“I believe God is irritated if you walk through a field of purple somewhere and do not notice it.” Alice Walker (Paraphrased)
This article features the top five purple colored wedding cake designs. It also includes must know information for weddings seeking the moment in purple expression.
Purple is generally chosen because of passion for the color and its historical reference to royalty and pageantry. Purple is thought to be a soothing color combining the power of red and the coolness of blue. Purple is believed to bring a sense of spirituality to a wedding.
The color gamut of purple runs from deep violet to pale lavender. As a flavor, purple has some limitations that include plums, grapes and figs; not generally cake flavors. A delicate blending of lavender paired with classic French vanilla is a consideration for a unique exotic taste experience. The designs are influenced from the Near East, Europe, and North America.
Cake Number Five is the Purple and Lilac Beading Wedding Cake. This four tiered purple wedding cake has thin wired beading headdress coming out the top of the cake. It has a cork screw stand separating the second from the third layer by one foot, large end spiral on top of second layered platform ending with smaller end of spiral holding platform for layers three and four.
Cake is frosted in artistic air brushed layers from heavy purple to very light lavender. Hearts and circles adorn the cake’s orbit like stars spiraling upward. The cake sits on a silver and glass base platform.
Cake Number Four is the Victorian Lilac Cake. This is a beautiful three tiered purple wedding cake in round design with each round layered half the size of the tier holding it. It is a purple round fondant wedding cake with delicate scroll and floral artistry. White roses sit atop this purple wedding cake.
This cake sits on a silver platform base with silver ribbon at the base of each layer. The cake is frosted in smooth purple with heavy purple trim.
Cake Number Three is the Purple Bamboo Cake. This is a three tiered Asian style white and purple square wedding cake with green Bamboo. Decorated with purple orchids and stone pebbles.
Purple tapestry runs from the base of the cake up the sides of the cake to the top. The bamboo forms the base of each layer and with the purple orchids at the top of the cake complete the crowning headdress. This cake sits on a multicolored amber highlighted base platform.
Cake Number Two is the Purple Passion Cake. This cake is a four tiered cake on a gold base platform. The foundation of each layer is deep purple trim with white floral design ascending. Floral arrangements of lilacs adorn the base tier on each corner and as the crown headdress.
Different designs are presented for each tier level. Levels one, two and three are floral designs. Level four is protruding dots. This cake is accented with a vase of lilacs with cascading purple ribbon.
Cake Number One is the Crown Purple Wedding Cake comes with eastern flair. This cake is a three tiered cake with multiple designs and the mix of the color gold with the dominant purple. It reeks of royalty from an ancient time.
The base platform is dark purple trimmed in gold lace. The first layer of the cake is gold and hexagonal with ornate line print tapestry, pearls, and purple jewels. The second layer is white with gold highlighted artistry. The third layer is the purple orb with a cap purple center. From the center line of gold adorn the orb with hearts descending between the golden lines.
You don’t have to be Prince to have a fascination for purple. Purple is designed to enhance the special moments that crown the privilege of human life and ceremony.
