Wedding cake in blue: symbolism and interesting options
A wedding is unthinkable without a cake, everyone knows that. You cannot save on such an element of celebration. After all, the cake is brought out at the end of the wedding, completes the celebration, so to speak, puts a fat point and determines the overall impression of the holiday.
Surprise your guests with a treat in blue with crazy designs.
Peculiarities
For such confectionery products, the following features are characteristic.
- At any time of the year, the blue range embodied in a wedding confection will look advantageous and relevant. In autumn, the main delicacy in blue tones will embody the endless, clear sky, in summer it will remind you of the gentle sea, and will bring freshness and lightness to the spring celebration. In winter, a blue wedding cake will represent frost or snow.
- A wide range of shades and excellent compatibility with other colors opens up boundless spaces for imagination for newlyweds.
- The deep symbolism of blue makes it almost ideal for a wedding celebration. This color embodies loyalty, chastity, honesty and devotion, it also serves as a symbol of heaven and space.
Color combinations
The ability to blend well with other shades is an important advantage of blue. This advantage must be taken advantage of. If you skillfully choose the colors, you can create a truly amazing and original confectionery masterpiece. Our advice on color combinations will help you in this matter.
- A cake based on white and blue can be called one of the classic options, such a combination of colors will always be appropriate, fresh and moderately bright.
- You can add a yellow or orange tint to the blue color, in this case you will get a bright masterpiece that will attract the eye and cause admiration. It is better to order such a product for a summer or autumn wedding.
- Blue cake looks gorgeous with gold / silver decor. This play of color allows you to create noble confectionery masterpieces that fit perfectly into pretentious celebrations.
- Next to blue, a pink or coral shade looks original. This combination exudes tenderness, it is best suited for a spring wedding, saturated with romanticism.
- Bright cakes are created based on blue and red. This combination is suitable for courageous newlyweds who are not afraid of experiments.
- At a chamber wedding, a cake made in blue and gray shades will be appropriate. The combination is unexpected, but at the same time calm and original.
- You can add green or brown to the main shade. This combination will relax, bewitch with calm beauty and beckon with light originality.
The shades of the future cake must be chosen in accordance with the season in which the celebration falls:
- for a winter wedding, it is better to order a blue cake with white, gray or silver shades;
- spring is the right time to combine blue with white shades, pink decor or coral elements;
- in summer you can pay attention to blue cakes with green, yellow or red elements;
- for an autumn wedding, a blue cake in combination with orange, brown or dark green details will look relevant.
Successful design
The design of blue wedding cakes can also amaze with variety.
- Classic blue and white cakes do not lose their relevance. Don't know which cake to order? Feel free to choose one of the classic options.
- The nautical theme is perfect for such a treat. There are many options for the choice of decor and the selection of colors.
- Space cakes are decorated with blue icing that perfectly imitates the sky, strewn with stars.
- Denim is the choice of young and creative newlyweds. Such options turn out to be bold and extraordinary.
- Imitation of minerals is a new direction in the confectionery industry. Such options look amazing, resemble masterpieces, and it is even difficult to believe that they are real and edible.
- Prints are used in a variety of ways, especially in blue. The fantasy of the pastry chefs is working at full capacity. Even an ordinary print in the form of peas in skilled hands is transformed and embodied in an amazing confection. In addition, paisley, damascus and other solutions have become widespread.
- The ombre effect in wedding cakes is used very actively. Shades of blue in this style look very attractive and stylish. A large cake can use a transition from a dark shade of blue to almost white. Such a cake does not even need additional decor.
- Watercolor effects are a large area that is actively being mastered and expanded by wedding confectioners. There can be a huge number of options here: stains, prints with floral motifs, real works of art. This direction will remain relevant for a long time, so you can safely look at the cakes with watercolor effects.
- The blue cake might be inside. Blue cakes under white glaze, smeared with white cream, look very impressive. The white top is usually diluted with a blue decor that echoes the color of the cakes.
Which decor to choose?
There are many ways to decorate a blue wedding cake. Let's consider which one is right for your case.
- Mastic can rightfully be considered the most common material for decorating cakes. It is elastic, pliable, convenient for working with small details and for wrapping cakes of various shapes.With such a product, it is easy to make any wedding cake, even at home. Complex roses and all kinds of figures are easily obtained from mastic.
- Marzipan is similar to mastic but has an almond flavor. This product is also easy to work with. Marzipan can be bought ready-made or prepared at home.
- The cream can be created on different bases and have different textures. There are many different recipes. Creams can have different tastes and colors. It is from the cream that it is most convenient to make an ombre-style cake. With the help of different pastry attachments, you can easily make an original design.
- Many berries and fruits are blue in color: blueberries, plums, grapes, currants. On a white background, such rich and natural decorations will look bright and appetizing. The most successful application for such a decor would be its location along the edge of each tier and at the top.
- Fresh flowers are increasingly used to decorate not only wedding confectionery, but also other desserts. This is a modern trend that is actively developing. Fresh flowers must be placed in special flasks before being placed on the cake. Thus, contact with the confectionery product can be avoided.
- A wide assortment of ready-made edible figurines is offered. Many companies are engaged in the manufacture of such decor to order.
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