Wedding cakes are becoming much more personal and less traditional. There are many places to get great ideas for a less traditional wedding cake. Take a sketch and written ideas to your baker, but be flexible. Some ideas are great on paper but structurally impossible, so work together to create a work of art that reflects your own personality and taste. Does this Spark an idea?
Favorite Place
Where did you meet your future partner or where did he or she propose? This can be the basis of a great wedding cake especially if it somewhere exotic or unusual. Was there a funny story behind your meeting or the proposal? Re-enact the story on the cake.
Mutual Interests
Sometimes couples meet at school, work or at a shared pastime. Your wedding cake can be built around that shared interest. School colors, mascots and logos are great for cakes, as well as work logos. Books, a love of fast cars, sports, hiking, camping or any kind of shared interest that made your relationship even stronger would be a good theme for your cake.
Destinations
Some people have a destination wedding for a few close friends and family members followed by a separate reception when they return home. The cake theme can be the destination where the wedding took place. If a certain type of traveling is a shared interest, such as visiting European castles or camping in your antique Airstream trailer, make that your cake's theme.
Favorite Characters
Some people love a book or movie so much that they base their wedding around the characters or plot of the movie. Disney characters, literary figures, cultural icons and specific time periods can all be reflected in the body of the cake as well as the cake toppers.
Cultural Traditions
If one or both of you have strong ties to a specific culture, why not incorporate that into your cake? For example, British wedding cakes are traditionally made of fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and topped with royal icing. The top layer is then sealed in a tin to be eaten at the christening celebration of the first child. Another example would be a French croquembouche, a tall tower of cream-filled puffs held together with caramelized sugar.
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