If you are getting married in the spring, fun, fruity cake flavors are the perfect way to showcase the time of year for guest’s taste buds. Many bakeries offer a wide selection of cake, filling, and frosting flavors that are sure to please even the pickiest of guests. While white cakes are the most popular wedding cake flavor, something a little but richer and more festive is bound to be a crowd pleaser.
Cake Flavors:
The cake flavor you choose will be the predominant flavor you and your guests taste. Some springtime flavor options to consider are:
Vanilla
Orange
Carrot
Lemon
Lemon poppyseed
Orange poppyseed
Flavored syrups can also be added into a [plain white cake to change the flavoring. Some springtime syrup flavors are:
Strawberry
Rasperry
Lime
Filling Flavors:
You may choose to carry one filling flavor throughout all of your cake tiers, or mix it up and use a different filling for each layer of your wedding cake.
White chocolate
Cream cheese
Raspberry
Strawberry
Orange
Lemon
Lime
Frosting:
Skip the plain fondant and use a colorful flavoring for the outside of the cake.
Cream cheese
White chocolate ganache
Extras:
Extra edible additions will add additional flavor to your cake
Fresh strawberries
Fresh raspberries
Fresh bueberries
Sugar pearls
Sugar flowers
Combinations:
While the possibilites are truly endless and the sky is the limit when it comes to your wedding cake, here are some sweet flavor combinations to consider:
1. Vanilla cake with strawberry and raspberry filling, topped with fresh strawberries and raspberries
2. Sweet lemon cake with lemon and lime filling topped with cream cheese frosting
3. Old fashioned carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting.
4. Tangy orange cake with lemon and orange filling topped with white ganche.
5. Tart lemon cake filled with orange and topped with cream cheese frosting.
5. Orange poppyseed cake filled with strawberry, topped with cream cheese frosting and fresh strawberries.
6. Tart lime cake with lemon and cream cheese filling, topped with cream cheese frosting.
7. Orange and lemon cake with orange and lemon filling.
8. Strawberry and vanilla cake with rapsberry filling topped with cream cheese frosting.
9. Vanilla and lemon cake filled with raspberry topped with white chocolate ganache.
10. Orange and vanilla cake with white chocolate filling topped with white chocolate ganache.
To add color to your cake, have the bakery add food coloring to the frosting. Many bakeries can make the cake any color you choose, so have them match the cake to your wedding colors. Make sure you take a color swatch with you when you visit the bakery so they know exactly what hue you want.
Another idea to consider is individual flavored cupcakes. Cupcakes are becoming an increasingly popular trend and are perfect for springtime when people tend to eat lighter. Serving cupcakes will also eliminate the cake cutting fee at your reception. Choose to have at least two different cake flavors and fillings, and have the bakery add bright food coloring into the frosting. Alternate the cupcakes based on flavor and allow your guests to choose which one they would like to try.
