New Wedding Cake Blog

A spin off of the young exciting Cake Channel, the Design Wedding Cakes at http://design-wedding-cakes-pictures.blogspot.com is the great new place on the web to learn how to choose the perfect bridal cake.

It takes the bride, and often the groom, through every step of the process from choosing a baker to serving the cake. There are hundreds of pictures of exquisite wedding cake designs to choose from, each more beautiful than the one before. A wedding cake should reflect the tone of the wedding in its level of formality, style and decoration. The Design Wedding cakes Blog helps to make these decisions easier.
In Western societies the wedding cake has become a symbol of commitment, a representation of everything a wedding is meant to be. Whatever your denomination it signifies the sweetness of a union between two people. With that in mind there is enormous pressure on the couple to have the perfect cake. No one will remember anything about the food served at the reception after five years, but chances are if the cake was not picture perfect or it did not taste fantastic, it will still be talked about at your twenty fifth wedding celebration!

Taste.
The taste of your wedding cake is to a certain extent a matter of personal choice, in the sense you may take into account the groom loves chocolate and the bride is allergic to strawberries. It is not rocket science to come to the conclusion that a strawberry topped cake is not the best choice. However other practicalities must enter the equation.


The European wedding cake made with fruit is typically decorated with Royal Icing, but the more typical American wedding cake will use a type of butter-cream. Fortunately as prevailing weather conditions are different there are many types of butter cream icing. If you are planning to marry in the height of Summer a recipe using all butter is not a good choice, the properties of all butter, butter cream icing is no different from that of butter, it melts when it is warm. However if you have your heart set on butter cream icing then make sure that you have a recipe where the sugar is cooked to the soft ball stage.
Italian butter cream is someti8mes referred to as meringue butter cream, as it is more stable in hot conditions. Egg whites are whipped to peaks and then combined with hot sugar syrup; once this has cooled butter is added withy any desired flavourings. This example of a type of butter cream is softer and lighter than the regular butter cream and is used in Europe for genoise sponges.

Design
Choosing a wedding cake should be fun; it is a perfect opportunity to make a statement, it is your party and you can have what you want. However there are once again practical constraints. In Europe a layer of the wedding cake is traditionally held back for the christening. If you like this idea then you have to choose at least one layer of your cake to be a fruitcake, as it preserves well, drenched in brandy.
Theme.
If you have a theme, talk to a baker, there are many props that can change the basic design of a cake. Use your imagination flavourings can add color as well as flavor, avocado icing or filling is a wonderful delicate color. A well-designed cake will enhance your theme and bring the whole concept of the design together as the celebrations culminate with the cake.

Don’t forget to enjoy every aspect of your cake, the initial tastings, savor the joy of texture, taste, color and imagination that you can use to create the culmination of your perfect day.
Don’t forget to consult Cake Channel’s Gallery for a wonderful display of exceptional cakes, designed to make your celebration perfect.