wilton wedding cakes

Wilton wedding cakes are a top choice for brides across the country. The Wilton name and brand is synonymous with excellence in the baking industry, especially when it comes to cake decorating. Whether you find someone who attended the school or take classes to learn the Wilton Method yourself, you can use their wedding cake designs for your wedding dessert.

wilton wedding cakes

The Wilton School has been teaching students how to create fabulous cakes and confections since it began in 1929. The Wilton Method, developed by Dewey McKinley Wilton, focuses on teaching decorators the basics and building upon those fundamentals.

Cake decorators can take classes and workshops at the school itself in Chicago. When calling local bakeries to learn their wedding cake ideas, ask if the decorator has been schooled in the Wilton Method to ensure you get a cake that lives up to your expectations.

wilton wedding cakes

Couples who are trying to find some wedding money saving ideas may consider making the cake themselves. Luckily, local Wilton courses are available across the United States and Canada. Bakeries, craft stores and baking supply stores often have Wilton trained instructors available to teach their three decorating courses, gum paste and fondant course and special projects courses.

wilton wedding cakes

Taking a class does involve an investment of both time and money. You will need to pay for the class itself plus materials, such as decorator’s tips and bags. However, the skills learned will serve you long after the last crumb of cake is eaten. Taking a few classes to learn how to make a single tier wedding cake may end up being more valuable than hiring even the best vendor.

wilton wedding cakes

wilton wedding cakes

fondant wedding cake

Fondant cake ideas are numerous and ultimately gorgeous! A fondant wedding cake is often decorated with flowers, leaves, bows, pearls, and other objects formed from either rolled fondant or sugar paste (same as gum paste), a fondant-like mixture. Most fondant wedding cakes are white, but fondant can be tinted to any color, or brushed or sprayed with edible luster or sparkle dust (these can be ordered online). It's also possible to paint on fondant cake decoration using an artist's brush and food-grade dyes.

fondant wedding cake

Tiered fondant wedding cakes made to mimic stacks of wedding gifts are a perfect example of a creative fondant cake idea and how fondant cake decorating can create an illusion. These are so smooth it's hard to tell them from the real thing, and the added details really stand out.

A fondant wedding cake is a perfect choice for a theme wedding. For example, fondant can be made to mimic tooled leather for a western themed wedding. Cut-outs can be created in any shape, and painted any color. A nautical or beach cake might feature frolicking dolphins, seahorses, or tropical fish. A cake for an Irish or Scottish wedding could be circled with Celtic knots. Or how about a winter cake adorned with glistening snowflakes? Using fondant, it would even be possible to reproduce the red silk brocade of a Chinese wedding gown.

Fondant cake decorating is the right choice for cakes made to mimic objects because the details can be worked to look real. This would be particularly handy for a groom's cake, which is typically less serious than the wedding cake and usually designed to reflect his career or favorite pastime.

For something different, have your baker cut individual squares of cake and ice them with fondant. Ribbons sculpted from white chocolate tinted pink and flavored with raspberry extract (also available online) could be added. Stacked together, the cakes would be a conversation piece, and you'd avoid the problem of messy cutting.

If your reception will be held in hot weather, fondant icing is a good choice. Never refrigerate a fondant-covered cake. Store it at cool room temperature for up to three days. Fondant-covered cake does not freeze well. The icing can crack apart or become soggy. If you plan to save your top tier for a later date, you may want to remove the fondant icing first.

Fondant cake ideas awaken the imagination. Fondant cake decorating will cost a bit more than the alternatives, but the design possibilities it will open up for your fondant wedding cake far outweigh any extra expense.

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fondant wedding cake

square wedding cakes

Square wedding cakes can be anything from traditional to trendy for an eye-catching end to the wedding.

Most traditional wedding cakes are either round or square white cakes stacked and frosted in white or ivory frosting. Many brides choosing a traditional stacked display decorate their cake with confectionary accents and real or silk flowers in hues that match or complement their wedding colors. An advantage of square wedding cakes is that they may yield more servings then a round cake of similar size.

square wedding cakes

For a new twist on the traditional stacked wedding cake, square wedding cakes are now designed to resemble intricately wrapped gifts. Often achieved with the use of smoother fondant frostings, cakes decorated to look like a stack of wrapped gifts have a variety of accents for beautiful and original looks. Frosting resembling bows and ribbon accompany carefully crafted accents of frosting peals and beads in a variety of colors.

The gift wrapped look is also done with alternating square and round, or even other shapes to add interest and variety. Square wedding cakes can be alternated with round, hexagonal, or heart shapes to create different looks.

square wedding cakes

Summer Wedding Cake

Five ways to give your cake some summertime flair.

1. Summer Flavors

Summer Wedding Cake

Pick a wedding cake that summons a taste of summer with in-season berries and fruits. Instead of traditional buttercream filling, consider a fresh raspberry puree filling or a lemon cake with blackberry filling. If you love chocolate cake but still want a taste that reflects the season, try a chocolate cake filled with chocolate cherry ganache.

2. Seasonal Colors

Summer Wedding Cake

Color counts when designing a summer wedding cake, and you can't go wrong with a palette of preppy white, navy, and cherry red or a bold and bright mix of pink and green. For a more subdued look, add a hint of summer color with a simple chocolate ganache-covered cake with subtle white dots, or an ivory buttercream cake trimmed in light yellow. Or let the summer colors pop with an ivory cake accented with sugar-molded honeybees or birds.

3. Summer Blooms

Flowers can go a long way in defining a summer theme for your wedding cake. Match the cake to your bouquet by asking your baker to create sugar versions of your wedding day flowers. If you're considering modern decor, make a statement by having your baker add a few large graphic sugar peonies on each cake tier. For a more classic look, find out whether your baker can paint small sunflowers along your cake using an edible dye.

4. Shapes and Add-ons

When it comes to a summer cake, flowers, butterflies, and other elements made out of chocolate, sugar, or gum paste are obvious options. But you don't have to go overboard with these add-ons to get a summertime look. Instead, consider a white cake stacked with subtle, soft white hydrangeas with just a hint of blue or green. The tone-on-tone look will up the elegant factor and still give you the same seasonal effect.

5. Choose Seasonal Sides

Whether you're already set on a cake design or you've decided to take your cake in a not-so-seasonal direction, consider offering a summer-inspired side with your cake. Serve cake a la mode with gourmet lavender-infused ice cream; add a handful of chocolate-covered strawberries to each plate; or have your caterer present each guest with a petite serving of summer peach cobbler topped with a dollop of fresh cream.

Summer Wedding Cake

Spring Weddings: Wedding Cake Ideas

Five ways to give your cake some springtime flair:

Spring Flavors

Wedding Cake

Pick a wedding cake that summons a taste of spring with in-season berries and fruits. Instead of traditional buttercream filling, consider a fresh strawberry puree filling or a lemon cake with blackberry filling. If you love chocolate cake but still want a taste that reflects the season, try a chocolate cake filled with chocolate cherry ganache.

Seasonal Colors

Color counts when designing a spring wedding cake, and you can't go wrong with a palette of preppy white, pink, and lime green or a bold and bright mix of orange and yellow. For a more subdued palette, add a hint of spring color with a simple chocolate ganache-covered cake with subtle white dots, or an ivory buttercream cake trimmed in light pink. Or let the spring colors pop with an ivory cake accented with sugar-molded butterflies or birds.

Spring Blooms

Flowers can go a long way in defining a spring theme for your wedding cake. Match your cake to your bouquet by asking your baker to create sugar versions of your wedding day flowers. If you're considering modern decor, ask your baker to make a statement with few large graphic sugar peonies on each cake tier. If you've chosen a more classic look for your wedding, find out whether your baker can paint small daisies along your cake using an edible dye.

Shapes and Add-ons

When it comes to a spring cake, flowers, butterflies, and other elements made out of chocolate, sugar, or gum paste are obvious options. But you don't have to go overboard with these add-ons to get a springtime look. Instead, consider a white cake stacked with subtle, soft white hydrangeas with just a hint of blue or green. The tone-on-tone look will up the elegant factor and still give you the same seasonal effect.

Choose Seasonal Sides

Whether you're already set on a cake design or you've decided to take your cake in a not-so-seasonal direction, consider offering a spring-inspired side with your cake. Serve cake a la mode with gourmet lavender-infused ice cream; add a handful of chocolate-covered cherries to each plate; or have your caterer present each guest a petite bowl of spring berries topped with a dollop of fresh cream.

Wedding Cake Ideas