Winter Wedding Cakes
Wedding Cake Designs with Icy Winter Themes and Rich, Warm Flavors
Sep 11, 2009
Winter weddings sparkle with the icy glitter of the season, and the cakes are no exception. It's possible to design delicious and elegant wedding cakes that draw on the best of the cold season to make a unique impression in chocolate, spicy flavor, or breathtaking icy color.
Add Winter Decorations, Flavor and Color
The secret to a terrific winter wedding cake is to draw on the best of the season in creating a confection that will be both beautiful and delicious. This means turning to winter colors and winter flavors in decorating the cake.
- What are winter colors? Think white, icy blue, brown, and Christmas colors like deep red, forest green and silver.
- Winter flavors include spices like cinnamon and clove, berries, candied fruits, nuts (such as hazelnuts and pecans) as well as the rich flavors of buttercream and chocolate.
- Winter cake decorations can be anything from gourmet spun sugar extravagances, winter themed cake toppers, or anything that reminds people of the season: pine cones, reindeer, snowflakes, snow globes, ivy or holly leaves, birds, or harvest fruits and flowers.
Winter Wedding Cake Themes
Some of the most popular winter wedding cake ideas include:
Winter Wonderland: A white cake with white icing trimmed with blue and silver. Decorations and cake toppers like pinecones, snowflakes made of spun sugar, metallic cake decorations, or a wedding cake platform shaped like a sled (and drawn by white or silver reindeer) are always an elegant choice. For a fun, lighthearted touch, consider adding sugar polar bears or chocolate penguins to a blue-iced wedding cake.
Caramel Spice Cake: The warm flavors of caramel and spices combine in a flavor that is perfect for the coldest day of winter. Dust this cake with snowflakes, glitter, and pine cones or bird decorations.
Orange Chocolate: An orange chocolate cake, or any other variation on a classic chocolate cake, is perfect for a winter wedding. Alternately, a chocolate ganache icing on a white cake adds seasonal color and flavor.
Christmas Wedding Cake Decorations
Winter means Christmas, and holiday-themed wedding cake ideas are extremely popular for winter nuptials. A Christmas themed cake will usually have dark green and red decorations, and can be embellished with glittering gifts and ribbons in red, gold and silver.
Lit candles, birds, reindeer, crystal decorations, or traditional Christmas ornaments make an exquisite addition to the winter theme. So do real bells or tiny musical instruments.
There is endless variety in winter wedding cake ideas, and every couple should explore the options before settling on the right cake for their reception.
 |
