Winter wedding cakes: tips and suggestions
Winter weddings can be beautiful events. You can make the most of the season and the weather by tying in your decor and food to fit. Wintry decor can be warm and lush, and involve rich fabrics and colors. You can also aim for an approach that mimics the stark classiness of frost and snow, and go for colors and themes in silver, white, and crystal. One element of your wedding, that can look stunning when done up in wintery style, is your wedding cake.
There are many different options for winter wedding cakes. Winter wedding cakes can reflect the winter theme in term of flavor and decoration. You can also add to the wintery feel in the way that you serve your winter wedding cake. There is a variety of different approaches that you can take to make sure that your wedding cake gives off that wintery feel.
Particular flavors of cake are often associated with winter. Meringues and lemony textures and flavors are often associated with spring or summer. In contrast, dense case such as fruit cakes and mud cakes are perfectly suited to winter. A truffle cake flavored with liqueurs or rich spirits such as port or brandy can be very wintery in taste. Opt for rich and heavy cakes if you want a wintery feel to your winter wedding cake.
Winter wedding cakes can also be dressed up to look the part. If you’ve gone for a dense cake such as a fruit or mud cake, you can reflect that in the cake’s decoration. Try decorating the cake in rich and wintery tones. Fall tones such as oranges and browns can work well, too. Alternatively, you can contrast the richness of the cake with a pale or silvery frosting in the manner of a Christmas cake.
You can also add a variety of different decorations to your winter wedding cake to ensure that it reflects the theme and the weather. Sprigs of certain plants, or winter flowers are a good option for this. You may also want to add decorations that mimic icicles or snow. These can look stunning and elegant when added to a cake. Other options include winter-themed bows and ribbons, as well as other small decorative items that will reflect the theme.
Consider the way that your cake will be served. Even the most wintery wedding cake can be improved when consideration is given to how it is served. For example, serve your winter wedding cake on appropriate crockery to give it a true winter feel. Try combining it with napkins that are suited to the theme. You could use napkin rings that are styled to suit the wintery tone of the cake, too. You could even go an extra step and try to match your cake to an appropriate wine or drink. A rich fruit cake with a rich brandy or port can be a wonderful combination. Your guests will love the rich warmth of the two, and it will no doubt be a memorable cake.
