Wedding Cake Ideas with Pictures

Choosing a Wedding Cake, Step by Step.

Many brides are looking for wedding cake ideas to help them decide on the type of wedding cake they want for their wedding. It's no wonder though, as there are so many wedding cake designs and ideas to choose from.

Wedding cake decorating ideas are very much like fashion accessories. Not all outfits suit a scarf, belt, boots or dangly earrings. If you over accessorise, it can look like a travesty. Sometimes less is more.

Fairy Godmother tip; the simpler the design the better, as it all needs to work in harmony. In this case, it needs to tie in with the wedding theme and be colour coordinated. As there are many variations, you may be stuck for which one to choose. So how do you know where to start?

The 5 Step Guide: Choosing your wedding cake.

1.	The guest list You need to already know how many people are attending your wedding before choosing your wedding cake, as this determines the size of your wedding cake and how many slices you'll get per tier size.
2.	The style of wedding cake Either choose a single tier, a two tier, a three tier, a four tier or a five tier wedding cake. It can be any shape; round, oval, square, rectangular or hexagon.
3.	The flavour of the cake Your wedding bakery will either give you a choice of cake flavours or you may request your favourite cake. Just a quick note; sponge cake can not be tiered because it will collapse on itself. Denser cakes like fruitcake and mudcake are ideal for building tiers. If however you prefer sponge cake, separate single tier cakes can be made and be put onto different platforms so they appear like they are tiered.
4.	The wedding cake icing Will your cake be covered with buttercream icing, a firm smooth layer of fondant frosting (this choice is perfect for decorating with fresh flowers and for handmade scuptured designs), a marzipan layer or real chocolate icing etc.
5.	The wedding cake topper Having a cake topper is optional, however if you do choose to have one, the most popular are fresh flowers, bride and groom figurines, the couples initials and funny cake toppers.

Different types of tiered Wedding Cakes

Here are some wedding cake ideas to get you started. Your guest list determines the style of wedding cake and how many tiers you'll have. Your wedding cake can be any shape; round, oval, square, rectangular or hexagon. It can be a single tier, a two tier, a three tier, a four tier or a five tier wedding cake.

1. Single tiered wedding cake	2. Two tiered wedding cake

3. Three tiered wedding cake	4. Four tiered wedding cake

5. Cupcake tiered wedding cake	6. Cakes wedding novelty

7. Separate tiered wedding cake	8. Platform tiered wedding cake

Some examples of Wedding Cake Frosting and Icing

What wedding cake frosting do you prefer? Buttercream icing, a firm smooth layer of fondant frosting, a marzipan layer, real chocolate icing, something unique? ...etc.

1. Almond flavoured marzipan or fondant frosting.	2. Fresh cream icing or buttercream frosting.	3. Buttercream icing with shredded coconut.

4. Two tone white and milk chocolate icing.	5. Different coloured fondant frosting.	6. Real chocolate flavoured icing on chocolate cake.

Ideas for Wedding Cake Toppers

1. Wedding cakes with fresh flowers as toppers.	2. Creative and unique wedding cake toppers.	3. Personalized wedding cake toppers of bride & groom.

Decorating Ideas

Decorating wedding cakes are a true art form. Wedding cake designers pride themselves on making the perfect WOW cake just for you.

If you find any of our wedding cake pictures and ideas helpful, show your wedding cake bakery.

They will be able to replicate any cake photo you show them. They will even come up with unique wedding cake decorating ideas to enhance your dream wedding cake.