12 Great Wedding Cakes

By Real Simple
Updated March 18, 2015
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Creative new designs for dessert, from sweet and simple to bold and bright.
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Monochromatic Flowers

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Fondant flowers with an embroidered texture create a lace effect, while the gray tint turns a simple cake chic.

All cakes by The Cake Girls, Chicago, thecakegirls.com.

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Eye-Catching Stripes

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Can a cake produce an optical illusion? A combination of geometry and shading adds dimension to an all-white cake.

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3-D Doilies

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Inspired by layers of lace, doily shapes create a modern romantic look.

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Bold Lace

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A black-and-white color palette is immediately striking. Add delicate yet chunky textural lace details and you have one stylish cake.

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Signature Stamp

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An update on the classic monogram, the couple’s names are embossed on a white plaque. Thin red stripes complete the preppy vibe.

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Trendy Topper

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Single-tier cakes are all the rage. Give yours equal drama with an arch of petit flowers and a bride and groom topper made of white chocolate.

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Great Shape

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Perfect for a garden wedding, this hexagon-shaped green cake features a dainty pattern of white pearls surrounded by a cluster of mini gold pearls.

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Abstract Tulips

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Reinvent your wedding flowers on your cake. Sugar tulips create a graphic ring around a three-tier cake.

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Textural Blooms

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Two realistic-looking, sugar anenomes grace a simple pink cake with a grooved silhouette.

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Nature’s Best

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White leaves with finely illustrated lines cascade down a square-shaped chocolate cake.

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Homemade Cookies

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Iced in chocolate buttercream, this cake gets the true homemade treatment as chocolate cookies smeared with white icing and mini rainbow sprinkles line the sides.

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Cream Puff Cake Stand

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Don’t want a wedding cake? Serve up your favorite dessert on a layered cake stand, like these homemade cream puffs in cupcake liners.

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