Unique Elegant Cakes
A new trend managed to twist the minds and hearts of our modern newlyweds. This trend is fresh, contemporary and very playful. We’re talking about the chevron pattern, yes! We ourselves are pretty impressed with this way of decorating a wedding and we must confess that we find it very tricky and eye-catchy. It can suit different types of weddings due to its versatility. We didn’t expect to see it in elegant indoors weddings, but we did remarked it in both casual and formal celebrations.
One can never decipher the wedding trends, especially when they are in a continuous process of changing. Chevron is ideal for beach weddings because of its refreshing feel. If you use it in white and blue you will see just how delightful and how well it can suit your seaside wedding! Use it in white and green and have an eco-friendly party! Use it for a white and red theme and update its traditional aspect. The zig-zag stripes can make any popular colors look inedited and unique.
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This pattern is nowadays used even in more colors. No one should feel limited to utilize it only in a bicolor scheme. White is essential because it gives its specific look. But you can add many other hues and make your wedding theme look more sophisticated and diversified. If you want to go more modern with your wedding yet propose a little bit of the retro vibe, use chevron as your wedding theme. Don’t be afraid to play with colors, but make sure that your mix is soft to the eyes and adequate for your wedding formality and venue.
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Very popular and beloved by our modern couples, Chevron is still full of unique resources. As we said above, the secret is in the colors you’re using. One can never consume all options because there are numberless ways of combing and mixing different colors. This pattern can be inserted in anything, starting with the invitations and stationery and ending with the cake and the guest favors. We have a few pretty ideas of chevron wedding cakes and we are very excited to share them with you.
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These cakes are made by various designers who know exactly what the modern couple wants for their wedding party: originality, drama, sophistication, elegance and good taste. These confections have even more qualities. They feature a unique design and a delicious flavor! Chevron is a fabulous trend that allows the contemporary bride and groom to play with different hues and create unique mixes. It looks striking when incorporated in details as it adds a more modern twist to a traditionally planned party. We like the contrast between the clean white lines and the bold pop of color!
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Wedding Cakes With Ribbons
Being a modern couple is a great privilege. And we say this because there are other wedding trends nowadays, based on a lot more flexibility, artistry and originality. The 2012 bride and groom are invited to discover new ways of designing a wedding, based on their own vision and preferences. Everything in a wedding is nowadays based on unique accents, aesthetical decorations and simple motifs.
When it comes to wedding cakes, things are even truer. We are big fans of the modern cake designs promoted by our designers. These confections vary by style, size, shape, design, color and flavor. The wedding cake is not just a sweet dessert for the guests, but a real work of art! And we’re talking here about the way the wedding cake is interpreted and designed nowadays by our cake makers. The taste and the appearance of the cake are important in an equal measure and this is why you have to plan both the flavor and the design of the cake with more precaution.
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You cake can feature a unique shape or pattern, or it can be based on a beautiful motif or detail. Simple wedding cakes composed of asymmetrical tiers and decorated with cute details are the trendiest. Both smooth and textured cakes are considered voguish nowadays. If you want to obtain an eye-catchy centerpiece for your party, opt for a brightly colored cake. You can incorporate more than two colors in your cake through an ombre theme, floral patterns, watercolor or washed-out prints and chevron pattern. Asymmetry is the key to modern wedding cake decoration.
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We’ve seen this style used for the shape and tiers, flavor and filling, color and details of the cake. And the results were awesome! The cakes we’re showing here are unique because they are adorned with ribbons. Although many of you might say that ribbons are rather outdated decorative items, these designs are here to prove you wrong. Bows & ribbons are everywhere these days! We can see them in the bride’s gown, headpiece and shoes, in the wedding décor and in the cake.
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These items are versatile and very easy to work with. You guys can follow your favorite style while working with ribbons and insert them in the way you like in the cake. This can be a wonderful DIY experience for those who are skilled in working with sweet confections and decorations. The first cake is unique because it features a chic black and white theme. The soft black ribbon with a pink rose adds the perfect elegant accent to this classy beauty. The next two cakes are inspired by artistic floral patterns. These confections look like romantic gifts and they seem ideal for summer time celebrations.
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White And Gold Wedding Cakes
One of the most exciting things about planning a wedding is picking the wedding cake. This decision is very big and important and this is why the couple needs a lot of time to think and rethink their options before making any hasty purchase. The process of choosing a cake for a wedding is long and very complex. Making the wisest choice is always a fact that depends on several important aspects of the wedding party, like the formality, the season, the locale, the amplitude and the theme.
It’s essential to make the best selection according to these coordinates. Otherwise your cake won’t fit the wedding completely. It’s nit mandatory to be the perfect copy of the wedding party, but it would be great if you could just stick to the same color-scheme and theme. The modern wedding cake can and can not feature the same motifs of the wedding, it’s true.
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But it is more adequate to pick a style that follows and reflects the style of the wedding. You can plan your cake by design, by size, by taste or by color. Or, you can simply forget your criteria and pick the cake by flavor or by aspect. Both the exterior and the interior of the cake are important factors to consider. But you should know that it’s trendier to opt for an aesthetical cake design. Everything in modern weddings is meant to impress and amaze.
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So, to wow your guests and have them remember your party for many years to come, you should pick a fashionable cake. The designs we have for you today are unique proposals for those who are planning a glamorous wedding. The theme promoted by these cakes is based on one of the hottest hues of the year: gold. Metallic hues are very high in trend nowadays in wedding parties. Anything like bronze or silver, platinum or copper, pewter, metallic blue or emerald green can fit.
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These cakes are based on gold and white. This color mix is special and one of a kind. It can make a gorgeous selection for a holiday themed wedding or for a glam and glitzy party. While gold brings more exuberance, brightness, grandeur and extravagance to the cake, white keeps the scheme elegant, smooth, soft and delicate. As you can see in these pictures, there are many ways of incorporating these two nuances in a cake.
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It surely depends on the size, shape and formality of the cake. You can use gold as an accent or white, depending on your taste. The color accent can be incorporated in the cake through a flower, a ribbon or bow, a ruffled or chevron pattern or a fabric type of embroidery, like lace.
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3 Tier Round Wedding Cakes
Determining the size of the wedding cake is a very important aspect to consider before making any hasty purchase. This decision is related to the amplitude of your wedding and to the guest list. You can think of the flavor and color of the cake ahead. But the design can not be chosen until you receive all the RSVP cards with the conformation from your guests. Some of us are not preoccupied with this aspect that much. It’s never a big problem if the cake turns out to be too big for your wedding party, right?
But those who are on a budget can’t afford to spend their money on an extra layer. On the other hand, the most problematic situation is when the cake is too small for the party. It’s always better to be left with a few extra slices of cake than to run out of cake! But this unpleasant situation can be avoided by asking for the advice of a specialist in field. A cake maker usually knows just how large a cake should be based on different guest lists. But you can choose a certain size according to trends.
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We’ve noticed that it’s hip to bring a single-tier cake, designed in a more original way. 2-tiered confections are also voguish. They are usually picked by economical couples and by those who are having a small and intimate romantic wedding. We are big adepts of the mini cake style and we recommend this trend to all brides and grooms of today who want a more modern reception party and cake ceremony. It’s never a bad idea to bring many small cakes of a single or two tiers in different shapes, sizes, colors and flavors.
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These confections are individually crafted to suit more tastes and preferences. The trend with small cakes managed to become very popular and cover the traditional layered cake current. The three tier confections are also classified as “small modern cakes”. They are part of the same unique trend, only they are more versatile. You can bring a 3 tiered cake to a formal or casual wedding. The same confection can fit an indoors and an outdoors wedding, a small and bigger wedding reception.
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Those made with round tiers are the most romantic, the finest and the cutest ones! We also enjoy those that come in an alternating model. You can choose two round tiers and an oval or square one for your cake to change its look from predictable to fashionable. We like those that are covered in smooth fondant and those frosted with fluffy delicious buttercream. Both simple & clean and textured designs are in vogue nowadays. The ombre ruffled models are by far our favorites!
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Round Wedding Cakes With Flowers
When choosing the most adequate cake for your reception you have to take into consideration a few essential coordinates of the wedding. Besides the formality and style of the wedding, the modern bride can consider her wedding gown color and design, now that there are so many trends with fashion-inspired wedding cakes. The theme you picked for the party should also influence the aspect and taste of your cake. In fact, it is highly advisable to use the same colors, motifs and perhaps accessories you used throughout the décor for your wedding cake.
Experts in field say that the wedding cake should be a reflection of the wedding style and theme. Consider the venue and the season. We’ve seen many gorgeous confections inspired by the tonality of the season and the specific of the wedding locale. If you’re planning on decorating your cake with flowers, don’t forget to consider the blooms you used for the centerpieces and perhaps for your own bridal adornment. It’s clever to stick to in-season flowers because they are cheaper and also fresher. They can add more naturalness and richness to your cake.
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We found a few delightful round wedding cakes with flowers for this article. This style is one of our favorite because it is romantic, elegant and very sweet. There are many designs to choose from. And you can make the final selection by size, by texture, by color or flavor. Round wedding cakes can fit both formal and casual wedding parties. It depends on the design and size. If you’re having a smaller or intimate wedding, you can opt for a 2-tier confection. Single-tiered round cakes are also adorable and inspired selections for simple outdoors wedding parties with fewer guests.
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Three tier designs are a bit more sophisticated and they can suit formal and ultra-formal affairs, booked for an indoors or alfresco venue. A beautifully designed wedding cake can always add more elegance and uniqueness to a wedding. Besides this, it is a great way to express your individual taste. Let your personality shine through the beauty of your cake. Don’t forget that your wedding cake will appear in many photos and it will be one of the most admired items of your reception!
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A round wedding cake can be simple and smooth or textured and extravagant. It depends on the icing and decorations you’re using. The fondant-covered types are sleek and modern. The ones covered with buttercream are fluffier, organic and more delicious. We enjoy very much the designs inspired by flowers. The round shape goes perfectly well with round fresh blooms. We like the neutral colored cakes adorned with bright flowers. But the metallic hues, ombre patterns and ruffled designs are also among our favorites.
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2-Tiered Wedding Cakes
When choosing the cake for the reception party you have to take into consideration a few essential coordinates of the wedding. First of all, you’ll have to consider the formality of the event you’re planning. At this point you can establish the most adequate design and size of the cake. It’s true that the formality of the wedding is typically related to the amplitude and venue.
Make sure that you decide on the size of the cake after you complete your guest list. It’s important to know exactly how big your wedding is going to be before making any hasty decision. You risk bringing a cake that’s too small or too large. Anyway, it’s never a real problem if the cake is too big. You will have more slices to send to those who couldn’t make it to the party or give them to the kids in your family. There are many designs out there to consider. Both big and small cake styles are in for this year’s wedding.
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However, we have to admit that there is a beautiful trend nowadays based on smaller cakes. The pretty cupcake trend has been replaced by mini cakes and individual confections. These tiny sweet creations look amazing and they are incredibly versatile. You can use them instead of a big tiered cake or as wedding guest favors. There are many other ways of incorporating them in your reception. They can even be placed on the dinner tables as part of the décor.
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Or, you can organize a special table of desserts and add more of your favorite cookies. Candy buffet and dessert tables that feature a big cake and other thematic sweet treats for the guests are very popular. So we should focus on small cakes today. We personally like the small cakes based on two tiers. A 2-tiered cake is something special and intriguing. The “regular” size is of three tiers and we have to admit that it looks more balanced this way. But a two tier cake? How does this design look like? In our opinion it is very elegant, sweet and unique. Its unusual size makes it such an appealing selection for a modern wedding.
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These types of cakes are fresh and contemporary, youthful and playful. They are great for casual wedding parties, but also for simple and smaller affairs. 2-tiered cakes deal for medium size wedding celebrations, but they can also be incorporated in bigger affairs. You can bring more of these cakes and arrange them on a special table. Instead of using a traditional layered cake, choose various small cakes in different sizes and designs. This will add more diversity to your party. Use different colors and flavors for a versatile taste.
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Contemporary Wedding Cakes
Just how sweet yet bold the ombre style is? We are huge fans of the ombre theme and we recommend it to all modern brides who want something hot, trendy and eye-catchy for their wedding. There is something very intriguing about this style that makes more and more couples interested in adopting it for their big day. The graduated colors from the same palette make this theme fascinating! In most cases, we can see the ombre effect produced within red, pink and purple themes.
These color palettes are the richest in derived shades, next to blue and green palettes. You can use any of these hues to create an ombre inspired wedding. You can start with your cake. Many newlyweds who have decided to follow this trend had the chance to spot an ombre themed wedding cake on the internet and fell for it. An ombre wedding cake can make a great impact even on those who are not easy to impress or convince.
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This is why we think that these fabulous confections will chase away many doubts of those who are still skeptical about going for this theme or not. We can’t think of something more delicious and appetizing for a wedding cake ceremony! And there are just so many themes and methods or inserting this color-scheme into a wedding. We can see ombre accents everywhere in a wedding, starting with the bride’s dress and flower bouquet and ending up with napkins, tablecloths and wedding cakes.
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This trend was released a few years ago but not until recently it was recognized as one of the hottest new entry in wedding trends. We are very excited about the cake designs we picked for you today. We tried to make a selection of our favorite confections so that you can trust our taste in the future. These are the most spectacular designs that you can find on the internet.
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The beauty of the ombre style and its uniqueness consist in a charming gradual effect. Instead of using a strident contrast between two colors, we suggest you use all the shades from the same palette, from the palest to the boldest. This will surely make your wedding décor or item more elegant, unified and fashionable. Who would have thought that the gradient palette can serve such a great purpose in a modern wedding? The blending between shades from the same palette is ravishing.
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The colors melt together and form the softest dramatic palette ever! The most surprising thing is that the ombre theme can fit perfectly both simple and artistic cakes. We love those that feature ruffles, frills, dots, stripes, chevron patterns and plaids. Those that feature geometrical tiers or patterns also look breathtaking when emphasized with ombre shades.
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Glitter Wedding Cakes
Nowadays there are two main trends in weddings: the natural and the glamorous trends. These two styles are contrasting but in many cases they are used together because they form an irresistible dramatic pair. Choosing the most adequate style for your wedding is perhaps a matter of budget and preferences. It all depends on your individual style and taste. If you like sparkling things, than you would perhaps prefer to go for the glam and glitz.
On the other hand, if you enjoy eco-friendly themes, you should choose the natural style. Today we’ve decided to focus on the glamorous approach and offer you a few brilliant ideas of wedding cakes. These marvelous confections are from different designs, although the principal theme is quite the same. When we say “glamorous” we refer to all things glittering. This is not true only for wedding dresses and other bridal accessories. The wedding cakes field is also included in this category. As you can see in these pictures, the glamorous style looks even more impressive when used for wedding cakes.
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The idea of mixing a sweet taste and a glittery design is amazing and very inspiring. We love every single design we’re showing here today! These pieces are real works of art, no doubt about it. We think that they can help anyone add a touch of glamour to their wedding day. There is nothing better for an extravagant reception party than a glittery cake designed to dazzle and amaze! Check out these pieces and see whether you can use something similar for your own party.
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We are pretty sure that you will be able to spot something to suit your wedding among these sensational cakes or at least to steal one unique detail or theme to use for your own cake. The first cake from here is a classic beauty. We are pretty amazed by the contrast created between the antique white tiers and the sparkling silver embellishments. We can see here lots of crystals, gems and sapphire stones.
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The patterns used for the decoration are simply ravishing. This creation is very artistic and fancy and it can fit wonderfully a classic or antique wedding reception. We would recommend this piece for an Art Deco wedding as well. We love the teardrop pearls used at the base of the first tier. This is a truly enchanting idea for a romantic glittery wedding cake. The second confection is paint sprayed in gold glitter and it looks even more enchanting. We like the floral arrangement place on the base of the first tier. This is a charming three-tier cake that can suit a smaller glamorous wedding reception. The last picture shows us three cakes in white and silver in different designs.
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Miniature Wedding Cakes
Everybody started wondering whether the mini cakes are the new cupcakes! This question is very relevant for the current trends, now that miniature cakes are all over modern weddings. We must confess we ourselves are huge fans of individual cakes creates in different shapes, sizes, colors and flavors. These types of confections are amazing creations that can suit the offbeat couple who doesn’t want anything too traditional or conventional for their wedding.
The plenty ideas available for this subject can help anyone find the right design for her wedding party. Miniature wedding cakes are great masterpieces that can replace a big traditional layered cake. In most cases this is the principal purpose of using mini cakes in a wedding. But these tiny confections look so festive that they can be used for bridesmaid luncheons and bridal showers as well. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to incorporate them in your engagement party too.
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After all, no one can stop you to organize all wedding festivities based on a mini cake theme. You can create various mini cakes and cupcakes for your engagement party, for the bridal and bachelor’s parties, for the rehearsal dinner and for the big wedding reception too. There is no better way to express the sweetness of this important day than through miniature cakes. These little confections can feature different shapes and designs. But their exterior aspect is not the only one that matters. You can also get creative in the interior and use different delicious fillings and flavors.
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This is the most exciting thing about mini cakes after all: the fact that they can be served in various designs and tastes. This versatility is they secret that makes so many brides and grooms crazy about mini wedding cakes. The possibility of creating the cakes in an individual way is amazing. Everybody knows that uniqueness is the key to a successful wedding nowadays. And this diversity of style is for certain the element that adds more originality to a wedding party. Compared to traditional wedding cakes, the mini styles are way more eye-catchy and delicious. They look as good as they taste and this is why wedding guests of today are so excited about this trend.
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Mini wedding cakes are an efficient way of adding more creativity to the reception. You can also bring a big cake in a similar design to the little ones. Miniature versions of a larger confection are great for an individual dessert table. You can place the mini cakes on each table for each of your guest in part and offer them as favors at the end of the party. These tiny confections can feature one, two or even three tiers, depending on your budget!
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Mini Wedding Cakes
Summer is here and we thought that it would be a good idea to share with you something sweet, juicy and seasonal. Our article is inspired by mini wedding cakes and we know that this subject is of a great interest to many of our readers. Modern couples are always hunting for inedited things and clever ideas to implement in their wedding. The greatest news is that the majority of the fun DIY ideas proposed by our designers are very easy to achieve by anyone and most of all very affordable!
Mini cakes are fascinating alternatives to big traditional layered cakes. They are cute, soft and delicate and they look as delicious as they taste. The exterior aspect of the cake is nowadays the most important thing to consider. However, the taste also plays an essential role at this point. Everybody loves good-looking artistic cakes but not one can forget a completely tasteless confection! So many sure that your cakes are both outstanding at the exterior and delicious inside! The heart of all wedding parties is the cake.
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The guests are waiting and anticipating the way your cake is going to look like. They would probably envision something tall and large, something extravagant and voluptuous. You can even spread around a false rumor that your cake is going to be seven tiers big! This way everybody will be surprised to see that your cake is actually a suite of mini different cakes. This is the excitement of using more cakes in smaller sizes! You get to make them in different colors, flavors, shaped, designs and details.
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If your cakes are really tiny, think of a special confection for each of your guests in part. Brining personalized mini cakes for each attendant in part is definitely a great way to flatter your invitees and have them remember your wedding. Mini wedding cakes look at their best when arranged on a special dessert table.
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Or, if you want to melt the hearts of your guests and make them feel even more excited about your wedding, you can place the cakes on the tables and use them as decorations until the cake ceremony begins. Or, you can simply use them as guest favors.
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In this case you can bring a bigger cake in the same design or colors of the mini cakes. It’s hip to use miniature cakes instead of a large elaborated confection. They are easy to love and eat. If you’re planning on using them as favors, bring individual boxes for each of your guests so that they can take them home after the wedding party. You can also decorate the dessert bar with your small cakes or use them as place setting for each guest.
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