Original ideas for creating unusual wedding cakes

Nowadays, wedding cakes have become not just an obligatory treat on the wedding table, but also a bright accent that completes the holiday. That is why special importance is attached to its decor and design: some couples opt for delicate and classic compositions, others prefer non-trivial and original decors, and still others acquire cupcakes altogether.

Today, the confectionery industry offers cakes for absolutely every taste. The newlyweds can choose the style and shade of the sweet dessert that will suit the general concept of the holiday. In general, wedding cakes can be:

• single or multi-tiered;
• with and without inscriptions;
• portioned.

Quite often, cakes are covered with mastic. In this case, the desserts look perfectly even and very smooth, while the mastic allows you to get any color of the outer coating. However, some, in accordance with established traditions, cover the cake with cream and decorate with fruits and berries. A cake without mastic is a win-win for a classic wedding, especially if not all guests like the taste of such a sweet coating. Wedding cakes give a lot of room for imagination: young people can order a dessert with flowers, juicy berries, images of people, animals and fairy-tale characters. Moreover, cakes can be made not only in a standard round shape, but also in the form of a heart or a flower.

Another hit in recent years has been the creation of a sweet treat in the form of tiered shortbread or sugar biscuits, which are decorated with cream, chocolate designs or sparkles. This option is good if you cannot decide which cake to choose and order several different desserts instead of one to please all your guests - you can combine a whole palette of fillings and flavors in one treat. However, try not to overdo it - you shouldn't choose more than 7-8 flavors at a time.

Classic cakes, perhaps, will never lose their relevance, otherwise they will cease to be classics. Flowers, fruits, assemblies - all these are the most common and frequently encountered details of decorating bridal cakes. However, despite the fact that all these decors remain at the peak of their popularity, their number is changing. The trends of recent years dictate their fashion, and now the design of desserts is becoming either redundant or, on the contrary, extremely laconic and minimalist.

Confectioners note that in the last season, cakes with open cakes - the so-called naked treats - began to be in demand. Wedding decorators predict that such treats will remain one of the newlyweds' hits over the coming years. In addition, the fashion for brown chocolate cakes is making a comeback.

The vintage that has rapidly burst into our lives and the shabby chic close to it have made their own adjustments to the decors of wedding treats. There are a lot of ideas for sweet dishes made in retro style, and each of them is exclusive in its own way. Traditionally, they are dominated by white, as well as gold and beige shades. One of the most recent trends is considered to be a vintage cake with hand-painted watercolor painting, while the theme of the decor can be very diverse: graphics, graffiti, and even images of young people, stylized "antique".

Sweet openwork cakes are especially popular. They are designed in delicate pastel shades and are decorated with white and brown lace made from food-grade mastic and chocolate. Black lace cakes are considered truly delicious. Vintage in black and white has been at the peak of popularity for several years, which is why wedding treats in this style are certainly in trend. Black lace becomes the highlight of every wedding celebration.

The floral theme is still popular in the vintage style. Usually confectioners decorate desserts with large chamomiles, feces, roses and orchids. Traditional ribbons with sugar bows made of mastic are no less popular. Probably, a single-tiered snow-white cake with a chic bow on the side, completely imitating a fabric one, is rightfully considered the dream of any bride and creates a special atmosphere of a festive event.

No wedding is complete without live, luxurious flowers. They are considered an indispensable attribute of a wedding celebration: they decorate a wedding cortege with flowers, they are used to create an image of a hairstyle and, of course, they make up a bouquet for newlyweds. And now flowers have begun to be used in decorating a sweet treat, a cake. Such treats create a sense of stunning chic, luxury and crazy extravaganza. In recent years, it has become fashionable to decorate cakes with roses of delicate shades, which are well combined in color with the bouquet of a young bride and a boutonniere on the groom's suit.

A very rare but undoubtedly stylish wedding treat is a candy cake. Its essence lies in the fact that ready-made colorful candies are used in the manufacture of treats.Such a cake will look non-trivial if you use sugar lollipops for decoration. Usually they are placed on the very top tier of the cake - this makes the treat bright and non-trivial. Some confectioners even suggest that future spouses move away from the usual canons and build a cake entirely of sweets. For this, several types of treats are used, which are shaped into a two-, three-tiered cake. At first glance, such a treat is no different from an ordinary wedding treat.

For several years, the popularity of cakes decorated with interesting figures has not subsided. Such products are more individual in nature and completely create an atmosphere of solemnity and romance. Most couples prefer figurines depicting the groom and the bride, as well as traditional decors in the form of hearts, rings, doves and a pair of swans. But more and more often they give way to figurines with images of funny animals and fairy-tale heroes.

The latest trend in wedding fashion is the cake of pastries. The relevance of such a treat is obvious: huge cakes are quite difficult to deliver to the venue of the banquet, and cutting it is quite problematic. That is why treats with portioned desserts have become a good alternative to standard baked goods. Usually cakes are combined into one multi-tiered composition and laid out on cake stands. Most often, cupcakes and miniature muffins are used.

This is very convenient, because the bride and groom no longer have to try to please their guests by cutting portions of the same size - everyone can simply take the cake they like and enjoy the extraordinary taste. It is advisable that the cakes have different fillings, for example, fruit pastries at the bottom, cupcakes with sweet cream in the middle, and on the top floor you can place a small cake for young people and their parents with witnesses.

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