Remember the old fashioned wedding cake topper that consisted of a little plastic miniature of a bride and groom on top of an all white cake? The little bride and groom may have been under a little arch or just standing by themselves. Personally, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this kind of wedding cake topper actually used in a wedding, but then again, that could just be me. Brides today are going for different, unique and something different than what their parents and grandparents have done for years. Wedding cake toppers are a great way to add some extra style and grace to your wedding cake. There are many different kinds of wedding cake toppers you can choose from, and here are some great ideas of some popular choices today.
Fresh Flowers
Flowers are always a popular choice for wedding cakes. They add grace and beauty to your wedding cake as well as having the added benefit of giving off a bit of color to match your other wedding colors. Fresh flowers are something you can work out with your florist to handle. You can have flowers on top of your cake as well as cascading down the side, or placed on each layer of your wedding cake. The choices are endless, and if you want to go this way, talk to your florist and bakery, and they will have plenty of ideas of what you can do, and what they have done in the past.
Your New Monogram
This is something that my husband and I used on our wedding cake. I visited several sites on the Internet and ordered letters to create our new families monogram. Then, it was very simple to just push it down into the cake, and the effects were beautiful. The only thing you need to consider here is how wide the letters are, and the circumference of the top layer of your cake. If you look at the picture above, that is a picture of our wedding cake, and what the monogram looks like on the cake.
Miscellaneous
One thing that brides love to do today is to make everything unique to them. I’ve seen firefighter brides stick small fire engines on their wedding cake, and I’ve even seen fruit used as wedding cake toppers as well. Colored leaves for fall, plastic cranberries and pine cones for a Christmas wedding, and even a small cowboy hat for a cowboy wedding.
Wedding cake toppers are beautiful, and they really add a lot to your wedding cake. Many people today are also choosing not to have a wedding cake topper at all. Depending on the kind of wedding cake that you choose, you may not need a wedding cake topper. See my article on Wedding Cake Designs or check out Wedding Cake Toppers for other ways you can decorate your wedding cake. Consider your wedding cake, your tastes, and what you love before making your decision. As always, if you need more information or advice, feel free to comment and let me know!
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Are you looking for a new kind of wedding cake that isn’t your traditional round tiered wedding cake? Square wedding cakes are a pretty new modern trend that many brides are going with to help make their wedding cake stand out from the rest. Square wedding cakes can be anything from traditional to trendy for a great eye catching decoration at your wedding reception. Let’s face it, even though some people aren’t big fans of cake, they still look forward to seeing what kind of wedding cake you chose to have at your reception, and they’ll probably try it as well, so you need to pick a wedding cake design and shape that suits you best. For me, square wedding cakes are more of my style, but that isn’t the shape that I went with in the end, but I kind of wish I could. So here are a few of my favorite things about square wedding cakes.
