Wedding Cakes for 2010

As we enter the new decade it would seem that extrav­a­gant wed­ding cakes are fast becom­ing a must! Cakes are becom­ing taller as more tiers are added mak­ing show stop­ping ultra fem­i­nine designs.

Strong colour pal­lets from pas­tels to bold acid hues are in demand. It’s really just a mat­ter of per­sonal choice and the theme of your day.

Inspi­ra­tion for cakes can often come from a bride’s cho­sen gown….  Vera Wang’s Spring 2010 col­lec­tion fea­tures soft pas­tels, rib­bons, pearls, blos­soms and over­sized state­ment bows.
 

Vin­tage – fea­tur­ing soft pas­tels and large blooms.
This style evokes time­less romance from a bygone era.
          
                                              

Trop­i­cal pas­sion – Young and viva­cious with bold colour pal­lets of hot pink and juicy orange.

Wed­ding cake type

You want your cake to look amaz­ing but you also want it to taste amaz­ing! Just as with colour options there are also sev­eral options when choos­ing the flavour of cakes.

Tra­di­tional fruit cake, deca­dent choco­late, zesty lemon cake or clas­sic vanilla to name just a few.

It’s worth con­sid­er­ing the fol­low­ing when choos­ing cake flavour(s)

• When will you be serv­ing the cake?
• If serv­ing as dessert will the cake go with cream/fruit?
• Do you have chil­dren attend­ing?
• Do you want to keep a tier for after the wed­ding? If so this would obvi­ously need to be fruitcake.

If you can’t decide why not have a tier in each flavour!

Thanks to Julie from Cakey­dora for sup­ply­ing this arti­cle. Cakey­dora are a mother and daugh­ter team, and they’re the sole sup­plier of wed­ding and cel­e­bra­tion cakes for House of Fraser Birm­ing­ham. Their cakes are on dis­play within ‘The Wed­ding list’ depart­ment that is sit­u­ated on the 4th floor of the Store and also in the Food Hall.