I do! The sweet taste of weddings Baked with love, elaborately glazed with sugar, wedding cakes are delicate,
intricate pieces of architecture that may take days or even weeks to create.
Over the years, wedding cakes have taken on a new look, the days when
couples settled for a fruit cake glazed with icing sugar and a figure of a man and woman at the top are gone. Modern brides want flowers, birds, shells, and other designs that are of interest to them, says Selena Wong, a Kingston cake decorator for the last six years. The cakes featured on these pages were made and decorated by Ms. Wong who does it as a hobby. She does not use fresh flowers in her decorations, instead, everything is created from sugar.
June has traditionally been celebrated as the month
for weddings, Ms. Wong notes. However she's far
busier during Christmas and July, when
people come home to get married.
Top tips for a scrumptious wedding cake
THE NEW trends in wedding cakes allow brides to have a wedding cake that not only looks good but tastes good too! Brides don't need to settle for the traditional white vanilla wedding cake with the plastic bride and groom on top any more. From fruit cake to cheesecake, icing to ice-cream, there are many decisions to make when it comes to choosing a wedding cake to suit you, your fiancé and your guests. Take a glance at the following tips to devise the delicious wedding cake you deserve. Have a multi-flavoured wedding cake! This is a great option if you can't decide between one flavour or another, or if you want to give your guests a selection of wedding cakes to choose from. If you will be having three layers of wedding cake, you could have a layer of chocolate wedding cake, a layer of vanilla wedding cake and a layer of rainbow wedding cake, something for everyone! For some extra flavour, have a wedding cake with filling. Talk to your baker about having a wedding cake filling made of white or dark chocolate, strawberry, mocha or preserves. What about using a modern type of icing? While the traditional soft white icing is still very popular, white chocolate icing would be a delicious, and surprising, alternative. Have a wedding cake with an unusual shape. At the moment, one very popular style is to have a wedding cake that resembles a stack of presents. This is a fun wedding cake, and generally has two or more square layers, is heavily decorated and tied with a bow. For a modern looking wedding cake, think about having your layers made in different shapes. For example, a square layer, a heart shaped layer and an hexagonal layer would make your wedding cake modern indeed. If your wedding will be having a colour scheme, decorate your wedding cake to suit. If your colour scheme will be rose pink, you could cover your wedding cake with small, romantic, pink rosebuds, either real or made of icing! For a special touch, talk to your baker about using some of the detail on your wedding dress to make decorations for your wedding cake. If you take a picture of your dress to your bakery they should be able to copy some of the lace, beading or other decorations from your dress onto your wedding cake. Get sentimental! Copy the wedding cake top your grandparents or parents used at their wedding. To make your, and the groom's, parents feel extra special, serve them the first slices of wedding cake you cut yourself, before it is taken to the kitchen to be cut and served to your guests. Personalise your wedding cake by having your, and the groom's, initials intertwined in icing on your cake as decoration. Add some accompaniments to your wedding cake for your extra sweet-toothed guests. Chocolates, fruit, sugared almonds or lollies can be placed on your guests' plates for a decorative touch. The look of the moment is a wedding cake decorated with fresh flowers. Some favourites include roses, carnations and pansies. These flowers can be made into cascade designs or other styles. For a simply stunning look, have one single, perfect, bloom on your wedding cake, such as a lily or orchid. Using fresh flowers to decorate your cake looks great and needn't cost a fortune.
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