Wedding Cake Recipes

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The perfect wedding cake recipe can only enhance the special day. Those who are handy with a mixer, might consider making a cake instead of purchasing one. What follows are some hints for finding the perfect wedding cake recipe.

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Early Wedding Cakes

You might find it interesting that wedding cake was once thrown at the bride rather than eaten! It was considered a tradition that symbolized fertility for the couple. Wheat and rice grains are also a symbol of richness and were the earliest grains showered on both the groom and bride. Some weddings still follow these traditions. And it only proves that the wedding cake is a big part of the ceremony. How many weddings have you been to where the bride and groom end up wearing part of the wedding cake? This stems from the early traditions of throwing the cake at the bride!

For formal weddings, the slicing of the wedding cake is done by both the groom and the bride at the same time, to signify the start of their union as husband and wife. It is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of every wedding.

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Choosing a Wedding Cake Recipe

In order to have the perfect wedding cake, one must first find a suitable wedding cake recipe. It should be a flavor that both the bride and groom enjoy. It need not be expensive or hard to make as long as the desired outcome will be met; a cake everyone will enjoy!

There are many places to find wedding cake recipes. You can ask around; friends love to share details about their weddings, surf the internet and online recipe sites, check out local cake shops or gourmet magazines. Pick several cakes that you want to try, based on the ingredients and imagine how your actual wedding cake would look and taste.

After doing some research, choose your preferred taste for your wedding cake recipe. Are you a chocoholic who often dreams of sweet cakes with rich cocoa filling? Or do you prefer the natural taste of fruits? Does vanilla makes your honey's mouth water? Do the both of you prefer sweet or light tastes? If you are going to hire a baker to make your wedding cake, bring several recipes to him or her and ask to sample cakes that are similar to the recipes you've found. It's one of the best shopping experiences for soon to be couples- and usually one of the few wedding preparations the groom really doesn't mind taking part in!

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Wedding Cake Recipes

White Velvet Cake


1 1/2 cups butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter flavored shortening

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

1 tablespoon milk

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 round 8 inch pans. Sift the flour and salt together and set aside.
  • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix well. *Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Alternately add flour and buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour. Pour into two 8-inch pans.
  • Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for about 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool cake completely before icing.
  • To make the White Velvet Cream Cheese Icing: Beat shortening and cream cheese together. Gradually beat in confectioners sugar. Add milk until a frosting is formed. (Add more milk if necessary.)

Strawberry Chocolate Mousse Cake (from pastrywiz)

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Servings: 12

Ingredients:

1 cup (about 5 ounces) chocolate cookie or chocolate graham cracker crumbs

3 tablespoons melted butter or margarine

2 pint baskets California strawberries, stemmed and halved

2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup water

2 tablespoons light corn syrup

2 1/2 cups whipping cream, divided

1 tablespoon sugar

Instructions:

In bowl, mix crumbs and butter to blend thoroughly. Press evenly onto bottom of 9-inch springform or cheesecake pan. Stand strawberry halves, touching, side-by-side, pointed ends up with cuts sides against side of pan. Set aside.

Place chocolate chips in blender container. In small saucepan over medium heat, mix water and corn syrup; bring to boil and simmer 1 minute. Immediately pour over chocolate chips and blend until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

Meanwhile, in large mixer bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups of the cream to form stiff peaks. With rubber spatula, fold cooled chocolate into whipped cream to blend thoroughly. Pour into prepared pan; level top. (Points of strawberries might extend above chocolate mixture.) Cover and refrigerate 4 to 24 hours.

Up to 2 hours before serving, in medium mixer bowl, beat remaining one cup cream to form soft peaks. Add sugar; beat to form stiff peaks. Remove side of pan; place cake on serving plate. Using a Pastry Bag with a star tip pipe or dollop whipped cream onto top of cake. Arrange remaining halved strawberries on whipped cream. To serve, cut into wedges with knife, wiping blade between cuts.

Nutritional Information: 406 calories; 30 g fat; 76 mg cholesterol; 153 mg sodium; 36 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 5 g protein. Source: California Strawberry Commission

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Types of Wedding Cake Recipes

You have a wide variety of cake recipes to choose from. From snowy buttercream with lemon and vanilla essence, to white chocolate wrapped in different colors of frosting and mixed berries. You don' t need to stick with traditional recipes, a wedding cake can be as extravagant as you would like and as unique as the bride and groom. Why not try one of the following recipes for your wedding cake?

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Wedding Cake Appearance

You can also personalize your wedding cake with the decorations you place on it. Fresh, fragrant garden flowers make lovely decorations, and can be matched to the wedding flowers. Porcelain decorations, his and her cake toppers, or beads make a statement and can create a very elegant appearance. Adorn the cake with an heirloom lace and fancy frosting ribbons for a sophisticated wedding cake.

If you're choosing to create your own wedding cake rather than hire a baker, or purchase from a store, you can pick a wedding cake recipe that is easy to prepare, but still look and taste wonderful. A trick to creating a fancy wedding cake on your own is to use bundt cake pans, and layer several cakes on top of each other. Once you have a tall stack of layered cakes, cover all with frosting and place a vase in the center of the cake (in the hole created by the bundt cake pans) and fill with beautiful flowers. The flowers will look like they are coming out of your cake!

Your wedding should be perfect and memorable and your wedding cake recipe should be a sweet beginning for your union. When you take everything into consideration on your special day, you can definitely say you've got the sweetest icing on the cake!

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Links to Cake Recipes Online

  • [1] RecipeLink.com
  • [2] All Recipes Cake Recipes
  • [3]Better Homes and Gardens Recipes
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Comments

Hi Karen, Here are a couple of recipes that might help you: Lemon Cake Recipe, Lemon Layer Cake Recipe, Fruit Flavored Cake Recipes, Event Cake Recipes. Hope that helps!

-- Contributed by: Amy Finley

Please help me quick I need an easy scratch lemon cake recipe that the Lemon flavoring is in the cake not in the filling. I truly need a recipe ASAP for a 50th Wedding Anniversary for this Sat. Aug 2,2008 It also will be a 3 tier cake traditional style wedding cake.

Thank you, Karen Shew

-- Contributed by: Karen

thanks

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