As couples move away from the traditional fruit cake to more elaborate fillings and various icings, other traits that make up a spectacular wedding cake become more predominant in the styles and designs. One of these features is cake jewelry and it might come in the form of real jewels such as diamonds and rubies, stunning Swarovski crystals, or edible jewelry such as paste pearls.
In addition to gems, many cakes are created with beautiful branches of delicate sterling silver or even leaves of 24 karat gold. The reality is whatever …

Have you all tried to decorate a cake? I know I have. I used to love baking cakes and decorating them but I always seemed to mess up the icing. I never really knew any of the secrets the pros use for decorating their cakes.

The wedding cake is a showcase. Most brides would like the cake to be spectacular. But wedding cakes can be very costly. And rightfully so – it takes a master to build the intricate and lovely designs of the wedding cake.

Indeed every bride dreams of a magnificent looking and scrumptiously delicious wedding cake. Tiers upon tiers of beautiful artwork combined with fancy fillings and light airy layers of cake is the image of many of today’s cakes in the magazines. But as with all fine workmanship, the delicate balance of creating these masterpieces is indeed rightfully expensive. But one way to decrease your costs when offering wedding cake at your reception is by purchasing the layers and decorating them yourself.
Most people are terrified at the thought of baking one cake. …