Not only as wedding favors but mini wedding cakes are nowadays used for serving as the desserts at the end of the wedding reception to all of your guests if you have planned another beautiful thing to be given to your guests as wedding favor.

Generally they are putted on the special stands made specially for them and a cake for cutting may be placed on the top of them. This type of arrangement meets the demands of both wedding decoration and wedding favor by providing the mini cakes to the guests after cutting the top cake.

If there is not very much concern about the budget, then you can make the mini wedding cake to be the exact smaller copy of your bigger wedding cake that will look according to the wedding theme and also as like the little version of the big one. Doesn't it sounds like a movie!!!

If you want to purchase these, the you may have an option of Bobbette & Belle, Mandy Special Occasion Cakes and Publix. And if you want to think more creatively and want to learn how to make these mini wedding cakes, then you may see the the making of these by clicking on video.

Mini Wedding Cakes with top cutting cake 

There is one benefit in ordering of mini wedding cakes that you will get a lot of choices of designs and colors for them. There is a reason behind this that there is no pressure for the maker while preparing for this as experiments can be easily done with these cakes following different shapes and colors due to their small size.

Mini cakes looks sweet and forms the choice of most of the people as a big statement of table’s dessert and can be used for other purposes also…

'Mini Cakes’ as Wedding Centerpieces

Some people just love the cakes and want to include the taste of them in all of their celebrations. If you the one of them and want to enjoy in the presence of cakes all around you, then you can have a option of the MINI CAKES to be the main focus of your wedding…

 

We can also take the thing in the another manner that the welcoming of the wedding guests can be done with the help of the beautiful wedding centerpieces of mini cakes as one of the main spectacular thing decorated on the sitting place of all of the wedding tables where the guests have to sit for having the dinner.

Placement of the Mini Cake

 
Mini wedding cakes can be placed in the center of the wedding tables and on the each one to be the spectacular item of the wedding as the wedding centerpieces. One of the interesting wedding ideas to consider is to place the number of the tables on the top of each cake and make them as the table markers so that there is no problem for your wedding guests to find out their seats.

Mini cakes as ‘DESSERT’



Do you want to add some of the more fun by mixing the wedding decoration along with the wedding feast? Then you can have that mini cake that has been decorated on all of the tables of the wedding guests to be treated as the desserts with all of them having their own of it with them. Just imagine how the moment will look like when all are cutting the wedding cake altogether and that will be one of the favorite moments of your wedding.

Decoration of Mini Cakes



Moreover, a lot of the decorative measures can be find out by the baker that have been hired by you for the purpose or by the person who have made the cakes by applying a lot of his creativity. Many of the beautiful colors can also be added that may be chosen according to the wedding theme. Single layers of the mini cakes can be purchased and placed on each table that will be fitted properly in your wedding budget also.

You can also have one of the good ideas of decorating the mini cakes by placing the fabric, tulle and flower-petals on the side of the mini cakes that have been placed in the middle of the wedding table. And with these, the idea is to place the pedestral and cake-plate along with the other things.

You should make sure that the delivery has been made one day before the date of your wedding and you also have to make some of the arrangements for the refrigeration of all those mini cakes. 

Now, we have seen many of the wedding ideas for the Decoration of the Mini Wedding Cakes for your wedding, so you may use them if you are going to opt for the choice…

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Chocolate Wedding Cakes

Chocolate Wedding Cakes comes under the option of the most popular types of wedding cakes and is the favorite of most of the cake lovers and for impressing all those in your wedding list, it is one of the best choices…

Types of Chocolate Cakes

You have a wide array of line for the section when it comes to the chocolate cakes and highlighting some of the best choices I want to share the following items:

• Devils food Chocolate Cake – A rich chocolate layer with a moist effect and a morsel of the this common variety

• Dark Cocoa Powder chocolate cake  

• Coffee flavored chocolate cake 

• Chocolate cheesecake – Richly flavored with a deteriorated crust of cookies. 

• Chocolate Torte – Richly festooned with the help of fresh fruits. 

Fillings for Chocolate Cakes
 
Peanut butter is the commonly used option for the chocolate cakes and by the addition of Irish cream it just become delicious without the need of any other addition if you want to keep it simple.

Coffee and chocolate are the extremely connected to each other and this can be analyzed by the boosting favor that is provided to the cocoa cakes with the filling of coffee without which this wedding cake cannot be competed.

If you are using the richest chocolate and you like it very much and you want to drown in the sea of chocolate then have some balancing effect with the filling of fruit. Fruit filing not only provides you with the balancing of the taste but also of the texture of the wedding cakes.

And for the fruit balancing, you may consider the additions of –

• Raspberry 
• Mango
• Lemon, or
• Oranges

Icing of Chocolate Wedding Cakes
To consider a general rule for the icing of the chocolate cakes we may add a phrase here: ‘For the heavy wedding cakes use heavier frostings and vice versa’.

Whipped butter cream is one of the choices that can be taken along with the devils food wedding cake for a traditional outer look. As against to this, Chocolate butter cream is generally used for providing a contemporary look from both inner and outer sides of the cake.

Melted cream or the other name Ganache which is more popular name for the addition of the chocolate pouring effect is generally used for the cheese cakes and tortes. The topping can also be done with the help of the fresh fruits for giving the cake a soft and lighter flavor.

These all wedding ideas might help you in making the wedding feast or the dessert delicious and yummy and impress the wedding guests for the lifetime…

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Wedding cupcakes...

One of the newer style of the wedding cakes that has become a replacement for the wedding cakes of older types and are followed in the modern wedding occasions are the wedding cupcakes…

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The best thing that makes these wedding cakes to be one of the most favorite of the brides and wedding planners is that any type of experimentation can be done using these wedding cakes.

And the reason for this is that you don’t have to make the whole of the piece of the wedding cake at one instant only. Instead the pieces can be made one by one with some of the innovation in the style of the wedding cupcakes and the final decision can be taken with the one that you have liked the most.

Wedding Favor

This is one of the opportunities that provide you a way of getting the wedding ideas for providing your wedding guests the yummy gift or the wedding favor for them. And this cannot be imagined with the type of the traditional wedding cakes.

Wedding Theme

You have a lot of dreams of making a choice for the wedding theme of your likings. And how do you feel if you feel if you are not able to find even a single item that can be easily matched with your wedding theme.

And cupcakes provides you a option to be present in your dream as the large variety can be adjusted or fitted anywhere for the wedding theme as chosen by you. If you are having the type of the Disney Wedding Theme or the stylish theme of fairytale style then you can include the cupcakes for it and thus make your guests to be happy.

Decoration of the cupcakes 

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Finally you are set with the goal of the setting of the final decision for the wedding cake as the cupcakes, then let’s start the decoration part for the wedding decoration of the beautiful cupcakes. Start with the addition of the wedding cake toppers and the sparkles along with the usage of the ice and addition of some of the stars.

The final wedding arrangement can be done by arranging the wedding cupcakes one above the other like a tree being stacked one over the other. This will look like a very beautiful arrangement that will definitely impress the wedding guests.

And if you have decided to give these cupcakes as the wedding favors to your guests, then the cake decoration can be packed within the transparent boxes. And then you have the ribbons left for the remaining decoration of your wedding cupcakes.

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Ideas for Choosing Wedding Cake for a Formal Wedding

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If you are going for any of the formal style of wedding, then there are some of the key points that you may kept in your consideration that have been described below that may be helpful for you to make the perfect choice.

The first thing that you have to make a note is the choice of the wedding location that you will going to decide and the wedding theme or the wedding tone of the wedding. This is one of the facts about the wedding cake to be considered because different styles of wedding have to be considered for the beach wedding theme and for any other type of wedding theme.

Cake Size and styles



Different sizes and styles of the wedding cakes are available that can be chosen by you, the styles of which can be searched in different styles of the magazines related to the wedding or any of the bridal issues.



 

As long as the shapes of the wedding cakes are being concerned, there are mainly round, square, hexagonal and table cakes that can be used as the wedding centerpieces are available. You may easily choose one for yourself!!!

Taste of the Wedding Cake 

   

For the tasting of the cake you may go to some of the selected bakeries that you want to prefer and can taste the cake stuff there and then you can decide about the bakery or any of the professional cake maker whom you want to give the order.

Some of the wedding cakes that are most commonly used flavors for the formal styles of the wedding cakes are as follows:

• White and yellow vanilla cake 
• Chocolate devil's food cake
• Liqueur based cakes
• Cakes of citrus flavors and 
• Cappuccino
• Yellow butter cake

Along with the choice of the wedding cake, the most commonly used choice of the cake icing includes the choice of vanilla butter cream icing and chocolate butter cream icing.


 
The last thing you have to set up with your wedding cake maker is to go for the flavor decoration and style of the wedding cake, so I think you may get the benefit of some of the wedding cake ideas discussed above in the making of the choices like this.

One of the most important thing while making the order of the final wedding cake is to keep the list of the number of the wedding guests that you are going to invite and also your wedding budget and plan accordingly.

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'Wedding Cake Toppers' Exaggerate you Wedding Cake...

Wedding cakes is one of the main categories that is the main source of highlight in the whole of the wedding and wedding cake toppers are placed on top of those highlighted thing, so it sound to be a pretty one like the former one…

  
Generally toppers of wedding cakes consist of the models of the miniature version of the brides and grooms in a variety of funny poses that may differ according to your choice. And one more thing that you might also have noted whenever gone for a wedding is the presentation of the models in the formal wedding attires.

Styles for Wedding Toppers

As time has changed, so the people and so their taste for everything! Same Is the case with the wedding cake toppers for which many of the choices are present nowadays naming some of them –

• Love birds 
• Doves 
• Cherubs 
• Silver bells 
• Cupids

The above are the options from which you may choose but you might want to have a different color as your wedding theme or personalize by the usage of different shape and size form the normal ones with a different style.

Materials for Toppers Making

Materials used for the making of the toppers of the wedding cakes and it consists of mainly the stuff of wax, glass, paper of cellophane and other types of paper. The items of paper are less expensive than the wax and glass.

Monograms

One of the styles for the wedding cakes toppers is the monogram of your wedding if you have chosen for such a style for your wedding and have fun with it. It looks just perfect to have an idea that have been created by you as the symbol of your wedding and love and highlighted on a beautiful wedding cake.

If you are a naughty personality then you may go for the selection of the funny type of cake toppers as one of the wedding ideas for your wedding collections. And you will get the etnic style also for the traditional lovers.

Overall it’s a great idea to have the wedding cake toppers that have been generalized as one of the traditions for the wedding followed by all and if you want to different then choose for a different style…

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Cheese Stack Wedding Cake

Make a style and visual statement with the help of the cheese stacks and represent your modern 21st century choice in your wedding with the help of the delicious and cheesy wedding cake…

  

Cheese Stack wedding cake is also known as the ‘new fruit cake’ as this has been originated somehow from the idea of fruit cake. 

Some of the features of the cheese stack cakes can be described by some of the following lines:

• Shapes of these wedding cakes can be made of different sizes having different diameters and heights as per the choice of the wedding party.
• A large variety of the flavors and quality of the cheese can be used for the making of these wedding cakes.
• These are a type of the cakes that are used for fulfilling the wedding that are going to be celebrated in a less formal manner. 
• Garnishing and making involves the usage of a lot of food items including grapes, vines, herbs, fresh greenery and also with the help of tomatoes.

Some of the popular choices that have made many of the people their fans with their delicious tastes includes the names as like – 

• Cornish Yarg
• Dorset Blue Vinney
• Vulscombe goats’ cheese
• Maryland cheddar
• Somerset Brie
• Somerset Camembert, and many more…

One of the best idea is to use this choice of the wedding cake at the end of the wedding buffet or we may say it like at the end of the wedding feast and make your wedding guests happy…

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