A beautiful wedding cake is often one of the focal points for guests at a wedding. Very few people leave the reception before having the opportunity to see and sample the cake. After all, the cake cutting at a wedding has been a very important tradition that has endured through the years.

Traditionally speaking, wedding cakes were made up of three tiers and royal icing was used to cover the entire cake. They also were made of vanilla pound cake. Wedding cakes today can be as creative and as imaginative (not to mention as wild!) as the couple wishes them to be! There are a multitude of designs, flavors and decorations to choose from. You can customize the cake to suit whatever theme you would like.

Here are some important factors to take into consideration when choosing the cake for your upcoming wedding:

Size of the Cake

The size you choose has to do with how many guests you expect will be attending. If you plan to send cake to those who are not able to attend, bear this in mind. If you are uncertain about the size of cake you need in relation to the number of guests, then speak to a local baker for suggestions.

Wedding cakes are generally several tiers but you can use your individuality to choose the shape and size that is best for your wedding.

Cake Design

Flip through wedding magazines to get ideas, and go online and visit any number of websites to see photos of wedding cakes. Another option is to visit bakers and confectioners in your area and go through their books to see samples. If you do not find exactly what you want, you might want to combine something you saw in a magazine with something that caught your eye somewhere else. Or you might even want to design your very own cake!

Cake Flavor

You want your cake to look good but also to taste good, too! Search around for a baker who uses only top quality ingredients. You can go with the regular vanilla or chocolate flavor or you might decide upon a cheesecake. Other delicious options include sponge cake, fruit cake or a cake with a mousse filling. If you like more than one flavor you can have different tiers of the cake made with different flavors to delight the taste buds.

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