Traditionally, the wedding cake had to be a tiered, white cake with white icing. Nowadays, just about anything goes! Today, there are hundreds of cakes that you can choose from, in a variety of shapes, colors, and styles.

You can order a wedding cake customized to match your unique taste and have just about any design and flavor under the sun.

When you are ready to start looking for the perfect wedding cake, these are the basics to take into consideration:

Size and Shape : The size of the wedding cake will depend on the number of guests that you are expecting. The traditional, and still popular, shapes are round or square. However, nowadays you can use your imagination and choose from any shape for your cake. Keep in mind that a round or square cake will most likely serve more guests, plus, is quickly and easily cut.

Design : A creative baker will help you design your own cake. Your choices here are endless. Look through wedding magazines and the bakers cake sample pictures to find a wedding cake design that dazzles you. Try these from our website. Modern cakes can be decorated to match the bride's lace pattern on her gown or even the flowers in her bouquet. A particular theme from your wedding can be used to design the cake around. Just realize that the more intricate the cake, the more expensive it will be.

Flavor : While it is essential that your wedding cake appeal to your visual senses, it is even more important that it taste moist and delicious! Cakes come in a multitude of varieties from chocolate or vanilla, to fancy carrot, banana, fruit or mousse fillings. If you are tempted by different flavors, you can have a multi-flavored cake with different tiers in different flavors.

Icing : The icing on the cake is traditionally white or ivory. A more contemporary approach is to match your icing to your wedding colors. Anything goes from dark chocolate icing, to pale pastels or bright colors.

We hope this helps!

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