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Wedding Cake Toppers Designing

November 16th, 2011

The wedding cake tops are not only a part of the cake to make it look beautiful but also to show the personalities of the couple. The topic of the tops is selected by the groom and the bride and they select a theme that is liked by both of them. Based on the selection, the design of the cake can be different.

Some couples like to use natural sights. For a beach side wedding, the couple may like to have a sight of the beach along with the couple lying on the beach or walking on the sands. The romantic appearance of the natural toppers is very appealing to many couples. For most of the professional, designing such toppers is not very difficult. To add the romantic theme, a heart shape on the sand is also used.

Monogram is another great choice for wedding cake tops and it is not used in almost every wedding cake of these days. The monogram is usually the name of the bride and groom or their initials.

The monogram on the top shows the unity of the newly married couple. Using in a monogram is probably the first time the names are used as a couple.

Many couple likes to have a heart shaped cake top to show the love between them. Different colors and ingredients can be used to express the meaning of the cake.Many couple likes to have a heart shaped cake top to show the love between them. Different colors and ingredients can be used to express the meaning of the cake.

The Wedding Cake Topper designing are very interesting and meaningful. Instead of following the traditional designing, the couple should use the theme they like.

Unusual Wedding Cake Toppers

John Petersons has been contributing to leading magazines for the past 10 years. He’s also an accredited researcher on the subject for leading research institutes in the US.

Blue Wedding Cake

November 15th, 2011

A blue wedding cake may be a perfect choice for your dream wedding. Blue is always considered as a fresh color as it represents the color of our own earth, the sky, water etc. The color mostly implies calmness, coolness, depth and a refreshing color which is the favorite of the masses. A square covered in tiffany’s blue fondant and topped with a contrast combination of edible white bow.

Some non- trendy color combination for wedding ceremony and the cake is very popular in wedding designs. Say for example, a wedding gown with a sash color complementing the wedding party is on a rise. Opt for that color which your heart desires, be it delicious butter cream or malleable fondant, and color it blue. Get your cake decorated with periwinkle hydrangea or bluebells. A different idea is to use a live flower and hire a florist to create a natural look, a garden for your cake or get it done of sugar or frosting.

To prepare a modern cake, you can merge contrasting colors like blue and brown. A rich, dark chocolate cake covered in blue tinted fondant will not only look ravishing, but tasty too. For a classier look, detail out the decoration material. On the other hand for a casual, outdoor wedding or beach side weddings, have a cake decorated with blueberries. It will still keep in something blue, and will be a refreshing delicacy for your guests.

Blue wedding cakes mostly suit all kinds of wedding themes like beach theme or winter themes. There are many different shapes, sizes and hues. There are various shades of blue available, like aqua blue, dark or navy blue, bright blue, azure blue, baby blue etc. Cakes look extremely beautiful in these colors and if topped with natural or edible white seashells, will add beauty to the cake. Depending on the wedding themes, location, you can plan the cake style, color and all what you can expect.

Moving on to the flavors, there are popular flavors like dark chocolate, cheesecakes, mud cakes, coconut cream flavor, cherry flavors, sponge cakes, etc. Blue color can be termed as universal, as the blue wedding cakes suit all generations. In the wedding ceremony, a wedding cake plays an important role as it is one of the talked about attraction. It speaks a lot about the personal style and taste of the wedding couple. Blue wedding cakes surely do that by providing a feel of novelty and pleasure amongst the guests and the wedding couple. A wedding ceremony beneath the cool blue sky with a blue wedding cake completes the experience of a modern-day wedding.

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Best Wedding Cake Toppers

November 14th, 2011

If someone asks me what make the wedding cakes special? The thing that comes quickly in my mind is cake toppers. A lot of varieties of cakes are available in the market. A multi-tier wedding cake with excellent decoration and toppers are perfect to celebrate the special and memorable occasion in every couple’s life.

Theme based weddings are on hype. So the cakes are designed as per the weddingtheme. Some of the popular wedding themes are beach wedding, natural wedding, gothic wedding etc. The wedding themes are based on seasons too, such as winter, fall, spring theme etc.
The cakes are perfectly designed as per the wedding theme. The cakes are available in various shapes and sizes. The white, pink, coral, black and white are some of the popular cake colors.

The wedding toppers come in huge variety and types such as edible and fancy. The edible cake toppers are made of fresh cream and additives. Some of the adorable cake toppers are the wedding couple in a romantic pose, the topper is designed so beautifully that the bride resembles a fairy and the groom resembles the prince charming.

If the couple selects the Christmas wedding theme, the toppers are designed as the couple sitting in a sledge waving the hands and the scenario or Christmas is depicted as Santa standing under the Christmas tree.

Now- a-days black and white wedding cakes are also popular. So many exciting toppers are available such as flowers, butterflies, hearts etc. One can put the initials of the bride and the groom too. You can select the natural flowers as toppers. In this case there will be bounty of options available, such as red, yellow etc.

If the couple selects the beach wedding theme then various cake toppers available are shells, conches, mermaids and the couple in a ship waving hands etc.

The cake toppers are natural or edible as well as artificial. Each and every fragment of the topper, it may be flowers etc. the individual petals are prepared and maintained at the required low temperature.

The cakes placed on beautifully decorated stands and with exciting toppers look simply great.

Many people prefer cupcakes too. So the top layer of the cupcake wedding cakes is beautifully placed on the cake stand and the toppers are placed on that.

The wedding cake is special and the cake toppers add to their beauty.

 

Avika Roy is a good writer of Gift Ideas and Wedding Cakes

 

Buying Wedding Cake Toppers

November 13th, 2011

It has often been said that there are three main ingredients to any wedding. The bride, the groom, and the cake for the wedding – not necessarily in that order. And many would probably agree that the most important part of the wedding cake is the cake topper.

These cake toppers are ornaments or figurines that sit on top of the wedding cake during the wedding ceremony. At the end of the wedding ceremony, the cake toppers are retained by the bride and groom and kept by them as keepsakes and a reminder of their wedding day.

Cake toppers come in many different forms. They can be funny, serious, outlandish, staid – in other words, whatever the couple decides that they like. The important thing is that whichever one you choose should represent your feelings as a couple towards each other.

Some of the more higher priced and popular cake topper providers do not keep much merchandise on their shelves.

Instead, they will custom design and create cake toppers for their clientele. Understandably, wedding cake toppers bought from these establishment are normally non-refundable. Keep this fact in mind if you are leaning towards a custom made solution.

But even if you can’t afford a custom made solution or decide that you don’t need or want a fully custom made cake topper, this doesn’t meant that you are limited to settling for “off the shelf” items. Many providers will allow you to buy customized toppers and will also give you a plethora of choices to embellish and customize them with different accessories.

Some of the most unique and beautiful wedding cake toppers are made of hand blown glass. In the hands of a skilled artisan such a topper becomes a unique work or art that has value even if it weren’t set atop a wedding cake.

One of the premier artists in this field is Frank J. Horvath who has been creating and refining his craft for over thirty years. You can find his work at various sites on the Internet.

Porcelain is another material that many artist use to create unique works of art. Porcelain designed cake toppers add a touch of elegance to what might ordinarily be considered a simple design. Glazed porcelain is a very popular choice, especially among traditionalists who simply love its beauty. These toppers are considered fine china by many.

As the years pass and cultures change, it becomes more evident each day that there really is no such thing as a “standard” wedding cake topper. Today, even the most mundane and ordinary wedding services provider will be able to offer a slew of custom and unique cake toppers that will make the normal bride very happy.

Wedding cakes have a reputation as being more for show than taste. And, all in all, the wedding cake topper is a “showpiece” for the cake. It’s meant to dramatize and highlight the beginning of a new life for the just married couple and to serve as an indelible memory of this special day in their lives.

Jill Viland writes articles on children, weddings, and wedding related topics. For her latest article on wedding cake toppers – custom please visit her web page.

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Best Wedding Cake Stands

November 12th, 2011

Wedding cake is the most important desert in a wedding ceremony. The cake is normally large, multiple layers and beautifully decorated with fresh cream and icing. Most of the time, small statue of bridge and bridegroom is included on the cake. Other accessories such as kitty cat couple and crystal dove pairs are used to decorate the cake. Wedding cake stands are used to support the multiple layers cake. Here are some of the best wedding cake stands around.

Round Gallery Stand

The first one on the list is the Round Gallery stand. This type of stand is made of metal and glasses. It features a shredded frosted glass plateau with sculptured metallic design. It does not cost much and very affordable, just around , to have this simple but elegant wedding cake stand.

White Horse Carriage Stand

This type of stand comes in multiple tiered.

A 3-tiers wedding cake stand will have three layers of cake on it. The iron design for the stand includes white ceramic horses and carriage with folding plate. Some of the common colors are lime green, champagne, pearl white and date red.

Roman Romance Stand

This artistic stand is inspired by the roman romance story of everlasting love. The most important feature of this beautiful stand is its scroll work. The scroll pattern featured with wave’s movement embossed on the sides of this stands. It is also attached to the top perimeter for creating a remarkable presentation for the cake.

Silk Wedding Flowers Stand

Silk wedding flowers stand displaying multiple tiered buffer servers with chrysalis glass plates.

The top is decorated by a few single pieces of metal finial. The bottom part of the stand is also decorated by two pieces of folded silk cotton.

There are many other type of stands apart from the one mentioned above. However, the best wedding cake stands are simple but elegant and beautiful.

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Selecting Wedding Cake Recipes

November 11th, 2011

Have you ever considered wedding cake recipes? After all, most people don’t put much thought into the cake that is meant to be eaten, and instead focus mostly on the exterior design of the cake instead. The reason that the recipe for a cake always matters, however, has a lot to do with the taste of the cake and the fact that it has to be able to hold up under the demands of the frosting. This is particularly true where a wedding cake is concerned because it often has layers and tons of decorative work.

So, how can a baker go about choosing the right recipes? It all begins with the essential design of the cake in question. Will the cake have to survive being stacked up in many tiers and layers? Will it be frosted with a very heavy icing, such as a rolled fondant? What flavors will the bride and groom prefer? All of these factors are essential in choosing the appropriate recipes for the cake and icing, and it is often quite difficult to make these decisions because it is hard to know which factor is the priority.

First of all, it is important to always remember that the cake is meant to be an enjoyable and delicious dessert, and this means that the baker should encourage the couple to select their cake based solely on this factor.

It is tempting to make the cake more of a display than a food item, but that is missing the point. Picking the flavors and textures should be the essential issue, and only then should they move on to a discussion about the design.

At that point the couple will be told about the cake decorator’s personal preferences in icing or frosting in order to help them understand if there are any limitations due to their flavor choices.

What does that mean? Well, if a couple opts for a very delicate white cake, this may be unable to hold up under the weight of a heavy, rolled fondant frosting.

The couple may have to choose a different sort of decorative theme if they really want a truly delicate cake with their decorator’s traditional look or style.

The next thing that has to be considered is the general structure of the cake as well. Most wedding cakes are going to be put into tiers; and though these might be round, rectangular, or square, they will still need to be able to withstand the pressures of this scenario. A good baker can often make nearly any sort of cake a tiered cake, but the assembly process can become particularly challenging when a cake struggles under the weight of icing and of the manipulation necessary for stacking up cakes.

This means that the final deciding factor around any recipes for wedding cakes and icings is the way that the completed cake will look. Although many people get it backward and ask the baker all about the look of the cake before worrying about its taste and texture, the best bakers will always guide the couple through the process in the best order for optimal results.

John Knollwood is the author of “Cake Decorating Made Easy” mini course, please visit http://www.CakeDecoratingAnswers.com to sign up for it. You can also visit our website to find out more about wedding cake recipes.

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