Winter Wedding Cake Topped With Pine Cones

Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings

Having a winter wedding but want to add a splash of color on your cake? Want to bring a little bit of nature inside at your wedding reception?

Try this fondant tinted an ice blue to cover your cake topped with real pine cones that have sanding sugar and royal icing to make the snowy edging.  Add some chocolate pine needles for a winter wedding cake with a natural theme.  

Want to see more great wedding ideas? Head over to Martha Stewart Weddings.

When is a Cake Not a Cake?

When is a cake not a cake? SURPRISE! When it's this gorgeous paper cake from Tracey Mason. 

While this cake looks good enough to eat, it's actually meant for guests to deposit their gift cards for your wedding in! You can see it and the story behind it at Tracey Mason's Studio. 

Tracey is a creative DIY'er who has a creative web site filled with fun to make crafts that will knock your socks off. She also created a matching card to go with this cake. Why not create a memorable gift for the bride and groom to use at their wedding? Tracey also offers how to directions for the paper rosettes that decorate this 'cake.'

Detailed Wedding Cakes

These two wedding cakes have the most intricate details, one in the ever-poplular black and white, the other in a spring time yellow.  Photos courtesy of http://www.artesanalsweets.com/.

Crystals for Your Cake

Bling for the bride, why not some for the wedding cake as well? Wedding Cake Jewelry is the latest trend to enhance the top of your wedding cake. Delicate meandering vines of tiny crystal flowers and leaves. Available in Silver or Gold. Sold as a set of three cascading vines and three smaller accents for top of cake. Hand Made. http://www.favorsbyserendipity.com/

Wedding Cake Basics

Weddings in the 21st century have evolved from the fruit cakes of old to newer and more elaborate structures. Some cakes today follow the three tier white cake you are accustomed to seeing while others go creative and choose cakes that reflect their personalities as a couple. Today's wedding couple is better informed and usually know what they want. Many bakers have computer programs that allow the couple to see what their cake will look before placing their order. This way they can take part in the design and be sure the cake they get is their "dream cake." Consultants at a good bakery can help a couple choose a cake that fits their vision and the theme of their wedding, without ignoring the realities of their wedding budget. A wedding cake today is as much about the couple and their style as any other part of their wedding. A wedding cake's theme and style should match the rest of your wedding.