Almond Wedding Cake Recipe with tips

Here’s a great cake that would look (and taste) marvelous topped with whipped cream and strawberries (instead of the called for frosting). Or make a small layer cake like the one below.  Think about how easy this one would be to make – buttercream frosting, a red ribbon at the base of each layer, some [...]

Elegant White Wedding Cake Recipe

A dense and moist cake, if you’re looking for a white wedding cake recipe this one aims to please!  This is a great option to “make it ahead” as it tastes even better the second day.   Elegant White Wedding Cake Recipe 5 1/4 cups sifted cake flour 6 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons salt [...]

Heating Cores used in Wedding Cake Recipes

  If you have been doing some research in the field of wedding cake recipes and wedding cake decorating you have, no doubt, come across the mention of a “heating core”. A heating core is a device you can use to heat your larger cake layer up from the center.  It is primarily used to [...]

I Heart Wedding Cakes

Here’s an idea for a cake that would just be adorable on your guest’s plate. These tasty little numbers can be filled with your choice of jams and/or lemon curd (which can be found at your local supermarket).   Make the cake ahead and cut into hearts.  Freeze the hearts (without filling) until the Big Day [...]

A Lesson on How to Make Your Own Wedding Cake

  If you’re looking for some great tips and information on the how to make your own wedding cake, this is a fabulous video.  These ladies show it all – from the wedding cake recipe, to the frosting of the cake, to the decorating.  The wedding cake recipe and frosting recipe they use are included [...]

Whimsical Wedding Cakes You Can Make

Who says a wedding cake can’t be whimsical?  Get a load of these fun and funky wedding cake ideas…   Are you a Twinkie Lover?  Get on over to the Hostess Site for the directions for this cutie pie!     And for the Super Mario lovers of the world, a Mario wedding cake.   [...]

5 Tips for Decorating Your Own Wedding Cake

  Even though I am an experienced baker, I don’t enjoy decorating a cake with a decorator’s bag of icing.  I have the bags and the tips and have even taken a few classes.  I have tried to make myself like decorating a cake.   I just don’t like to do it.  I guess I would [...]

A Great Way to Stretch your Wedding Budget – Wedding Cupcakes

We all know how easy it is to make cupcakes.  And if you are trying to get over the fear of making your own wedding cake you might want to consider making your own wedding cupcakes.   One of your first steps in choosing a wedding cake to make involves choosing and testing out your [...]

Wedding Cake Pans – Do You Have the Right Size?

In preparing to make your own wedding cake, one point you will have to consider is your cake pan size.  There are all kinds of pans – round, square, oval, etc., etc.  And they come in a range of sizes.    It may be easy to choose which cake pan shape you like but what [...]