Calling All Wedding Bakers: Trending Bride-Favorite Cake Flavors

If it weren’t for the exquisite artistry of talented pastry chefs around the world, some of our most intimate moments would indeed be a LOT less sweet!

Birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, graduation—you just can’t imagine these memorable milestones without a fabulously edible centerpiece holding everything together (and keeping those guests around even longer)!

When it comes to weddings, the pressure to craft a perfect creation is even greater. With so many demands on such short notice, you’re not just expected to bake a cake that looks and tastes great, but tells a story.

And that, my friends, is nothing short of making magic!

Read Between the Layers

If you’re a baker with an eye for detail, you’ll definitely have your hands full during wedding season.

With international bakeries upping their game with new technology, and small-scale pastry chefs sweeping away the competition with custom designs, one of the biggest challenges faced by bakers, big and small, is creating a wedding cake that’s truly full of surprises!

Among other things, this means paying attention to flavor as much as decoration.

Flavor Fervor

White vanilla may be most people’s knee-jerk response to the most popular wedding cake flavor.

While chocolate and vanilla are definitely among the most requested flavors for the occasion, they’re quickly becoming basic, demanding innovations and hybrids in order to remain relevant and authentic.

Take a look at our surprising (and unsurprising) top picks to celebrate saying "I Do" in recent years!

Lavender Love

Anyone tying the knot in fall is definitely looking for something a little edgy and out of the box. Channeling the season’s most dominant colors, this time of the year, brides are often picking hues and accents that complement shades like purple, lilac and violet.

A classic three-tier wedding cake gives you a chance to create a stunning purple ombre, featuring lavender-flavored buttercream, organic culinary lavender oil, and statement white flower accessories. Swoon!

Apple Spice

In keeping with the spirit of the season, let’s talk about another bride-favorite flavor that dominates weddings from September through November: apple cinnamon.

There are a number of ways to make this one sing—with delightful filling-and-frosting combinations like salted caramel with caramel buttercream, or apple butter with cinnamon buttercream.

Pink Champagne

Now, vanilla may seem a bit cliché for weddings, but it’s not totally out of the picture.

With fun and innovative ideas swirling around the cakesphere, bakers are known to add a unique twist to staple vanilla, making pink champagne every sophisticated bride’s dream flavor!

Champagne cakes are made by replacing water with champagne in the batter, and they pair superbly with strawberry buttercream and white fondant. In the end, what you’re left with is a classy, sweet and feminine centerpiece for a classy and modern wedding display.

Believe us when we tell you: brides are as picky about the cake as they are about the dress—and they have every right to be!

Step up your game and wow them with dazzling cakes, made from scratch with high-quality ingredients!

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