Summer is the season of weddings. The relatively warm weather is good to enjoy the festivities and especially at outdoor weddings. The weather is like the favorite season to get married for everyone. As the sun gets brighter and the sky becomes more vibrant and clear, it feels as if nature is becoming warmer and welcoming the new change. Hence, it's time to welcome the new phase of your life as well.
Now, summer calls for wedding cakes that equally embrace the sense of warmth as the weather. Your cake should not only reflect the theme of your wedding but also the gentle and welcoming summer weather. Usually, summer cakes are light and flavourful. Some couples like to have a little punch in it as well. The usual flavors couples are opting for nowadays are citrus, berries, fresh fruits, and tropical with fresh flowers, and herbs as decoration. The pastels, or bright oranges, shades of yellows, and corals are all the rage as colors.
Pastels are soothing to the eyes, like green and white with a slight hint of gold look absolutely elegant. A white plain cake with coral and bright pink fresh flowers cascading down the side look refreshing on a hot day. Berries and fresh fruits on wedding cakes give that much-needed pop of color and freshness to a summer cake. Semi-naked cake layered with buttercream and adorned with fresh flowers, fruits, or berries gives a rustic feel to the wedding.
SUMMER WEDDING CAKE FLAVORS
"Berries and citrus flavors are especially delicious in the summertime," suggests wedding planning expert Allison Davis of Davis Row. "Typically these flavor combinations are light enough to work for even the warmest days and nights." - The Knot
The usual and most common summer cake flavors are lemon, berries, pineapple, tropical, mango, strawberry, and any seasonal fruit.
WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT YOUR CAKE FROM MELTING
While summers are good for an outdoor or beach wedding because of the increased temperature and the sunny sky. However, this raised temperature is notorious for ruining wedding cakes if left under the sun for too long. Your icing, frosting, and filling can melt in the heat and disfigure your beautiful cake. So, in summer, wedding cakes need extra care and attention to remain in perfect shape and flavor until the cutting ceremony.
It's ideal to talk to your wedding planner and your baker to work out the best timeline for your wedding cake delivery. To have it delivered just before the ceremony is the best option. If you have fresh flower decoration, delivery would typically be arranged between your florist and your bakery.
You can also ask the venue manager to have a setup at the venue where your cake can be stored and cooled until the ceremony.
Some couples nowadays also opt to have a faux cake, made of Styrofoam, for their ceremony and pictures. This saves all the hassle of a setup and tight time management. The actual cake for dessert sits nicely in the kitchen until it is time to serve. Of course depending on the logistics this would increase the price.
"Talk to your cake artist about the setting of your wedding and the storage options for the cake. If the cake can be refrigerated until just before it's sliced, you're golden. If it's going to be on display in the sun all day, that changes things," says Davis. Even once it's delivered, have the catering team keep it somewhere cool until just before guests arrive to preserve the integrity and design of the tiered dessert. Davis adds that "the safest bet for the hottest days is a faux cake: it won't melt, collapse, or anything else you're afraid of. The real cake stays safe in the kitchen." - The Knot
SUMMER CAKE DESIGN IDEAS
Now, onto the exciting part, that is the design elements that go into the cake and how it looks to the eye. In summers, there are lots of options to think outside the box. The summer wedding cakes have a great margin to play around with creativity, colors, and textures. A traditional white cake is, of course, a winner always but summer allows you to play around and add a little fun to that white traditional wedding cake.
We recommend A Love For Cakes for your fun and customized summer wedding cakes. Whether you want a traditional white wedding cake or an elegant design with large fresh flowers for a garden wedding vibe or a semi-naked cake for a rustic barn wedding, our bakers at A Love For Cakes can do it all. They are seasoned professionals, working in this field for several years. Our bakery uses the finest ingredients for your wedding cakes and can customize them however the way you want. All you have to do is bring your ideas and imagination and our bakers will do it all for you.
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