The wedding cake is a great part of the wedding reception that can truly speak to who you and your bride are as a couple. When my wife and I got married on September first our wedding cake was strawberry shortcake. We choose our cake because summer was just ending, fall was right around the corner and my wife’s favorite food is the strawberry. If you are planning a fall wedding this year perhaps you should consider one of these top five trends in wedding cakes.
Fall Wedding Cake Trends: Vintage Cake: A lemon icebox cake is a do it yourself vintage inspired cake. It was as if you had asked grandma to make your wedding cake. A lemon icebox cake is great for an early September wedding. The lemon icebox cake is made with lemon cookies and mascarpone cream and a bit of sweet honey. If you are having a fall wedding then a brown and yellow theme is perfect for the season and a lemon icebox cake is perfect for your reception.
Fall Wedding Cake Trends: Individual Cakes: Serving individual cakes or cupcakes is a hot new trend. You can head to your favorite spot or make your cakes at home. You can choose to have a cake on every table which would double for the centerpiece or you can have a tower of mini cakes and cupcakes. When you get individual cakes you also get more options of filling. If your wedding is in late fall perhaps you want to have some apple spice cakes, some pumpkin cakes, some traditional yellow cakes and some deep chocolate and decadent raspberry cakes.
Fall Wedding Cake Trends: Graphic Patterns: No where does it say that you have to have flowers on your cake. You can go modern and streamlined and have a large graphic be the motif for your cake. If you are having a fall wedding then you can have fondant leaves floating down your cake. Take a white square tiered cake and have leaves fall from green to orange to brown down your cake.
Fall Wedding Cake Trends: Ribbon Cake: Instead of all the fancy piping decorate the cake with ribbon. You can choose to have a clean lined square or circular tiered cake tied up like a brilliant package. Take a cue from the bride or the bridesmaids for the ribbon color. In the deep fall of November then you could have deep red or shining brown ribbons around each tier and top it off with a grand flowing bow.
Fall Wedding Cake Trends: Shaped Cakes: With the popularity of Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss think about having a cake that is outside the box. For a fall wedding you could have a cake in the shape of a pumpkin, field of acorns, tree or anything else you can think of to express the two of you. Perhaps you are both very political and met down in DC, why not have a cake that is the white house or the Lincoln memorial? Fall is the end of baseball season and the beginning of football season so why not have a cake that is the stadium of your favorite sports team? With a shaped cake the options are endless.
Fall Wedding Cake Trends: Conclusion: Have fun with whatever you choose for the outside of your fall wedding cake. Choose a filling that you both love and that is seasonal so that when your anniversary rolls around you can have a cookie, cupcake or slice of cake with that same flavor and let the sense memory take you back to the day you said “I do.
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http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/diy-wedding-cakes?lpgStart=1¤tslide=1¤tChapter=1#ms-global-breadcrumbs
