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Creating the Best Wedding Cake - Flavors and Frosting

The bride and the groom should both participate in the process of choosing the wedding cake. Before you consider the flavor and filling of your cake, decide on its style and shape. The traditional wedding cake is a round or square tiered white cake with butter cream frosting. Yours does not have to be the traditional style. You can design your own wedding cake to match your own taste. You may choose to select the modern trend of which the wedding cake is designed in shapes of oval, hexagon, octagon or even heart shaped.

Whatever the style and shape you choose, consider the flavor and filling of your wedding cake next. These days, wedding cakes can come in a multitude of flavors - from plain vanilla to chocolate to coconut, almond, carrot, or even fruity flavors such as lemon, orange, mango, strawberry, and even pineapple. Dual flavored cakes are also popular these days and very much in demand. A couple may choose to order a two layered mango-orange cake with a flavor in each of the layers. Aside from the flavor of the cake, the flavor of the filling should also be considered. Various flavors include cream cheese, caramel, Bailey's Irish Crème, coconut, raspberry, peach, hazelnut, chocolate mint, or vanilla custard. Fillings between the layers will add that special great taste to your wedding cake. Select flavors and fillings that will complement each other. Thus, a vanilla cake with a strawberry filling will not only look eye-appealing, but also tastes great.

Another point to consider when ordering your wedding cake is the icing that crowns the cake. Select an icing that will hold up well at room temperature. This will ensure that your wedding cake will retain its flavor and consistency while it is waiting to be served. The tradition of freezing the top layer of your cake for your one year anniversary will require an appropriate icing that freezes well.

Avoid freezing egg, fresh cream or cream cheese filled cakes. Choose from several other popular cake frostings such are buttercream, fondant, and royal icing. Buttercream icing is a popular choice as it is tastier than the other two types of frosting. It can also be dyed to change it to the color of your choice. Fondant icing provides your wedding cake with a beautiful satin like finish and can be dyed to match almost any color. Cakes with fondant icing freeze well for a long time. Another type of icing is the Royal icing. It is a pure white icing that dries to a smooth hard finish. It is often considered a decorative icing and is used for piping decorations, making flowers, extravagant sculpture, borders and lettering. It can also be used as its natural color of white or may be tinted before using. This type of icing also freezes well.

Thus, with extensive planning and research, the perfect wedding cake can be yours. It can become a memorable part of your special event and it can capture the romantic and magical moment for you on your wedding day.

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