A limousine, an airy tender dress of a happy bride, a strict elegant suit of the groom, a gorgeous bouquet are the traditional attributes of any wedding. However, it is a wedding cake - this masterpiece of confectionery art - that will bring a special holiday atmosphere to a wedding party, emphasize the elegance of the taste of the newlyweds and will surely delight guests.
Features
A professional pastry chef with good taste and developed intuition should implement your fantasies. He will pass all your ideas through the prism of his knowledge and create such a work of confectionery art that will surprise all guests of the wedding celebration. The snow-white solemn cake at the wedding ceremony looks gentle and luxurious. There are many variations of white cakes with a symbol of fidelity - white swans or beautiful snow-white castles.
The ceremony of cutting such a cake should be thought out to the smallest detail - this is necessary so that it remains in the memory of the newlyweds and their guests unforgettable.
Varieties of Decor
White in a duet with gold is one of the most win-win options! This combination is stylish and luxurious. A sweet addition to the wedding with golden patterns, champagne bubbles, a delicate bride’s camp in a snow-white dress - all this personifies the further successful marriage of the newlyweds.
Gold or silver openwork paintings on a cake decorated in the Baroque style will look chic. The applied gold patterns will take the newlyweds and their guests to the era of ladies with crinolines and will remind of the gallant gentlemen of those times.A wedding cake will look great if you combine sweet icing with frills of complex shape.
To reflect a piquant note, tiers can be trimmed with soft blue and silver tones. The snow-white cake is decorated with delicate lilac ribbons, bright green bows, multi-colored rhinestones and spectacular Swarovski stones. White cream tiers will look spectacular if they are decorated with shiny ribbons from mastic. Contrast decoration with berries will emphasize the solemnity of the celebrated event.
A professional pastry chef will always be able to surprise your guests with his skill and create a true work of art, providing for the modern style of graffiti.
The shade of ivory or delicate cream will give a special depth and sophistication to the snow-white color. A professional pastry chef in such a culinary product will be able to repeat the lace ornament of the bride’s wedding dress. This option will give a special charm to the wedding event!
What shades are in harmony with?
Black and red colors on the background of a snow-white foundation in its combination gives a symbol of the passions that rage in the quivering hearts of the newlyweds.
The black
Black color should be added to the composition very carefully, at the slightest mistake you get an aggressive and unaesthetic look. Making a confectionery product of snow-white color with elaborate black mesh or elegant lace will make it sophisticated and elegant. The idea of inlaying a white cake in bulk with black “pearls” will add sophistication and show guests the value of the feelings of the newlyweds. Recently, unexpected variations of exquisite dark tones have come into fashion. Such design solutions allow you to combine contrasting bright colors with dark and snow-white color.
Red
The cake in white and red design will look solemn and unforgettable. A snow-white cake decorated with a large red flower will look very nice with a clearing of flowers in gentle pastel colors. A cake in the shape of a ship with scarlet sails will bring a chic effect to the wedding atmosphere - such a culinary masterpiece will remind you of the dreams of a dreamy Assol.
The combination of bright red color with pale turquoise and gold looks very beautiful. The cake can be ordered completely in red, decorated with white ornament. A snow-white cake with bright scarlet details will look especially solemn, and the decor with real strawberries will win the hearts of everyone around. Red additions can be different: from bright ribbons, flowers to all kinds of beads. You can try to depict the game in different shades, making tiers of different colors from pink to burgundy. Tones of liquor-red cherry look amazing and rich, which will decorate the white background of a sweet treat.
If you prefer and love the style of minimalism, then you can’t overload such an exquisite confectionery with decoration, it is enough to decorate with sprinkle and delicate scarlet berries or an elegant sugar bow.
Blue
The combination of white and blue allows you to play with the imagination of your guests. The blue color has in its arsenal many shades that are associated in spring with a blue transparent sky, in summer with the sea, which beckons during the holidays, in winter with hoarfrost on trees on a frosty day, and in autumn with beautiful raindrops that reflect everything surrounding shades of forest motifs.
It is possible to decorate such a cake with a combination of stylish flowers, a small bow or flowing shiny ribbons to match the confectionery. Cute and tender violets made of mastic look, such a masterpiece will bring guests closer to the Victorian style. It is very appropriate to complement the overall composition with small pancakes of non-contrasting tones, which are tied together with small light ribbons.
Mastic can depict a cascade of color changes from pale blue to dark blue, such a composition will combine the colors of the sky on a summer sunny day and on a beautiful dark night with its golden constellations.
A snow-white cake with blue floral arrangements scattered across the confectionery looks elegant, such tender glades begin from the top and descend in a cascade, distributed evenly across each tier. A combination of blue chrysanthemums on a white background gives a chic gloss, bows with blue shiny beads create the effect of precious stones.
You can make an avant-garde decision, and order a cake in the form of a gift box, tied with blue ribbons from mastic and a snow-white huge sugar bow. White cake can be decorated with delicate painting of thin blue or blue lace, in this way you will receive the embodiment of tenderness, elegance and sophistication. The base of the cake can be not only white, but also other very delicate, exquisite pastel colors. You can decorate with colorful beads, chic pearls made of mastic. Silver or gold beads spread the names or initials of the bride and groom.
Pink
One of the most beautiful combinations are white and pink colors, such an embodiment in a confectionery product reflects all the tenderness of a young bride. The combination of a white base and delicate pink roses traditionally decorated the weddings of our mothers in Soviet times.
Gold and silver
The embodiment of royal solemnity is a white and gold wedding cake. It is inimitable both on a gold and snow-white basis. The presence of silver and gold ornaments on cakes is very important; these colors have been considered a symbol of luxurious life and wealth for centuries. Silver and gold paints add to the details of jewelry, such as beads, lace, roses.
Contrasts
You can play with color as you like! You can experiment with the color scheme and implement various color schemes, adding delicate blue, lavender, beige, peach and aquamarine shades to the surface of a snow-white cake, images with roses, bows and all kinds of geometric shapes and ornaments. You can use these colors as a background on which a white ornament and pattern are applied.
If you are attracted by bright and rich colors, then experiment. Contrasting colors can be embodied in cake decorations made of mastic in the form of flowers, berries, fruits. Such a contrast should be in everything, the bride’s bouquet or the decoration of the banquet hall is no exception, so all colors should be combined in the general background of the ceremony.
At the same time, there should not be many bright accents, because oversaturation tires the eyes of guests.
A special work of art is a white-purple cake, consisting of a white base framed by a purple ribbon created from mastic.
The yellow and white sunny version of the wedding cake is associated with vitality and wealth. For China, yellow colors symbolize prosperity, and Russian folklore says that the ceremony, held in sunny shades, contributes to a secure life together. Amber shades brought to the wedding ceremony will create a wonderful atmosphere of happiness for the newlyweds.
The wedding trend in our time is a new color direction, called the ombre effect, which forms a smooth transition from light to saturated dark. Wedding cakes with a combination of white and green mainly order:
- in the spring, when nature awakens and wants renewal;
- in the summer, when the green environment pleases the eye.
Green color has many shades from very dark to very gentle mint. Bright green color symbolizes the revival and flowering of love relationships. Calm muted tones indicate harmony of feelings and success of the newlyweds.Most often, green color depicts plants on a white background, the interweaving of delicate lace, geometry. If there is a desire to give the culinary product the feeling of a sunny summer day with its natural green palette, then yellow is added to the green color.
See how to decorate a white wedding cake in the next video.
