Planning A Tiffany Blue Wedding?

Photo courtesy of Cupcake Lust

Tiffany blue is one of the most popular colors for weddings and wedding showers. These cupcakes are a great option to serve your guests. The piped icing in the Tiffany Blue color with the addition of a white chocolate heart and white pearls take this dessert to the next level. Whether you are planning on serving dessert or sending it home with your guests, this cupcake will make an impression that is sure to last.

Asian Look Wedding Cake

Photo courtesy of Weddingler

Looking for a cake with an Asian look? This beautiful wedding cake with cherry blossoms is perfect for a spring wedding. I love the tiny flowers and the way the branches twine around the layers of the cake. Perfect for pastel weddings. 

Photo courtesy of Tanyacakes

Don't want quite as high a cake? Or want to have a groom's cake to match your wedding cake? Try this two layer gumpaste cake also decorated with cherry blossoms. 

White Lace Wedding Cake

Photo courtesy of Once Wed

White lace is everywhere at your wedding so why not have a white lace wedding cake? The photo above shows a way to incorporate wedding favorites of lace and pearls in your wedding cake. I love the details on this cake that are similar to those in a wedding dress or the edging on a bridal veil. Every bride should have a cake that reflects her special look on her special day. This one is it!


Photo courtesy of In The Cac, Real Maine Weddings

Love the look below with the tiny buttons detailed on the cake as well. No matter how intricate a cake you are looking for, a lace motif can add that something special to your wedding day.


Photo courtesy of Weddings By Lily

Wedding Cake Cookies

Photo courtesy of Mother of The Bride

Wedding cake cookies? Why not? Stack your cookies to make pretty individual wedding cakes for your guests. Decorate with icing and some fondant flowers. Add some jam between layers just a like a real wedding cake. Is this a do it yourself project? It all depends on your level of competence doing cake (or in this case cookie) decorating. These cakes make a nice wedding favor for your guests to take home and enjoy. And remember, edible favors are among the favorite wedding favors with guests. 

Mint Is The Color For Spring Weddings

Photo courtesy of Tumbler Mint Green Wedding Cake 

Don't you love mint as a color for a spring wedding? If you are planning a pretty spring wedding using a mint green color scheme accented with pink this cake would be perfect for you. It's simple yet elegant, and the colors are perfect. I love the lacy look on the cake stand as well. Let me know what you think in the comment section below.

Photo from The  Alternative Bride

For more ideas, check out this inspiration board from The Alternative Bride. Love the mint and white cake on this as well. I hope you enjoy this hint of mint for your wedding. Come on brides, add links to your favorite mint green wedding photos. 

Images: Top row from left: setting from theknot.com, farewell wands from brides.com, lazaro bridesmaid dress at jlmcouture.com
Middle row from left: chandelier from brides.com, gold place setting from theknot.com, cake from theknot.com
Bottom row from left: bridesmaid dresses by Kim Shokouhi Photography, lazaro bridesmaid dress from jlmcouture.com, mini cakes from theknot.com, gold shoes by Betsey Holley

Gold Wedding Inspiration Board

Photo courtesy of Confetti Grove Celebrations

 

Using gold accents for your wedding is one of the hottest trends out there. Here is a gold wedding inspiration board courtesy of Confetti Grove Celebrations. Not only that, but if you're looking for links and tutorials, Confetti Grove has those for you too. Be sure to take some time to browse through the rest of Confetti Grove to find still more ways to take your wedding up a notch. I love the cake--how about you?

 

Gold accents add a rich metallic look to your wedding theme colors and will stay in the minds of your guests for years to come. You can also use gold to accent your invitations, favors, gifts for your bridesmaids, centerpieces, napkin rings, the ideas are endless. So this is just a jumping off place for you if you are thinking about using gold accents for your wedding day.

 

Also if you are planing a gold wedding anniversary party these ideas will carry over nicely.

 

 

DIY Chocolate Butterflies

Photo and idea courtesy of We Lived Happily Ever After

 

Looking for a great way to decorate a wedding cake? Try these chocolate butterflies (courtesy of We Lived Happily Ever After). They are great for topping either cakes or cupcakes and can be made with either milk, dark or white chocolate. You can also add some color too. Be sure to go to We Lived Happily Ever After for the full tutorial and template(don't forget to read the comments too, they often have some great tips too!) Then take some time to check out the rest of the site for some other great ideas.

Wedding Cake Bites

Pink Champagne Cakes from Soft Surroundings

 

Pink Champagne Cake O's are tiny wedding cake bites from Soft Surroundings. They are perfect to serve to your guests in lieu of wedding cake or at a wedding luncheon or shower.

 

They melt in your mouth and the pink delights are infused with champagne before and after baking, then they are covered in tinted white chocolate icing. Top them off with edible pearls--they make the perfect ending for a wedding event.

 

Fancy Cupcakes?

Photo courtesy of Staticlockerz.com and Pinterest

 

Fancy cupcakes that zing? Try Pop Rocks cupcakes. What a nice surprise at your wedding shower! I love them in pinks, but you can use any color Pop Rocks available to match your color scheme. Or you CAN make your own rock candy, color it to match your color scheme, and crush it so it resembles Pop Rocks. I love the way the pinks are different colors in this photo, it makes a nice photo not to mention an attractive presentation for your dessert buffet. So enjoy making your Pop Rocks cupcakes. For a recipe visit Betty Crocker.

Elegant Wedding Cakes For The Classic Bride

Photo courtesy of Cake-A-Licious

 

If you are wearing a lace wedding gown combine the look of lace with fondant on your wedding cake. The cake above has a beautiful pink ribbon with and brooch attached to it complete with the initials of the bride and groom. The bottom has pearls of icing edging it to finish off the look.

 

Photo courtesy of Cake-A-Licious

 

Wearing off white with tiny buttons up the back? The cake above is the perfect choice to compliment your wedding day look. This cake is tall and will feed a lot of guests or you can have fake tiers made and have a sheet cake cut to serve your guests. No matter which cake you choose, both are elegant desserts that will act as both your cake and a decoration at your wedding reception. Congrats to the designers of these cakes.

 

 

Make Your Own Mini Wedding Cakes

Mini Wedding Cake Photo from Tablespoon

 

This easy recipe will make four mini wedding cakes from Betty Crocker cake mix. These make great individual servings or to be shared by a couple, as well as great favors. Buy tiny cake pans from William Sonoma.

 

Mini Cakelet Wedding Cake Pan From William Sonoma

 

 

Mini Wedding Cake Recipe 

• 1 Betty Crocker Supermoist white cake mix
• 2 whole eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 (16 ounce) container Betty Crocker Whipped Fluffy White Frosting

1. Set your oven at 350 degrees F.
2. Combine top five ingredients, cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/2 Cup milk, 1/3 cup oil and 1 C of sour cream.
3. Mix on medium for thirty seconds.
4. Scrape bowl.
5. Then increase speed to high and beat for two minutes.
6. Spray your multi-cake mini wedding cake pan with Pam for baking.
7. Fill pans up to the top of the bottom layer.
8. Bake 15 minutes in 350 degree oven, then rotate pan and bake for another 15 minutes.
9. Frost an even layer of icing using a spatula.
10. Decorate using frosting tips, ribbon, pearls or other decorations.  

So if you are looking for an option to paying an expensive baker for that huge wedding cake, think about choosing these mini wedding cakes, easy to make at home and decorate with detailing from your local grocery store.

Buy two pans and double the recipe each time. Faster and easier yet!

 

 

Autumn Wedding Cake

Photo courtesy of Cedar Wood Weddings

 

Getting married in the fall? This cake is perfect for an autumn bride! (and groom). I love the pumpkin patch that wends and winds itself from the bottom to the top of the cake. No need for a cake topper with this cake, the cake has sufficient adornment without adding to it.

 

Obviously this is not a DIY cake, it looks like a cake that will take the hand and eye of an expert to construct, but oh it is sooo worth it!

 

Visit Cedar Wood Weddings to see more upscale weddings with great ideas for your own wedding.

Wedding Cakes Go Chocolate

Photo from Martha Stewart Weddings

 

Chocolate wedding cake? Yum! I know, you're used to white or even pastels, but why not go with chocolate? It's rich, a little unconventional, and what I like, surprising. I like something a bit different. This chocolate petal wedding cake has a mocha spice cake under the bittersweet chocolate 'leaves.' This is one of the most striking wedding cakes I've seen.

 

 

Another cake shown on Martha's website is this chocolate chestnut wedding cake. It is topped with sugared fruit and laurel leaves, so no worry about finding in season flowers if you are having a winter wedding. Chocolate wedding cakes appeal to me for winter weddings, they're warm, rich and melt in  your mouth! Yum!

 

Visit Martha Stewart Weddings for a group of chocolate wedding cakes to choose from for your wedding day.

 

 

 

 

Individual Wedding Cakes

Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart Wedding

 

Individual Baked Alaska make an instant statement when you serve them for wedding cake. Sure you can't display the cake the way you can a 'typical' wedding cake, but I bet your guests rave about the cake for years to come.

 

These are courtesy of entertaining maven, Martha Stewart, at her site Martha Stewart Weddings, who really knows how to throw a party. So obviously her ideas for wedding receptions will be exceptional. So try serving your wedding guests these individual Baked Alaska for rave reviews.

Peacock Wedding Cake

Photo courtesy of sixfourteen photography

 

Planning a peacock theme wedding? Visit sixfourteen photography and see how this bride and groom used accents to coordinate the theme throughout their wedding. The bride managed to find ways to add color or feathers in a variety of unusual ways.

 

The photographers took a great shot of their rings on top of peacock feathers (see their web site for this great photo.)

 

So all you peacock brides, head over to sixfourteen's web site and see how this bride and groom incorporated their theme.

 

 

Going Pink--Cake That Is!

Photo courtesy of Wedding Chicks

Love this strawberry cake! The pink color gives it a different look from the usual cakes, and the addition of strawberries--yum! Love them all year long!

Use as a small wedding cake or as a shower cake. No matter which you decide on, this cake will wow your guests!

Visit Wedding Chicks for still more ideas for a strawberry themed shower (or wedding). Their site is full of great ideas--creative yet affordable.

Autumn Appliqué Cake

Photo from One Wed

How gorgeous is the autumn applique cake? The colors are perfect and the lace applique is gorgeous! I know this is a cake I'd love to serve at my wedding. Talk to your baker about using this as inspiration for your cake for your big day!

The fall colors that coordinate from the icing to the flowers to the cake stand cover pull it all together for a perfect look!

Tie The Knot Cakes

Source: wedding.theknot.com via Vickie on Pinterest

This cake gives new meaning to the words "tie the knot." It is a pretty multi-layer wedding cake is perfect for the bride who is looking for "something blue." Pretty blue bows on each level show the commitment of the bride and groom.

Charming knots decorate each layer, building layer on layer, strength on strength. This cake is simple but amazing.

Getting In Shape - Eat This, Not That

                 Food Suggestion Chart: courtesy of Whole Foods
                              "Health Starts Here" Program

Are you trying to get into shape for your wedding day? Or stay in shape after your wedding? Here are some easy choices. The left column are to be avoided at all costs, and the suggestions for replacement snacks improve from left to right.

Photo from Tracey's Culinary Adventures

Craving Candy but want a good replacement? Try baked fries. Or better yet, baked sweet potato fries, or best of all "veggie fries" (zucchini, beets or parsnips). Want to try my favorite recipe? Head over to Tracey's Culinary Adventures for the recipe--one word describes these--YUM!

Are you a soda drinker? 100% fruit juice is a good choice compared to soda, but 100% fruit juice mixed with sparkling water is a better choice, but your best choice? Good old H2O! Want to make your water 'better'--buy yourself some sexy Fiji Water.

Photo courtesy of Fiji Water

You know how much better it tastes just from looking at the bottle! And since it's from an aquafir at the edge of the rainforest it is far from pollution, far from nasty acid rain and far from industrial waste!  Good for your skin. Good for you! So yes, water is your best choice!

Photo from chocoliciousnyblog

Dying for some chips and dip? Heavy on the salt, onion and sour cream? OK, just look at that list of ingredients--do any of them look good for you? Let alone mixed together with fried slices of potatoes! So move to a healthier choice.  Try some 65% cocoa dark chocolate.  Or moving healthier, granola with low fat yogurt.  Best? Dried fruit. I prefer apricots or cranberries, or a tiny box of raisins. Need some fruit to offer your guests? Pick up a whole platter of dried fruits for wedding festivities at Chocolicious New York.  Dried fruit, the candy bar of the future! Filled with sugar but all natural sugars, so if you have to binge... go natural!

Keep you portions under control (well the water you can probably drink as much as you like!) but remember, no matter what you are eating, portions are key. And a great place to shop for healthy food choices? Your closest Whole Foods Market! Whole Foods not only sells healthy food they have employees trained to help you make healthy choices. Be sure and talk to their seafood departments for great ideas for cooking fish and to their whole body section for ideas for soaps, lotions and vitamins to keep you healthy. Whole Foods offers it all! And it's just a short drive away. 

And just in case you haven't chosen a baker for your wedding cake? Stop in their bakery and talk to their master bakers about their beautiful creations for your wedding day. Anyone who has ever walked by their bakery case knows they do beautiful work! (OK, so cake probably isn't healthy, but on your wedding day, you can splurge!)

Eye Popping Wedding Cake

Cake from The Bisuiteers

Whether you are looking for cakes or cookies (biscuits for those of you in the UK) this company has it all! Head on over and take a look.  Everyone is sure to find something to suit them.