Alternative Wedding Cake Ideas
May 12, 2010
Chocolate wedding cake
If the traditional, white iced, tiered wedding cake isn’t your cup of tea, then why not choose something more unique to you?
Your wedding cake should be something that you feel happy with and if you really don’t fancy a white iced rich fruit cake, then don’t choose it. There are a plenty of wedding cake alternatives available to suit all tastes and styles and you can be as creative as you like.
Wedding Cupcakes
Stunning wedding cupcakes
Cupcakes have been really popular for a few years and are a good way of having various different types of cake on offer for guests, instead of only the one pption. You could have different flavours of cupcakes, or simply alternate the icing colour used on them, such as pink and white, and the cupcakes can be as lavish and indulgent, or simple as you wish.
Cupcake cake holders, which display an array of cupcakes, can be really stunning and create a good visual impact at your wedding reception. The individual nature of cupcakes also takes away the hassle of having to cut up a wedding cake, as they’re already produced in individual portions.
Cheese Wedding Cakes
Unusual cheese wedding cake
It may sound a bit strange to some, but cheese ‘cakes’ are another modern alternative to the traditional white wedding cake. By cheese, we don’t mean sweet cheesecakes, but instead large round pieces of cheese that are stacked up in incremental sizes to produce the effect of a tiered wedding cake.
Cheese cakes are a good alternative for those who aren’t keen on sweet cake and would prefer to end their wedding breakfast with a cheese course.
Chocolate Wedding Cakes
White chocolate wedding cake
Wedding cakes don’t have to be fruit cakes with icing – if you’re a chocoholic at heart, then why not choose a chocolate wedding cake? It can be as chocolatey as you wish, with chocolate fillings, chocolate icing or chocolate decorations. If you’d still like it look a bit like a traditional wedding cake, then you could always have the outside of the cake decorated in white chocolate.
Although chocolate wedding cakes can be a bit rich and sickly, so too can the traditional rich fruit cakes. And, to anyone that thinks chocolate is too much, just remember that you only really need to serve small slices, so there’s no need for a major chocolate overload!