Choosing a Cake Baker

Along with choosing a style of wedding cake, brides and grooms planning their big day must select the right baker. A set list of questions to ask each prospective confectionery expert will make narrowing the field a great deal easier. Issues such as budget constraints, what you have in mind in terms of style [...]

Cut Your Wedding Cake Budget

The cost of your wedding cake can really add up. However, you don’t need to spring for the most expensive, elaborate cake available. There are some easy ways you can reduce your cake budget.
Use a fake cake!
Believe it or not, lots of couples utilize fake (Styrofoam) wedding cakes these days. All the tiers are fake, [...]

The Cutting of the Cake

Now a prominent part of today’s wedding receptions, the wedding cake can be one of the most important details of your reception. Even more important than the cake itself is the cake cutting ceremony.
The First Cut…
The first cut of the wedding cake is the most important part of the ceremony. A knife (usually tied with [...]

Is Your Cake Smashing?

With all you have read, heard and seen regarding the ceremonious cutting of the cake, it is a wonder you are not confused on the day of the big event. If you are a traditionalist, this article might not be for you. Not to say that traditionalists are wrong in any way, shape or form. [...]

Icing on the Cake!

You’ve selected the flavor of your cake, but what about the frosting? How is it going to taste? How is it going to look?
“Like Frosting on the Cake”
Have you heard that saying before? The saying talks about how icing or frosting completes the cake. It literally is the finishing touch. Icing or frosting changes the [...]

Alternatives to Wedding Cake

Let them have cake….or not?
As the times change, so do tastes and customs. Yesterday’s idea of a wedding cake (traditional white, iced fruit cake) is starting to be replaced with a variety of types of cakes, pastries, and desserts. The many types of cakes can include cheesecakes, sponge cake, ice-cream cakes, and even a type [...]

Finding the Perfect Wedding Cake

It gets smashed into mouths, fed to one another lovingly, and sometimes, crushed under the feet of dancing guests. It can be fabulously ornate or elegant and plain. Some have rivers of champagne; others flow with decadent chocolate. Whatever the preference, today’s couples trying to find their perfect wedding cake are limited only by their [...]