Tall towering
wedding cakes look beautiful and height is in. The more tiers you have the
better, but don’t worry you don’t have to pay through your nose to have a
beautiful towering cake. You can always ask your cake maker to put in a couple
of fake tiers to give you the height at very little extra cost and the guests
won’t know the difference.
If you are planning a small wedding and don’t know what to do with huge cakes opt for two tiered cakes that are placed on a tall cake stands. These look elegant and add height to the cake. You can also try to offer a mixed spread instead of only a wedding cake. A smaller cake can be accompanied by cupcakes, cookies, tarts, cake pops or any other baked goodies displayed fabulously.
Another thing to remember is that less is more. Instead of going overboard with a heavily decorated wedding cake keep it simple and modern with one or two large flowers as cake decoration. You can opt for real flowers or edible sugar flowers.
More and more couples are starting to prefer non-traditional cake presentations. Three-tiered cakes are still popular, but 2011 will see even more presentations straying from this classic look. Cupcakes are exceedingly popular these days, for instance. An economical choice that more couples are making is to forgo centerpieces in favor of placing small versions of their chosen cake in the middle of the tables.
Finally, an increasingly popular (and money-saving) technique for cake presentation is to simply forget about the tiers altogether and have each layer of the cake placed on its own stand, at varying heights, in order to create a unique look and save a few dollars by saving the baker the difficulty of stacking the layers!
