Wedding Cake Ideas

Want to try your hand at wedding cake making but don't know where to start? Getting married can trigger all sorts of latent creative talents and wanting to design and bake your own wedding cake can be one of them!

As the wedding cake is a major focal point at the wedding reception you may be considering "owning it" and want to create a stunning masterpiece yourself. If it's an irresistible urge yet you don't have the first clue where to start with wedding cake making, first consider your wedding cake style and design. A good place to start is of course My Wedding Cake Ideas Gallery. Just remember, the wedding cake designers we feature are the best of the best and if you really do want to tackle the project yourself keep it simple!

If you need a confidence boost why not check out your favourite designers in more detail and see if they offer master classes where you get to learn from the experts. Many wedding cake designers offer cake making and design courses for different skill levels.

You get to have fun, learn new skills and get creative, you can really see if wedding cake making is for you or if you really should leave it to the experts!

Designers offering classes are: The Big Wedding Cake Company

Cheese wedding cakes offer an alterative to a sweet wedding cake.  It's a thoughtful option for a couple who just prefer cheese and savouries to a more conventional sweet based wedding cake.

If you have decided to opt for a cheese wedding cake then think through how it will fit into your wedding day festivities.  It can be easily incorporated into your wedding feast and will be a cheese course for your guests to really talk about!

Serving up your cheese wedding cake to your guests along with fruit cheeses, jellies, pickles, savoury biscuits and all of the other complementary goodies you like to eat your cheeses with will be a really indulgent treat for cheese lovers.

Be bold and consider cheese wedding cakes for your wedding cake!

Wedding cake table design can be straightforward to arrange, you simply need to consider just a few things before the big day.

Make sure that your wedding cake table is set out in a visible but not awkward position for your guests to view.  The wedding cake tables surrounds need to be considered for the photographs ie note what is on the walls behind the table, you won't want anything unsightly to spoil your photographs.

This wedding cake table has been set out against a plain wall in a shady spot for this outside wedding.  The wedding cake table is dresssed with a table cloth and complimentary flowers have been arranged strategically to get the most out of the display.  The brides wedding flowers have also been included.

Just a few simple considerations and you are all set for a great looking wedding cake table ready for the wedding cake cutting ceremony and lots of lovely wedding photographs!

Cutting a wedding cake symbolises the first task the married couple undertake together.  In some ceremonies, once the wedding cake is cut, it is fed to the bride by the groom and then by the bride to the groom.  This signifies the promise that they will provide for one another.

After taking so much time to get your perfect wedding cake make sure you take plenty of memorable photographs before, during and after the wedding cake is cut to get the most from the whole wedding cake experience.

Once the wedding cake has been ceremonially cut by the married couple the wedding cake is usually whisked away to be cut for your wedding guests to either enjoy as a dessert or to take away with them and it is also sent out to those wedding guests that were unable to attend.

Some thought and consideration needs to go into deciding how your want your wedding cake to be cut, not only for the wedding cake cutting ceremony.  You may wish to keep the top tier in a traditional manner for the christening of your first child.  You may wish to keep the wedding cake for yourselve and serve your guests with cut slices from square cutting cake ideal for ease of serving quickly and making it easier for accurate portion sizes. 

Always ask your cake designer and baker for the best way to serve and handle your wedding cake and how to cut a wedding cake as they will be able to guide you through the process.

 Don't forget your wedding cake cutting songs!