Chocolate Wedding Cakes
Chocolate. Say it with me. CHOCOLATE. Who doesn’t love chocolate? In the U.S., most wedding cakes, until recent years, were drab, white, and practically flavorless. Just sweet and more sweet. But more and more, we’re seeing different flavors, and different combinations. And not to be left out, chocolate is a flavor in the forefront. A couple may choose plain chocolate, but more often than not, we see variations on the theme – mocha, chocolate espresso, red velvet. But should a couple cling steadfast to tradition, they can always relegate the chocolate to the groom’s cake. Often a foil to the white, statuesque, center-stage wedding cake, a groom’s cake is often whimsical, and frequently expresses some quirky aspect of the groom’s or couple’s personality. Sometimes the flavors vary, but quite often, the groom’s cake is – you guessed it – chocolate. Dark to the wedding cake’s light. Rich to the wedding cake’s austere. The perfect yin and yang, the perfect foil, the perfect complement. If your couple-heart lies in the direction of chocolate – go for it! It’s your wedding, after all.
Prince William’s Groom’s Cake
So…I know that we’ve talked about it. But we haven’t actually seen it. Well, I hadn’t, anyway.
Until now.
While everyone else was mooning over the giant, gorgeous, white behemoth of a cake created to mark the wedding of Read More
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Egads, It’s a Cake by Martha Stewart!
I have honestly been waiting to do two things on this blog since we started in December.
- Say ‘egads,” and
- Feature a cake by the goddess of weddings, Martha Stewart.
Today my dreams come true..because LOOK! Read More
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Beautiful Chocolate Brown and Delicate Blue Wedding Cake
Recently, we showed you one of our favorite cakes, featuring a seriously hot color combination: brown and blue. Today, the color combo is back in a different, though no less stunning, iteration.
This cake features a rich robe of chocolate brown fondant, with each of the circular layers trimmed with a wide white ribbon. Adorning the entire cake Read More
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Vegan Nirvana: Mocha Almond Fudge Avocado Groom’s Cake
If you visit many trendy bakery sites and blogs (as I do), sooner or later, you are going to come across a whole list of “free” things – gluten-free, sugar-free, casein-free – and you might be tempted to say, “Hmmm, go ahead and add taste-free to that list, too.”
Well, I will have to say, respectfully, that -free doesn’t have to be devoid of culinary character.
Are you a bride – or a groom – looking to feature a vegan choice Read More
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Chocolate Zucchini & Raspberry Cupcakes
So..not exactly a wedding cake..but I saw this picture and I couldn’t handle the loveliness of it all. These cupcakes are zucchini and chocolate flavored (oh yes..who knew that something that sounds so wrong could be SO right?) I would not mind eating my vegetables if they could always be ingested with chocolate. The tiny cakes are topped with cream cheese icing Read More
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Sage, Chocolate Brown, and Cream Color Cupcake Heaven
I think I have expressed once, or twice…or perhaps even three times my love for cupcakes. Apparently, this cupcake combo comes with a back story. The cupcake stand was lost en route to the wedding venue so the baker improvised and turned wine glasses upside down and placed a plate on top of them. To tell you the truth..I kind of think it’s classy.
The best part..please listen to the flavors of these bad boys: Read More
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Contrast: Chocolate Scrollwork Wedding Cake
I love a good contrast, don’t you?
Light and dark, old and new, bitter and sweet. Give me opposites to bring out the beauty Read More
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Black Wedding Cake..Part Two..
Do you remember a few weeks ago when I talked all about my friend who had a black wedding cake..and then I totally admitted defeat and told you I couldn’t find a picture?
Well thank god for Twitter because I sent out a cry for help and Read More
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Tour de Cake! More Bicycle Wedding Cake Toppers
Your wedding day is generally considered one of the best days of your life. Yes?
Well, why not combine the best day of your life with the best time of your life. That’s what this couple did. They chose a simple two tiered circle cake covered in chocolate ganache and added a fondant masterpiece to the top. The fondant bride and groom are riding Read More
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Oh my ganache!
Does anyone else have the strong desire to just whip out your finger and dig it right into this cake until your knuckle deep in chocolate ganache or is that just me?
This three tiered circle cake is slathered in bittersweet ganache and beautiful blue fondant bands around each tier. The flowers on the top and the side just make the cake pop with color. I have to admit I love the placement of the flowers as well.. kudos to Hana and Posy in Philadelphia, Pa. Now that we have appropriately Read More



