Seeing an elegantly and lavishly decorated five-tier wedding cake is breathtaking. The desire to have a taste of it will only come secondary because you wouldn’t want to see the fall of a beautiful artwork, but its destiny has been planned. It’s a cake to be glazed at and eventually be eaten.
Deciding the kind of decoration is not the only step in coming up with your perfect wedding cake. You have to do the preliminaries.
First, figure out the flavor you want. A wedding cake is not all beauty. It should be something satisfyingly edible. Do you want a chocolate cake? How about a carrot cake? It’s up to you to name it.
Second, select your wedding cake supplier/decorator. You have to get an experienced cake decorator who can give life to the cake ideas you have in your head. If you don’t know anyone, you can ask from friends or relatives for referrals. Tell them you need someone exceptionally creative whom you can afford to hire.
If you want save some money and try the challenging craft of cake decorating, no one can stop you. You can either bake the cake or order a pre-made one from your favorite bakeshop. Do you want a single-layered round cake or a multi-tiered? Again, you call the shots. A word of advice: practice.
Captivate your guests with your chosen wedding cake. Consider the pointers below to help you make the perfect wedding cake decoration for your big day.
Choose the kind of frosting. The two commonly-used frostings are buttercream and fondant. Buttercream is the typical cake icing. It is really sweet and can give the cake a creamy and soft look. Unfortunately, it is not a good choice if you are going to have an outdoor wedding on a sunny day because it doesn’t stand high temperatures. Fondant gives the cake a stiff, smooth and elegant look. It is less sweet than buttercream but it doesn’t melt in spite of warm temperatures.
Choose the colors. The colors for the cake and its decorations have to be in accord with your wedding theme. What are the prevailing colors at the venue? If they are white and pink, you can probably have white and pink sugar roses.
Decide on the body artwork. Creating the artwork for the body of the cake is difficult for amateurs. You can seek help from a professional cake decorator, opt for a simple design or practice a number of times until you perfect the look that you want to achieve. If you insist on doing it, you can try brush embroidery to make stylish flower vines or sculpting the icing.
Determine the wedding cake decoration. Fresh, non-poisonous flowers work best if you are having a garden wedding. Another popular décor is sculpted flowers out of gum paste, spun sugar, fondant, marzipan and buttercream. If you want the simple designs, you can have a lacework or add edible pearls for accents.
Pick the wedding topper. The wedding topper should complete the look of the cake. Astound them with your chosen one. It can be traditional porcelain figurines or sentimental acrylic creations.
Get a nice cake board. It may be at the bottom but it shouldn’t be neglected. The cake board should be presentable to hold your already bewitching masterpiece. You can get a round or square, silver cake board, a ruffled or a masonite cake board. Remember that even the tiniest detail can possibly ruin all your hardwork.
Although, the wedding cake table is not part of the cake itself; it is important that you dress it nicely and place the table at a very conspicuous area but away from heavy traffic. The safest place to position it is in a well-lighted area against the wall. Once the cake is on top of it, it is safe from being bumped into and it remains visible to everyone.
Cake decorating can be depressing for starters but it can be really exciting when you get the hang of it. You can experiment on various wedding cake decorations as what your creative mind dictates you. Eventually, you can even help a relative or friend in making a wedding cake. Who knows?
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