The Best Wedding Cake Flavors By Season
Wedding cakes are created to look and taste fabulous, but sometimes flavor is compromised for style. When selecting a wedding cake, the perfect combination of taste and appearance should be paramount. The goal is that you and your guests admire the design of the cake just as much as they love eating it!
Wedding cakes come in a wide variety of flavors these days and couples no longer have to choose between traditional tastes like vanilla, chocolate and marble. Modern wedding cake bakers provide a wealth of flavor choices including imaginative combinations as diverse as coconut key-lime, chocolate hazelnut mocha, lemon poppy seed and orange-mango.
A good parameter to use when making your flavor selection is to coordinate it with the colors and theme of the wedding - or select the cake first and plan design details around it. Other important factors include the season and location of your wedding, so decide on your priorities before beginning the wedding cake selection and sampling process.
The simple rule is heavier chocolate cakes in the colder months/climates and airy, light cakes during the warmer months/climates.
The top wedding cake flavor suggestions for the seasons are as follows:
Fall/Winter
Kahlua Mocha- dark liqueur cake with coffee, vanilla and chocolate liqueur and topped with fudge icing
Mexican Chocolate Cake- moist and enhanced with three types of chocolate and a bit of cinnamon with a smooth milk-chocolate frosting
Red Velvet Cake- traditional Southern chocolate-red cake with cream cheese frosting
Texas Turtle- devil's food cake with nuts and caramel filling and fudge frosting
Spring/Summer
Princess Cake- moist, creamy white cake topped with cream cheese frosting (traditional choice)
Orange Marmalade and Lemon Cake- tangy lemon cake made using bitter English orange marmalade and lemon zest with a lemon butter sauce poured over the cake after baking and iced with cream cheese frosting
Fresh Strawberry Cake- chopped strawberries folded in a white cake batter topped with rich cream cheese frosting
Be sure to spend ample time seeking out a bakery that will suit all of your needs since there are plenty of options and competition for your business. You might want to start your search online or through referrals - then begin deciding which providers seem most appropriate for your needs. The more time and patience you spend selecting your cake, the happier you and your guests will be with the outcome.
There are additional cake-related decisions to consider. If you are concerned about price consider using fresh flowers and fruits in lieu of frosted ones. You can also order a beautiful cake that is a bit too small to feed the crowd and serve from less extraordinary sheet cakes that can be left out of sight and sliced and delivered by the venue staff. You also might want to consider a square cake as opposed to round being that square cakes cut more slices and will feed more people.
Of course, these are just suggestions and many wedding cake bakeries allow the happy couple to customize their cake to satisfy their palette and pricing concerns. Be sure to have an idea of how many people will be attending and ask the bakery about price per slice when considering the various flavors and shapes.
George Murphy III
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ive been searching the net trying to find out these things..
In your opinion, what do you think are the best..
1. colours for a wedding?
2. table decorations?
3. number for bridal party?
4. flavour for cake?
5. menu for a wedding?
6. season to get married?
7. first dance song?
Also, what is the average wedding budget?
thank you so much for your help.
I think so much of what you are asking is so personal to each bride and groom and of course, family. I really recommend that you look through theknot. by far better than the other 3 wedding websites that I used. It will give you a good idea about colors, season options and everything. You need to figure out when you want to get married and then everything comes after that. Alot also has to do with the church, location, etc availability. Good luck, I wish I could be more helpful. And have fun, it is a once in a lifetime thing (hopefully!!!)
References :
http://www.theknot.com
I can give you the colors I like, but they may not be what you like. Likewise with the cake flavor, menu, season, decorations, etc., etc., etc.
Also….this all varies by the budget for the wedding! If you have $75K to spend….well, I could give you lots of ideas. Likewise, if you have $2K to spend, I can give you lots of ideas.
There is really nothing "best." Each couple chooses things based on their own likes/dislikes and by their budget and where they live.
References :
http://romantic-wedding-music.com.au/planning-your-wedding.htm
References :
References :
1.) Privately and individually, have you and your fiance write down what you image your wedding to be. Then go over it together. You may find that he wants a huge wedding with all the bells and whistles and you want something smaller. Then you just need to compromise. OR, you may find out that you have very similar tastes and go from there.
2.) Your theme should speak to you as a couple. Are you a more classic couple? If so, then aim for an Old Hollywood Glamour theme. IF you are more playful, maybe a carnival theme is better. Your colors and decorations should play into your theme (Hollywood glamour: black, white, gold, red. Carnival, pink, blue, yellow).
3.) If you are choosing a reception hall where they provide the food, they can help you with a menu. If you need to find a caterer, meet with many of them and ask to sample their food. Get referrals!!
4.) I am afraid no one should tell you what your wedding song is. Surely, the two of you have a song that means something to you. You should talk about that.
5.) Season and budget depend on where you live, and when you are getting married. Typically, winter weddings are the cheapest, and you can get more affordable rates by having it on a Friday or Sunday.
References :
http://www.weddingistas.com