Wedding Cakes

Fondant Wedding Cakes

When choosing the type of cake that you will have at your wedding you have to take into consideration all the details that you’ve already decided.  If you chose to have a fondant wedding cake, then this is a very good choice.

An icy-white fondant wedding cake can be a dreamy one , like it’s sculpted from one piece. Id very important to know that there are various types of fondant icing used in wedding cake decoration. Some of them are shiny and some dry to a matter finish. Some fondant wedding cakes can look stunning but the taste might not be the best. Be sure that you told you baker what is your wish, of you want your fondant wedding cake to look amazing, if the appearance matters, then share this with him. But if you think the taste makes a good fondant wedding cake, then maybe the appearance doesn’t have to be an impressive one. Your baker probably knows a lot of tricks regarding the taste of a fondant wedding cake. The taste can be improved by adding natural flavors as cappuccino or hazelnut to the fondant.

Everybody knows that fondant is the most versatile kind of cake icing. The best thing about it is that you can make any elaborated design on your fondant wedding cake and it can look perfect if you chose a good baker. There are a lot of ideas in the world of fondant wedding cakes, but keep in mind that everything is possible, so any shape can come true. For a small fee, in the case of some companies, they will also print photographs on your fondant wedding cake. You just have to send them a photo and in no time you will receive a sheet of fondant in the requested size,ready to position on your fondant wedding cake.

Though there are a lot of ideas regarding decorating your fondant wedding cake,the most popular decorations are flowers, leaves, bows, pearls, or other shapes of objects made of fondant or of sugar paste. Almost all fondant wedding cakes are white but fondant can be ,brushed or sprayed in any color you like.  For an artistic couple there’s also the possibility, to paint on their fondant wedding cake. They can use an artist’s brush and food-grade dyes and in this way their fondant wedding cake will be unique and will symbolize their strong bond.

If you have a themed wedding, a fondant wedding cake can be the best choice. For a western theme wedding, fondant can be made to mimic leather. The cut-outs can be shaped differently and can be painted in any color you choose. for an irish wedding you can have a circled fondant wedding cake with some Celtic knots on it. But fondant is the best , when you have  a winter themed wedding. The snowflakes stand still best on fondant. Because they are so delicate, without fondant, in a couple of hours your snowflake wedding cake can be without the magic snowflakes.

Going to the extreme, if your wedding is going to happen in summer, an icy fondant wedding cake is surely the best option for you. Because the heat is so dangerous  for the cake, fondant protects it for a longer time. A very important thing to know is that you should never refrigerate a fondant wedding cake. You can store it in a cold room temperature, but no more than three days. Usually, fondant wedding cakes do not freeze well, the icing can crack and if this happens all the baker’s work is lost.

Fondant wedding cake ideas activate your  imagination. Even if fondant cake decorating will cost a little bit more, you have so many design possibilities that the result will make you forget about the extra-money.