Wedding Cake Tops That Will Wow your Guests
Wedding cakes come in all shapes and sizes, color and themes, but a wedding cake is not a wedding cake without a glorious top. Whether you have decided upon a white wedding cake or a square wedding cake or tiered, there will be a top to suit just perfectly. Following are some ideas to get your wedding cake juices flowing.
Many couples like to go for fresh flowers on their wedding cake. Regardless of the time of year you are getting married, you can choose a elegant flower arrangements of individual flowers to adorn your cake. If you are having a tier wedding cake, you can include sugar vines and roses to be positioned prettily around the cake.
Monograms are a popular choice for wedding cake tops. These come in many materials most commonly bright metal contrasting beautifully with the frosting. You can have your initials as the monogram or even just the surname initial that you will both share as a romantic gesture. If you are able to spend a bit more on your top, the monograms can also come in silver and gold plate.
Themed weddings are great and can also be translated into the wedding cake top. Maybe you are having a Las Vegas style wedding which can include frosted dice and a cocktail glass. Perhaps you are jetting off to tropical climes for your honeymoon and are having a beach themed wedding. A small sugar palm tree and some tropical fruit might just do the job.
There are many different materials that can be used as ornaments for your wedding cake top such as glass and porcelain. Beautiful glass swans and other elegant subjects can be assembled on top of your cake for a lovely touch. Wedding bells is another popular choice and crystal trimming for added luxury. A porcelain bride and groom are of course the natural choice for some if you want to follow this charming tradition.
Seasonal weddings can also be conveyed on to the wedding cake. Sugar daffodils for spring and pine cones and snowflakes for winter weddings. Summer can include an array of brightly colored flowers and a frosted image of the sun. A fall wedding cake can introduce a small wheat sheaf and frosted leaves of the season.
Allowing your imagination to run wild and a bit of essential research into the possibilities for your wedding cake topping will let you decorate your wedding cake to suit your colors and theme perfectly. These days with the increase in wedding cake designers and the choice available for wedding cake tops means that the sky is the limit for choice. Get creative and craft your wedding cake masterpiece.
