Cut to the
cake! Planning out the details for your wedding cake and sweet table can be one
of the most fun activities of planning your wedding. Who doesn’t look forward
to a piece of creamy delicious wedding cake, beautiful macaroons or fancy
cupcakes at a wedding? This can also be one of the easier parts of planning as
all you have to do is envision what kind of desserts you’d like to have at your
special affair, and then leave it up to a professional baker to turn it into a
delectable reality! Here are some appealing cake and sweet table ideas and
trends for 2015 that really, well… take the cake.
The Personal Touch
Personalization
is starting to become a major trend for this year as more couples are choosing to
make a statement through various aspects of their wedding, especially though
the food. Go with desserts that represent you as a couple and are unique to
your likings and personal fancies. Subtle touches, such as sugar butterfly
cupcakes or a cake design that fits excellently with your overall theme is all
you need. Have fun with personalization. You want guests to admire the thought
and effort that you put into making your wedding aspects reflect who you are.
Bold Tastes
This year we
will see more couples experiment more with brave, bold flavours for their cakes
and desserts. Couples are choosing to take a break from more customary flavours
like French vanilla and red velvet and going for rich, indulgent tastes like caramel
cake with salted caramel buttercream, and chocolate orange cake with Belgian
chocolate orange ganache. Don’t be afraid to try something new! Bakers and
caterers are more than willing to let you sample their delicious creations, and
if you love it, chances are your guests will love it too.
Colour of the Year
Pantone has
just recently set the “color of the year” and the hue goes to *drum roll
please*: Marsala! Marsala is a warm mix of brown, red and burgundy that has the
benefit of being bold but soft at the same time. Trend-savvy couples will
infuse this warm hue into their cakes and sweet table desserts, for some cake artists,
it may be difficult to create the exact colour of marsala, but combining dyes
of red, brown and burgundy should give you the perfect marsala. Don’t forget to include red, dark wine at the
wedding to give a nod to your marsala theme!
Metallics
“Synonymous
with luxe is metallics. Metallics are so on trend still and keep on evolving.
First it was lots of silver, now it’s golds.” – Jacki Fanto
Metallics
stand bold and loud on cakes and the beauty of them is that not only do they
look luxurious but they go well with almost any colour you combine them with.
Gold is warm and beautiful, and makes for a super polished look on your cake. Rose
gold is just as warm and shiny, just with a dash of beautiful pink. Lastly, silvers
are in as well and they definitely give that shiny lustre to your confections,
looking modern and chic as well. Play with your favourite metallics and let
them do the statement making at your wedding. A gold chevron-style tiered cake?
Rose gold macaroons? Glamourous cupcakes with silver fondant accents? Metallics
will look grand on anything on your sweet table.
Geometric Shapes
Geometric
shapes for décor and cakes have been popular for a few years now but are now making
a bold comeback for 2015. Not only is this such a bold and fun idea, but using geometric
shapes on your cake and other desserts is a great excuse to use pops of colour!
“Geometrics are extremely versatile and can be translated into so many
different designs and themes. Small uses of geometric shapes can transform a
typically traditional design into something fresh, modern and unexpected.”
–says Stevi Fransen-Auble. Use shapes like triangles, hexagons, squares and
other quadrilaterals (am I taking you back to math class?) to experiment in
making the shapes have high design and bold impacts.
For other fab style ideas and trends to watch out for this wedding season, visit our website at www.fabfete.ca or get in touch with one of our fabulous planners!