Wedding Cake Trends From Formal To Rustic

Last year, naked cakes streaked onto the scene with wild popularity. While naked cakes are still fabulous, the most recent wedding cake trends are nothing short of exquisite. Three of the new fashions offer options that pair with themes ranging from formal to rustic.

Watercolor cakes
These cakes take a hint from popular clothing and art styles. Cake makers cover the cake in perfectly smooth fondant. Then they dilute color gel and paint it on the cake! It is fabulous! Designs range from messy color patches to ornate birds, flowers and leaves. The wedding cake becomes more of a form of art than a desert. This technique pairs well with a few simple flowers down the side and no cake topper. You read that right: you won’t have to buy a topper that you won’t know what to do with after the wedding -- and no one will even notice that it’s not there. The new watercolor cakes are elegant and stunning. They are a craze worth looking into.

Drip cakes
These gorgeous cakes are tall cylinders with fondant. The top layer has a gorgeous drip coming off it and trickling down the cake. They look breathtaking with metallic gold or silver drips. This technique pairs well with the new water coloring techniques. Just be sure to decide which decoration will be the focal point, and keep the other minimal. An ombre, watercolored base looks amazing with a drip on top. Drip cakes can look very formal or casual depending on the colors. Adorn a drip cake with simple greenery or a few flowers. These cakes work well with or without a topper.

Metallic is IT
Anything metallic is popular right now in wedding cakes. Bakers are using edible gold leaf or metallic food paint. Choose from gold, silver or rose gold to make your cake stand out and look lavish. Gold or silver accents can tie your cake into the rest of the wedding decorations to create a seamless theme.

Geode cakes
This trend only works for some wedding themes. Cake artists create what looks like an open geode in the side of a tiered cake by using rock candy. Yep, you read right: they make your cake look like you found it spelunking. Fun features of this option bring bright blues or greens into the cake. For a rustic look no one else has seen, try the geode cake. This cake definitely doesn’t need a topper or flowers to adorn it -- the sparkly crystals take all of the attention.