| Who needs that white vanilla wedding cake with | | | | geometric shapes. |
| sugary frosting? Do you want a wedding cake | | | | Match your wedding cake to your wedding colors. |
| that looks good but tastes like cardboard, or one | | | | White cakes can be boring. Consider edible flowers |
| that looks good enough to eat - and is? And | | | | for decoration as well; these real flowers add |
| would you put that hard plastic bride and groom | | | | color and a real touch of class and beauty, but |
| wedding cake topper in your curio cabinet? | | | | are totally nontoxic. |
| Fruit cake, cheesecake, ice cream cakes, even | | | | Have a gorgeous wedding dress? Dress the cake |
| chocolate with chocolate-dipped fruit - your | | | | up to match. Especially if you have a very unique |
| choices in wedding cakes are much wider than | | | | design, you can ask your bakery to match some |
| they were when your mother got married. You | | | | of the decorations on the cake to your dress. |
| deserve a wedding you like, and a perfect | | | | Look at real china, glass, or objets d'art to top |
| wedding cake for it. | | | | your cake, instead of the plastic figures. Lladro |
| Here are some ideas for you: | | | | figurines are a wonderful keepsake and look great |
| A multi-flavored wedding cake thrills everyone. | | | | with traditional and semi traditional cakes. Or you |
| Uncle Jack won't eat vanilla, but your husband's | | | | can go with a glass pumpkin coach for the |
| best friend is allergic to chocolate. And you have | | | | fairytale wedding theme, or something you both |
| one guest who is allergic to wheat products, | | | | love. |
| another who is lactose-intolerant. So get a cake | | | | If you just can't agree, have a groom's cake as |
| with multiple layers of different cakes: cheesecake | | | | well. Men tend to go for richer, heavier flavors. |
| on the bottom for Mr. Wheat, chocolate for Uncle | | | | One great wedding had a traditional tall white |
| Jack, and a fluffy fat-free angel food cake on the | | | | wedding cake next to a chocolate fountain, and |
| top for you. Your baker can help. How about a | | | | then a groom's cake, devil's food chocolate (how |
| filling for the wedding cake? To dress up an | | | | appropriate) piled high with chocolate-dipped |
| otherwise-bland cake or just one layer, fill it with | | | | strawberries, with undipped strawberries around it |
| chocolate, strawberry, or preserves. Or frost it | | | | for decoration and to dip into the fountain. Don't |
| with hard chocolate instead of traditional frosting. | | | | be afraid of being different. |
| Why are wedding cakes always round? A current | | | | Wedding cake ideas and other catering issues are |
| cake trend is one that looks like a stack of | | | | always changing. Our Wedding Planning Toolkit can |
| presents, decorated with ribbons and bows. You | | | | help you make everything about your wedding |
| can have anything you want; if you're both | | | | memorable, and avoid the traps and pitfalls that |
| Nascar fans, maybe a car shape, or a cake in the | | | | many couples fall into. Check it out... it will likely |
| shape of a rose or a castle. And don't limit | | | | turn out to be the most cost-effective tool in |
| yourself to one shape; you can make layers | | | | your wedding planning budget. |
| heart-shaped and have a square base, or use | | | | |