wedding cake

With the wedding season quikcly approaching wedding cakes are on a lot of people's minds. Picking the right flavour(s) for your wedding cake can be tricky as there are so many delicious options to choose from. To choose flavours you know you'll love be sure to try wedding cake samples before ordering. A wedding cake needs to be visually appealing as well as delicious. You may opt for a simple single flavoured cake or a cake with several layers of different flavors and fillings. Cakes are so much fun these days with traditional, elegant, modern, unique and contemporary styles to choose from. Choosing the flavors is just part of the fun. You can create a tasty combination by complimenting cake flavors, fillings and icing. Among the most popular flavors chosen include - chocolate devil's food with vanilla buttercream, yellow cake with chocolate ganache, lemon, praline buttercream and vanilla lemon raspberry. Listed below are just a few other flavours you may like to consider choosing from: • Almond Cream - a moist almond cake filled with vanilla cream • Black Forest Cake - rich chocolate cake soaked with cherry brandy, layered with cherries and iced with cream cheese frosting or chocolate buttercream and topped with cherries • Red Velvet - red velvet cake iced with chocolate cream cheese • Raspberry White Chocolate Mousse - white chocolate sponge cake filled with white chocolate truffle and raspberry sauce • Chocolate Hazelnut Torte - chocolate cake filled with hazelnut creme and liqueur • German Chocolate Cake - chocolate cake layered and topped with coconut and pecan filling • Lemon Poppy Seed - lemon cake with poppy seeds filled and frosted with vanilla icing • Cappuccino Torte - layered vanilla and chocolate chiffon cake soaked with espresso coffee and topped with coffee buttercream • Chocolate Mousse - chocolate cake layered with chocolate mousse • Vanilla - vanilla syrup, buttercream and icing • Lemon Sponge Cake - layered with lemon syrup and lemon buttercream • Marble - a combination of vanilla and chocolate cake lightly blended • Butter Pecan - white chocolate pecan layers with buttery icing When it comes to the icing buttercream is very traditional and commonly used as it is easy to add flavur and color. Fondant is another popular icing especially for wedding cakes. It gets rolled out then draped over each layer of cake and gives the entire cake a smooth and polished look. You can also add decorations to fondant, with marzipan or make flowers or ribbons out of fondant. Ganache is the third most popular icing made out of chocolate and cream. Most icings are sensitive to heat, so make sure to keep the cake stored in a cool place lest the icing should melt. You can be creative when it comes to fillings. Among the most well liked fillings are raspberry jam, rum cream, hazelnut cream and chocolate buttercream. Ordering a wedding cake is a big job, you may know what kind you like but it can be quite the task to please a large crowd. Enjoy tasting samples to help you make your decisions and remember to have fun!