Nowadays, wedding cakes have become not only a compulsory treat at the wedding table, but also a bright accent that completes the celebration. That is why its decor and decoration is given special importance: some couples opt for delicate and classic compositions, others prefer nontrivial and original decors, and still others acquire cupcakes.
Types of products
To date, the confectionery industry offers cakes for every taste. Newlyweds can choose the style and shade of a sweet dessert that will meet the general concept of the holiday. In general, wedding cakes can be:
- single or multi-tiered;
- with and without inscriptions;
- portioned.
Moreover, in recent years, it is the latter option that is rapidly gaining more and more popularity, since such a treat is convenient to serve, and it looks extremely stylish.
With mastic and cream
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 option for a classic wedding, especially if not all guests like the taste of such a sweet coating. Wedding cakes give great scope 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.
Sugar Cookies
Another hit in recent years has been the creation of a sweet treat in the form of a multi-tiered shortcake or sugar cookie, which is decorated with cream, chocolate drawings 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 tastes in one treat. However, try not to overdo it - you should not choose more than 7-8 tastes at a time.
With fruits and berries
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 cakes for honeymooners. Nevertheless, despite the fact that all these decors remain at the peak of popularity, their number is changing. The trends of recent years dictate their own fashion, and now the design of desserts is becoming either excessive, or, on the contrary, extremely laconic and minimalistic.
Naked cakes
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 over the coming years, such treats will remain one of the hits for the bride and groom. In addition, the fashion for brown chocolate cakes is returning again.
Vintage
The vintage that burst rapidly into our lives and the Shabby chic close to it made their own adjustments to the decorations 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, white, as well as gold and beige shades prevail in them. One of the latest trends is considered to be a vintage cake with hand-painted watercolor painting, while the theme of the decor can be very diverse: it includes graphics, graffiti, and even images of young people, styled "antique".
Cakes made of sweet openwork are especially popular. They are designed in soft pastel shades and decorated with white and brown lace made from food mastic and chocolate. Black lace cakes are considered truly delightful. 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.
In vintage style, floral themes are still popular. Confectioners usually decorate desserts with large daisies, feces, roses and orchids. Equally popular are traditional ribbons with sugar bows made of mastic. Probably, a single-tier snow-white cake with a chic bow on the side, fully imitating a fabric, is rightfully considered the dream of any bride and creates a special atmosphere of the celebration.
With fresh flowers
No wedding is complete without vibrant, luxurious flowers. They are considered an indispensable attribute of a wedding celebration: they decorate the wedding procession with flowers, they are used to create hairstyles and, of course, make up a bouquet for the bride and groom. And now the flowers began to be used in decorating a sweet treat-cake. Such treats create a feeling of amazing chic, luxury and crazy extravaganza. In recent years, it has become fashionable to decorate cakes with roses of delicate shades, which in color are well combined with a bouquet of a young bride and a boutonniere on a suit of the groom.
However, the classic version of the decor of white treats with scarlet flowers has not lost its relevance - this is a rather simple combination, but at the same time the most advantageous.
Candy cakes
A very rare, but undoubtedly stylish wedding treat is a candy cake. Its essence lies in the fact that in the manufacture of treats, ready-made colorful candies are used.Such a cake will look nontrivial if you use sugar lollipops for decoration. Usually they are placed on the highest tier of the cake - this makes the treat bright and non-trivial. Some confectioners even offer future spouses to move away from the usual canons and build a cake entirely from sweets. For this, several types of treats are used, which are shaped like a two-, three-tiered cake. At first glance, such a treat is no different from a usual wedding treat.
With figures
For several years, the popularity of cakes decorated with interesting figures has not ceased. Such products are more individual in nature and fully create an atmosphere of solemnity and romance. Most couples prefer figurines depicting the bride and groom, as well as traditional decors in the form of hearts, rings, pigeons and a pair of swans. But increasingly, they give way to statuettes with images of funny animals and fairy-tale heroes.
By the way, figurines can be optionally gentle and romantic. If young people have a good sense of humor, then you can crown the cake with original caricatures, which will bring a note of fun and ease to the celebration.
From cakes
The latest trend in wedding fashion was a cake made from cakes. 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 pastries. Typically, cakes are combined into one multi-tiered composition and laid out on cake stands. Most often, cupcakes and miniature cupcakes are used.
This is very convenient, because the bride and groom will no longer have to try to please their guests by cutting portions of the same size - everyone can simply take the cake that he likes and enjoy the unusual taste. It is desirable that the cakes have different fillings, for example, fruit pastries below, cupcakes with sweet cream in the middle, and a small cake for young people and their parents with witnesses on the top floor.
For the design of wedding compositions, macaroons are often preferred. By the way, this dessert is considered one of the most difficult to make in the whole world, therefore, an unusual treat from such cakes will certainly be appreciated by all the guests of the ceremony.
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