Italian wedding cake to complete the wedding

The wedding cake is always seen as the centerpiece at wedding receptions. It can also be the most expensive buy apart from your wedding gown that you will splash on. Yes, not to forget that Italy honeymoon on that list is a must. To make your Italian honeymoon dream come true register your dreams and let others help you make it come true. Planning an Italian wedding, then you definitely want to have an Italian wedding cake.

Wedding cakeFirst thing first a true Italian wedding cake is made from fresh ingredients with none of the artificial decorations. It has to be decorated with butter cream or rolled fondant accented with handmade sugar flowers, fruits or fresh flowers. Choose typical Italian ingredients such as our chocolates, butter or chantilly cream for your Italian wedding cake.

 

HOW TO ORDER YOUR ITALIAN WEDDING CAKE?

Not only do you need to decide on the flavor and design of your Italian wedding cake. You need to consider:

starColor of the cake to complement your wedding reception decorations.

starShape of the cake to complement the table setting.

starSize required for your invited guests this will help you determine how many tiers two, three or five.

Make sure your selected baker or wedding planner provides you with a pretty cake-cutting knife. If not, you should buy your own. Cutting the cake ceremony is too important to overlook.

POPULAR ITALIAN WEDDING CAKES

cakeMost common flavor of Italian wedding cake are chocolate, lemon, rum and "white" cakes. A traditional one is Millefoglie which is a crispy puff pastry base with layer of sponge cakes in-between held together with by creamy chantilly and vanilla pastry cream.

Other popular Italian wedding cakes:

1. Torta Chantilly - sponge cake with chantilly cream, white chocolate shavings on top.

2. Diplomatica - Puff pastry base, sponge cake, vanilla cake or chantilly cream.

3. St. Honore - puff pastry, sponge cake, cream puffs and chantilly cream.

4. Bignolata alla Vaniglia - vanilla favored chantilly cream with cream puffs filled with whipped cream.

5. Torta Mimosa alla Bavarese - sponge cake filled with Bavarian cream and vanilla.

Crostata fruitta6. Crostata di Fruitta - Classic fruit tart with vanilla cream. A long time favored tradition before the white multi-tiered wedding cake over took it's popularity.

 

sweetsAt some Italian weddings there are no wedding cake! Instead guests are treated to decorative boxes filled with sugared almonds. It portrays the Italian thoughts of wedding between the union of bitter and sweet. These sugar almonds are not cheap either. You will find them in many Italian wedding planning shops with many decorative packing suggestions.

 

HOW TO CHOOSE WEDDING CAKE?

Some great ideas here on the types of cakes that are out there now. The cake is often the dessert of the wedding banquet so it must taste great besides looking good. You should always have a chance to taste the cake before you order.

 

 

Wedding cupcakes

There is a trend in having wedding cup cakes rather than the traditional wedding cake. They add an amusing touch to your wedding. If you do decide on having wedding cupcake you will not be able to have a cake-cutting ceremony. You can still feed each other cupcake instead! Cupcakes are a little cheaper when compared to traditional wedding cake. Your guest will certainly prefer cupcakes as they are easier to carry home.

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Trends in wedding cakes

An interesting insights into what the trends are in wedding cakes. Those small personal wedding cup cakes are so fashionable.

USD20 Million Wedding Cake

Take a peek at what a USD20 million wedding cake looks like. Certainly you require lots of security at your wedding. We wonder would you accidentally serve a diamond to your guest.

Unique Favor Cake

Wedding cake need not be made from eggs, flour and cream. Here's a unique idea for a wedding cake made from paper!

How do you decorate a wedding cake?

The difference between a home-baked wedding cake and professional cakes is the decoration and the size of the cake. You will need special equipments to make that extra special cake.

 

Make your own wedding cake

If you are up to the challenge to bake a wedding cake for yourself to make it memorable or bake it for a friend as a great personal gift. Go ahead and try your hand at it!

 

 

 

 

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