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Bread than the sweet cakes that we serve at weddings today are the first wedding cakes were much more like. This bread-like creation was broken over the head of the bride as a blessing and a wish for long life and many years of joy. Today’s cakes are luxurious and serve as the centerpiece of the reception. They are, though, still symbolic of the obligation of the bride and the groom to sharing a life together.

Your choice in wedding cake design makes a statement about your personality and your sense of style. Wedding cakes can be made in many colors, shapes and styles. When considering your options for a wedding cake, factor in how large an area you will have to display your cake. You will want your cake to fit in with the place, your decorating idea and the over-all mood you have created for your reception.

Selecting a wedding cake is quite a task. Convention calls for a white cake with white frosting for weddings. In this day and age, couples are picking their favorite flavor. This has bakeries and cake decorators determined to offer a larger selection of cakes. Chocolate, pound, fruit, yellow and marble are some of the cakes made for modern weddings.


Several wedding cakes offer a different flavor for each layer. White icing, while still ordered, has made way for a wider selection of frostings. Mocha, lemon, chocolate and any other flavor you can imagine are used for wedding cake decorating. It is possible to customize your cake using all of your favorite flavors. How the wedding cake is decorated is a personal choice as well. You can have just about anything you can dream up put on a wedding cake including, fruit and even real edible flowers.

The wedding reception is the most projected part of the wedding. And everyone looks forward to seeing the cake cut and sharing it with the bride and groom as a sign of good will and a hope, that as a couple, the bride and groom will be prosperous and fertile.



If you would like to become a wedding cake decorator, there are several ways you can go about it. There are many books out there that will train you how to decorate cakes, from the simple to the ornate. Another way to learn cake decorating is to buy one of the many videos or DVD’s that will take you, step-by-step, through the cake decorating procedure.

Keep in mind, when you and your partner feed each other a piece of wedding cake at the reception, the act symbolizes the love, honor and respect you have for each other. So, in addition to the beauty of the cake itself, you can be grateful for what it stands for.