Wedding Cakes

Charm City Cakes West 2013 Collection

Lately, it seems that many real weddings feature pie buffets and frosted layer cakes. And I love the easy simplicity of that. But, there is just something about a stunner of a wedding cake. These lovelies by Charm City Cakes West are more than dessert; they are works of art.

Top of Your Cake Inspiration Board

It doesn’t take too more searching to find some ugly cake toppers out there. For serious, what are these people thinking? Some of them are bigger than the cake itself! So I thought you could all use some cute cake toppers to look at. From rustic to glittery glam, these will bring that extra bit of style to your wedding dessert!

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Alternatives to a Traditional Wedding Cake

Are five tiers of vanilla buttercream just not for you? There are plenty of other unforgettable dessert options to consider.

What’s your favorite dessert?

Do you and your honey love banana pudding? Chocolate eclairs? Churros with dipping sauce? You could serve any one of these at your event. To increase their visual appeal, have the caterer serve them in cute individual containers.

Everyone loves a buffet.

A table filled with sweet treats will make guests of any age happy. You can vary the items, or stick with a theme. Suggestions for sweet tables: nostalgic candy, pastries, donuts, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, and chocolates. You can create themes with colors, flavors, or shapes.

Go seasonal.

Summer weddings are exponentially better with…

It’s Friday, So Why Not Look at Delicious Cakes?

Is it a little self-sabotaging to start off the weekend looking at cakes? Perhaps. But just like my newfound and shameful addiction to the teenage soap opera Pretty Little Liars, sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants.

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Display Your Wedding Cake!

While I do love a good cake topper, I prefer a gorgeous cake stand. Why? I’m practical. Chances are I am not going to re-use the very adorable personalized wood figurines of me and my honey. But a pretty cake stand in pink or silver or blue? Absolutely! That thing is going to be showing off cupcakes and cinnamon rolls and macarons every chance I get! Sarah’s Stands has the loveliest cake stands. You should check them out. Also, go to their site for some serious wedding cake inspiration. Amazing!

I really love this very simple stained soft maple. Perfect for rustic weddings!

I go back and forth on which one is my favorite. Right now, it’s the blue.

Modern + Mini Chocolate Cakes from Chelsea at Frolic!

Instead of traditional cake, consider giving each guest a cake with their name on it! These are refreshingly modern and easy to make!Cost: approximately 50 cents per cake

Supplies:
Your favorite chocolate cake recipe
Paper baking cups (find them here)
Parchment paper
Paper florist ribbon
White tags
Pen

Steps:
1. Bake the little cakes in the molds. Use extra batter so the cakes will puff up a little higher than the paper molds. Let the cakes cool down.

2. Measure strips of parchment and cut to wrap around the bottom of the cakes.

3. Add a ribbon and personalized tag.

4. Line up on a pretty table!

Buy it:

Any of the cake…

Cool Cake Toppers from Miss Cake!

Don’t get me wrong, for a shabby chic wedding, I love me some wooden cake toppers. But what if you aren’t going for a rustic look? What if you want something equally interesting, but more modern? Enter Miss Cake, British cake topper creator extraordinaire (but no worries, she does ship to the U.S.)! She makes these super fun, bright acrylic cake toppers quoting some of our favorite songs and using some fantastic fonts in the process.

A Billy Idol cake topper? The answer is always yes.

I love this blue and orange color combo. It really pops against a simple white cake.

Perfect for an “Alice in Wonderland” touch.

The middle school girl in me loves the heart in the “love.” The grown up in me loves the mixture of fonts.

Bobbette & Belle

Did you gasp like I did upon first laying eyes on the photo above? If the budget allowed, I swear I’d have a different wedding cake for each attending guest just to appease my irrational love of all things cake. And, as is evidenced here, Bobbette & Belle ain’t helping me in that department. You know what I mean? How does one possibly decide upon only one type of incredibly crafted cake?!

The glorious pastry wonders you see before you are from the minds, hands, and ovens of Allyson Bobbitt and Sarah Bell, the founders of one of Toronto’s top destination wedding bakeries. I’d gladly seek their counsel in making a cake decision even if it had me bouncing all the way home…

Peggy Porschen

Wow. Honestly, can you think of a better way to start off talking about these brilliant bespoke cakes by U.K.-based cake designer, Peggy Porschen? Well, I cannot. I’m too busy perusing these spectacular creations and trying to keep my mouth closed. They’re just beautiful!

Founded in 2003, the company is headed by the award-winning cake designer and Creative Director and her husband Bryn Morrow, Managing Director. Together with her talented team of pastry chefs and sugar-craft artists, Peggy is passionate about creating edible works of art that taste as good as they look. And, that passion is clearly evidenced by the amazing and elegant examples shown here.

Charm City Cakes

For years, I enjoyed watching Duff Goldman and his harrowing cake tales on “Ace of Cakes”. Now, this isn’t going to make me come across as the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I was so used to marvelling at Charm City Cakes ‘ creations made to look like buildings, airplanes, animals, etc. that I never even thought about them and wedding cakes. Duh! (See what I mean?) Not surprisingly Duff and his team make some spectacular looking wedding cakes. Talk about a feast for the eyes!

I’m especially fond of the cake above with it’s elegant but whimsical design as well as the chocolate folk art cake below. Which is your favorite?

(Oh, and don’t forget to check out Charm City Cakes West.)