im fairly new to all this, however im so stuck i thought id give up my forum virginty haha!
Me and my partner are getting married dec 2014, we are currently thinking of wedding cakes and we have hit a stumbling block. we want a really lovely cake we just dont want the fruit cake or marzipan icing(apologies if spelt wrong) but we've no idea in which direction to take things. the wedding colours are red and gold, theres lots of candles for a warm romantic effect. im open to any suggestions however i dont like nuts, i do love victoria sponge though but its how to decorate it etc. would anyone like to maybe put forward a few ideas or websites etc
Thank you
ps my H2B auntie is making the cake as shes really good at making them. :)
CommentAuthorKimD7
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Hi and welcome xx we are having a fruit layer, chocolate layer and lemon layer...the other alternative was a rainbow cake...
CommentAuthorLeanneE67
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i was starting to think layers might be a good idea. i really like cheese cake and chocolate cake but ive heard sponge don't last very long, so will be have to be made literally days before the wedding :s could be dangerous haha :) im just not a fan of icing at all, apart from like butter cream or is it gnas i should probably go try some :D xx
CommentAuthorKimD7
we arr haivng our cake as desert in the evening so tohught a choice would be better....
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Welcome to the site!
The picture of the cake next to my forum name on this post is what we're having for our cake. You have the same colour scheme as H2B and I
Great choice!
H2B and I are having the bottom tier lemon sponge, the tier up from that chocolate and the next tier up is vanilla then the small top tier will be fruit (not a lover of fruit but wanted something traditional and we will keep it, freeze it and have it for our first child's Christening cake).
You don't have to have a traditional fruit if you don't like it. I'd suggest contacting a few local cake makers who do wedding cakes and talk through all the options and let them know what you'd like, I'm sure they'll be able to guide you, obviously you don't have to commit to them as you're just enquiring, then once you're sure of what you want your H2B auntie can make it for you x
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We're having a 4-tier cake plus a separate cutting-cake, so can have up to 5 different flavours. We're definitely having fruit for the top tier, as it's smallest and we think it will be the least popular; we then have to choose between chocolate, vanilla sponge with raspberry and buttercream, toffee and caramel, lemon, and carrot cake. We'll have 3-4 out of these, but are totally undecided as to which ones as they're all utterly delicious.
So, I'd probably go for different tiers in different flavours, so that everyone gets something they like.
CommentAuthor*KelBel*
I'm thinking lemon, chocolate and Victoria sponge... Three different layers... I think lula on here is having sticky toffee pudding layer... You can have whatever u want if ur cake maker has an imagination xx
Red velvety meant to be nice too x
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
My mouth is watering with all this cake talk! One of the things I'm soooo looking forward to on the day is eating my cake lol! I've got a dairy allergy so our cake is being made dairy free so I can eat every tier lol. I'm going to be the unattractive bride in the corner in the evening gorging on cake!
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CommentAuthorJSB&PSB
We're going for chocolate, buttermint and baileys flavoured cake and because of nut allergies in the family it's just going to be covered in frosting :-)
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CommentAuthorRachaelC80
We're having something completely different.... Chocolate and Guinness cake!!!! It may not sound too appealing but we had a taste testing session with 5 of our neighbours and everyone went back for more!!!! And, the longer you leave it the better it tastes!!! :-)
CommentAuthorsarah
If you like victoria sponge you should g00gle naked wedding cake pics - they are amazing.
As your colours are red and gold you could have a red velvet cake and have the cream cheese icing dyed gold.
CommentAuthorJillianL47
We're having fruit for our bottom layer, vanilla for our second and chocolate orange for the top.
CommentAuthorbrilly
where just having 1 sponge layer and 2 fake layers, but need to check with our mexico wedding as they havnt yet stated what type of cake we will have over there x
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CommentAuthorMichelleB2b
I've seen lots of cakes in wedding magazines that are moving away from the traditional fruit cake. There are quite a few tiered 'nude' victoria sponges that just have a dusting of icing sugar on them and are decorated with read flowers or strawberries. They look really stunning.
CommentAuthormillz090
There are loads of options, but i advise you speak to your cake maker for suggestions. We are having fruit bottom then lemon sponge and 2 vanilla sponge but also a chocolate sponge but be in the kitchen and cut up serpartly. We were advised that some cakes are harder to ice especially if having royal icing and you want fruit at the bottom if possible as heavier. You can have fruit at the top but needs supporting well xxx
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CommentAuthorMrsWright290912
Leanne,
We had a madeira cake with buttercream icing piped on as roses. The buttercream has glitter in and we had butterflies with gold centres and tiny flowers with gold centres too. Not nearly as heavy to eat as a fruitcake with icing.
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CommentAuthorLulu1388
you can go in any direction you want with cake... theres no vanilla, fruit or lemon or anything traditional with ours! apart from the look!!
We got White Chocolate tier, white and dark fudge tier and sticky toffee tier!!
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CommentAuthorClaireW88
We are having lemon sponge, vanilla sponge and madeira for ours
CommentAuthorBobsi
I don't like fruit cake. Makes me feel sick. I'm going to try and make my own cake. I should really start now the last time I baked was in school and that was 10 years ago. I'm going to have sponge cake at least ill eat it then.and if all else fails I'm off to a$da.
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CommentAuthorsarah
I was just thinking about this but in America almost no one has a fruit cake for their wedding. They also tend to make creamy icings. I would love if it went that way here. I really don't care for fruit cake :(
CommentAuthorJSB&PSB
i only considered fruit cake (the smallest tier of course) for the more traditional/elderly people of my guests but then i thought nah my wedding i want to be able to eat some of every tier and enjoy it! :P
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CommentAuthorEmzvilla04
We not having a big cake Im having 7 tiers of cupcakes all different flavours the 7th tier is a 12 inch choc chip strawberry sponge just for me hubby2b to eat lol
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
we had .....
Top ......carrot cake ( for me ) Middle ....chocolate cake with orange cream ( for mr lala)
Bottom......fruit ( for everyone else ... this was the only layer to be cut )
I make cakes for a living (but am not making my own!) we are having a 3 tier sponge cake,1 choc, 1 vanilla, 1 lemon xx
CommentAuthorLynD
we've got fruit cake (I made that two weeks ago). Choc sponge, lemon sponge and erm... something else sponge :).
Sponge, if iced and uncut will keep pretty well for a week.
CommentAuthormadhen
Welcome to the madness!! :) You're definitely not alone in not being too keen on fruit cake! We'll probably have a combination of different layers - H2b's auntie has offered to make a cake and she only does fruit so we'll have one layer fruit, probably the smallest layer. I know people often say you can't have the top tier as fruit as it's too heavy, but I'm reliably informed by various cake shops that you can, it just takes some planning and plenty of dowels! H2b reckons we'll keep the top tier until the first christening so it'll have to be fruit! I think red velvet could be lovely with your colour scheme. As for how to decorate, literally anything you want can be done, only takes a minute looking on a search engine to see that - is amazing what kind of cakes are out there! ;)
CommentAuthorLeanneE67
Hi ladies,
Thank you for all your replies, you have certainly gave me some options to think about. I believe ive got a date with google now to check out some of your ideas :) the H2B wont be too impressed though seen as it means me not heading to bed just yet haha! Some of your replies gave me a chuckle, i agree in the my wedding, my way. H2B mum is very traditional so cnt really say she will love our wedding, firstly its not in a church, secondly we're having a sign saying ' today two families become one, pick a seat not a side' and then my dress is going to be mainly gold, no flowers, lots of candles. so im steering away from tradition a little therefore fruit cake is really not thing. im looking forward to seeing the nude sponge cakes and seeing what the red velvet will be like :) thanks again ladies :D xx
