A Quick Guide to Wedding Cake Styles

It's not just about fruit cake you know. Wedding cakes really do help to reinforce the style of your whole wedding day, so the choice of shape, size, flavour, decoration and even the knife for the wedding cake, merit your attention. If you simply have no idea of the different styles of wedding cakes available nowadays, you may find our quick starter guide handy.

General Tips for Wedding Cakes

• First decide on your wedding cake style and budget
• Shop around from bakers or online stores
• Sample cakes whenever possible (a tough job but someone has to do it!)
• Order your cake in plenty of time
• Make sure you order enough wedding cake for all your guests
• Decide whether you want to provide boxes for 'wedding cake takeouts'.

Wedding Cake Styles

Traditional Wedding Cakes

If you are a fan of traditional wedding cakes, just go for it. A very traditional wedding cake choice is still a fruitcake or sponge with marzipan, white or ivory icing and decorated with sugar-coated icing (flowers or swirls etc).

Contemporary and Quirky Wedding Cakes

You can get wedding cakes created in (almost) any style, shape or colour. So why not pick your favourite flavour or flavours (one for her, one for him), mix n match your colours (to match the flowers, the bride's dress, and the groom's tie, etc), and get creative with the cake toppers. Cake toppers certainly do not have to be the traditional bride and groom in formal bridal wear, you can get almost anything modelled in sugar icing.

Mini Wedding Cakes

Most wedding cake styles can be made as mini wedding cakes, with one for each guest. Mini wedding cakes can look very stylish arranged on wedding cake stands or platters, and make a really nice 'take-away' for your wedding guests.

Wedding Cakes Online

If you enjoy shopping online, with a bit of advance notice, you can even create and order your wedding cake over the Internet. We advise choosing a reputable online store, however, so you're not left with an empty cake platter.

More About Wedding Cakes

View NZ Wedding Guide's wedding cakes information, or return to NZ Wedding Guide's main page.