Wedding Cakes With Nostalgic Charm

Back when your mother and grandmother got married,best, perhaps with a touch of pale pink if you want a
the wedding cake was not the extravaganthint of color. Keep the design classic. You cannot go
showpiece that it is today. Brides back then wouldwrong with pretty decorations piped in white frosting.
have been shocked at the price that some couplesWonderful choices include garlands, scrolls, and Swiss
pay for today's over-the-top wedding cakes. Cakesdots. The pearl is another lovely addition to a vintage
these days have become like competitions; it seemsinspired cake, as it really ties in with the classic bridal
like every bride wants hers to be taller or morejewelry favored by brides throughout the ages. You
elaborate or quirkier than every wedding cake that hascan have a simple pearl border piped along the edge
come before. If you feel like sometimes simpler can beof each tier, which looks beautiful when the bride is
better, take a look at some ways that you can designwearing pearl bridal jewelry.
a wedding cake with a refreshingly nostalgic charm.Another nice choice for cake decorations would be
A traditional wedding cake was frosted in white orfresh flowers. They can be arranged in small clusters
ivory buttercream. The buttercream icing has a softeron the base of each tier, cascading down one side of
and more genuine look than the too-perfect look ofthe cake, or as filling between layers if your cake has
perfectly smooth fondant. (I once attended a weddingrisers. Ask your florist to bring some additional flowers
where one of the young guests insisted that the caketo place around the base of the cake, as well as
was fake; he could not believe that fondant was ediblesome petals to sprinkle on the cake table. Roses are a
and not plastic!) The look of buttercream frostingtimeless flower to use; even more vintage would be
harkens back to the day when the families of the brideorange blossoms. Choose cake flowers that tie in with
and groom did much of the cooking for the weddingyour bouquets and centerpieces. One of the nice
celebration. Although I don't necessarily recommendthings about decorating your cake with real flowers is
having your mom try to make your wedding cake,that it is considerably less expensive than having the
working with buttercream is something that a talentedbaker create handmade sugar flowers.
amateur could conceivably do.A nostalgic wedding cake should definitely have a
Classic wedding cakes were generally round, andvintage cake topper. The best of all would be if the
could either consist of stacked layers or tiers withbride or groom's parents saved their cake topper for
risers in between. The risers got a bad name in theyou to use. Otherwise, look around at vintage stores
1980s, as they were often really tacky plastic thingsand online for wedding cake toppers with a
made to look like fluted columns, or worse yet, bridgessentimental design. You cannot go wrong with an
spanning from one tier of cake to another adjacent tooriginal bride and groom topper. Other popular choices
it. Yet, pedestals can be used to in a good way to addfrom the past are wedding bells and doves.
height to a cake and to give it a lighter feeling. OneYour wedding cake should be special, but it does not
very nice way to use risers without the tacky factor ishave to be cutting edge or extravagant. Create a
to partially obscure them with flowers between thecake with a nod to the past for a dessert that will
layers of the cake.have both beauty and simplicity. A nostalgic wedding
The decorations on your nostalgic cake are what willcake is the perfect sweet ending to your special day.
really give it a charming simplicity. White on white is