Searching around the Cake Photo Gallery this morning, I came across some fabulous wedding cakes I had to share.  Talk about showing off your style!

SweetCakes

Superfine Bakery

Superfine Bakery

Red Letter Events, LLC

Maples Wedding Cakes

Maples Wedding Cakes

Photo Credits: SweetCakes, Superfine Bakery, Maples Wedding Cakes, Red Letter Events, LLC

If you want to do something besides the traditional wedding cake, or even in addition to, cupcakes are definitely trending right now. We’re seeing cupcake stores pop up all over cities, and expanding at a rate close to the way organic food did! If there is a well known cupcake bakery in your area, another fun idea would be to get a really fun flavor individually wrapped and give them away as favors.

Amber Ocean Photograhic

Luster Studios

Jaclyn Marie Photography

Happy Buddy Photo Art

XOXO BRIDE

The Divine Cupcake

Photo Credits:

Main Street Fine Catering

Cakes By Creme de la Creme

Dias Photo

Creative Shotz Photography

Katherine Miller Events

Dessert isn’t just about the wedding cake anymore. The newest trend in weddings is the Dessert Bar. Many brides are opting for dessert bars comprised of various mini-desserts for guests to choose from. Wedding cakes can be extremely expensive, and many people don’t even like the taste of wedding cake. Having a dessert bar with different choices, and individual sized deserts can be a more cost effective way to serve your guests.

When selecting items for your desert bar you can choose:
1. A theme that matches your wedding: Parisian theme – choose colorful macaroons, creme brulee, pastries and assorted cheeses.
2. Desserts with your wedding colors: chocolate cupcakes with pink icing, black and white iced cookies, strawberry cake pops, etc.
3. A variety of desserts to please everyone: something chocolate, something light like sorbet, cheesecakes, etc.

You can serve these desserts buffet style by having a table set up with all the desserts on them (as did Amy Atlas in the photo above), or serve them family style with a plate of various desserts delivered to each table. Be sure when ordering desserts to order enough. Remember that guests will have a tendency to choose more than one dessert to sample, and you don’t want to run out before everyone is fed.

But what about the cake cutting? If you still want the look of a traditional wedding cake, speak with your baker about creating a small top and a larger bottom tier of real wedding cake, and then decorating several faux layers to go under it. This will give the appearance of a real wedding cake, and allow you and your groom to “cut the cake”. If you still want to give your guests the option of having some wedding cake, have your baker bake a plain sheet cake, with no special detailing. This can be cut and plated by servers in the back and then brought out to your guests. No one will be the wiser!

-Lauryn