Style File Cakes & Treats - Tips & Ideas
Give your wedding ceremony a taste of summer with flavors Inspired by the season.
It’s beginning to look a lot like summer, with blooming cakes and pretty patterns designed to inspire perfect first
(and second) bites. Whether you crave sleek refinement or decadent extravagance, the cake of your dreams is just a taste away.
Pretty Pastels: The world is in bloom, and so are some of the season’s loveliest cakes. Take a cue from nature and adorn your cake with beautiful blossoms.
Cake is the flavor centerpiece of a wedding; concocting it should be a delectable experience. Borrow ideas from the hamptons' inspired professionals to create one that’s truly you.
1) Use mini chalkboards to identify and rate the fillings and flavors in your wedding cupcakes, suggests Cynthia of Cynthia Battaglia Distinctive Catering. Your guests will have tons of fun taste-testing different combinations.
2) Have inner beauty.“Nothing’s more fun than cutting into a cake as beautiful inside as out — like opening a present,” says the team at Azuca Patisserie. Ask your designer to spend time on the cake’s interior as well as the exterior.
3) Don’t feel you have to make it match. “Each wedding cake is special. It doesn’t necessarily need to go with the wedding; it just needs to be about you,” notes Leanne of Leanne’s Specialty Cakes.
4) “Sharing your favorite vintage fabrics or lace with your cake designer can help her understand your style,” says Miche Bacher of Sacred Sweets, who says jewelry (especially brooches) and art are a great way to demonstrate your taste, too.
5) Unusual flavor combinations can make for a memorable taste experience, so don’t be afraid to mix it up. Remember, in the end it’s your cake, not the cake designer’s, so it should reflect your taste.
6) Try setting a small cake on each table rather than having one big one. Guests can help themselves — and each other — without waiting in a long line. Miniature cakes also make gorgeous centerpieces.
7) “Visit the kitchen, if possible. If your cake designer is comfortable having you stop by, it’s a great way to get to know them and how they work,” says Leanne of Leanne’s Specialty Cakes.
*EDITOR’S NOTE: The best cakes are the ones that really reflect a couple’s personality, so use personal details to make your cake unique.
Additional Photo Credits: Liz Banfield, Hayes & Fisk
