What could be more romantic than a summer wedding? Delicious and elegant summer wedding cakes add flair and color to a beautiful reception with these summer cake decorating tips.
Colors, Flavors and Cake Decorations for a Summer Wedding
Summer weddings are all about the heat and the beauty of the season – and the decorations on the wedding cake should reflect the theme of the reception.
- Summer colors: Popular colors for wedding cakes include vivid yellow, gold, orange, and pink, sometimes with touches of green and blue. For summer cakes, the general rule is the more color, the better!
- Summer flavors: Look for light, airy flavors like fruits, coconut, vanilla, buttercream and marzipan.
- Cake decorations: Flowers, fruits, sea shells, and hearts are classic summer themes.
Summer Wedding Cake Dos and Don'ts
If the wedding reception is going to be held outdoors, it's especially important to choose a cake – and wedding cake decorations – that will weather the hot weather gracefully. Whipped cream and cream cheese icings can spoil quickly in the heat, and even a fondant iced cake can begin to bead with moisture and fall apart in warmth and humidity.
It's important to choose a cake decorator who is able to build you a cake that will last – both in terms of beauty and flavor – even in the heat. Some of the best choices for an outdoor summer wedding cake include buttercream icing, fruit fillings and toppings (such as strawberry, raspberry, apricot, lime, lemon, cherry and coconut) and sugar paste or marzipan flowers rather than real plants that may wilt in the sun.
Summer Wedding Cake Themes
The most popular summer wedding cake designs draw on the colors and fruits of the season to create an edible masterpiece for the pleasure of the bride, groom, and their guests.
- Flowers, Fruits and Berries: A classic summer wedding theme, the cake may be decorated in a simple white (or green, blue, or rose pink) fondant and embellished simply or in great detail. Fruits like strawberries, raspberries, figs, marzipan pears, peaches and apples show the bounty of the summer, while flowers lend romantic and elegant flair.
- Beach and Sea Shell Themes: Perfect for a beach themed wedding, summer cakes decorated with sea shells, tiny parasols, or tiny beach wildlife made from sugar paste are whimsical and unique touches. Even a cake constructed as a sand castle is not going too far for a summer beach wedding.
- Heart Wedding Cakes: Heart shaped wedding cakes are a beautiful and romantic touch for the most elegant summer weddings.
- Summer Wedding Cupcakes: Cupcakes, cookies, and other individual desserts are increasingly popular for summer weddings, where guests may not all be ready for cake at the same time and may prefer individual servings. These can be decorated in rose pink or vibrant orange and white and topped simply or with any of the cake decorations used on more elaborate cakes.
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