Whats New About The Fall Wedding Cakes Today
A wedding in the fall will always have a different character than a wedding which is during any other time of year. The spirit at this time is amazingly festive and hopeful and truly abundant. Now you need to bring these same feelings into your fall wedding. So just incorporate a few seasonal elements into the wedding ceremony as well as reception. One of the real fun ways to add that unique seasonal touch to your autumn wedding is simply with a themed fall wedding cakes.
You will find that caramel will add a rich flavor to the cake and as well as dark cherry and the ever delightful espresso. Try to use liquor to give that extra depth to the cake. Chocolate cake with Kaluha or even Godiva liquor and black forest cake with Kirsch are a good combination.
Go ahead and look around you for the fall cake decorations. Opt for the Fall foliage, or simply the delicious harvest fruits. Other options can be of using grains or pumpkins and gourds. Just incorporate these into your wedding cake design. Easiest is to go for a cake totally covered in bright marzipan leaves. Or, why not decorate your fall wedding cake with tiny pumpkins or miniature red apples.
Nowadays, using cupcakes instead of a large tiered wedding cake is becoming very popular. With these wedding cupcakes you have so much more flexibility in cake flavor as well as design. Each tier of cupcakes can be of a different cake flavor and each cupcake design can be truly unique. Just let your imagination soar!
For fall weddings, cupcakes can be decorated in so many different and truly enticing ways. In case you are using a leaf theme, just have each cupcake decorated with a leaf which may be red, orange or yellow.
Now think of the flowers in autumn hues like sunflowers, orange roses; or even marigolds and zinnias which can be can be placed on your fall wedding cake by using fresh blooms themselves or by flowers made from gum paste or fondant. Ample succulent floral berries can also be used if you wish to invoke the autumn spirit.
Another element to consider is that when you are having a fall wedding, there are generally two different routes which you can explore. One is having a rustic and traditional event or you can just have a modern and glamorous affair.
Other option is to put small size, lady apples or crab apples for decorating wedding cakes. But in case you are doing a Halloween themed wedding, then you have to decorate your cake with caramel dipped lady apples definitely.
You have the option of using more complex flavors in cakes for fall than you would do otherwise in cakes for a warm weather occasion. Also, you have the flexibility of using various types of fall wedding cakes decor which will not stand up in warm weather.