Wedding Cake Toppers
The wedding cake topper you choose should match the wedding cake design and the wedding style. Toppers are available through most wedding supply stores, along with cake and craft stores. Some professional decorators and crafters even sell their own custom made toppers. Expect to spend at anywhere from 15 to 50 dollars or more, depending on the style of topper you choose. The cake has become a star piece of the wedding reception, so make sure you find the perfect topper to adorn your cake, no matter where you purchase it.
Traditional Toppers
Traditionally, wedding cake tops have been adorned with either a miniature replica of the happy couple or a bouquet of fresh flowers. Both of these toppers continue to be popular well into the 21st century.
Bride and Groom
Bride and groom toppers are typically small plastic or porcelin figures that represent the couple. Most can be custom ordered with your choice of skin color, hair color and style and eye color. Experienced cake decorators can also make custom couples from photographs that even have your own features. While more expensive, this option truly personalizes a traditional topper.
Flowers
Choose flowers that match the bride's bouquet or the décor of the wedding reception to add class and glamour to the wedding cake. A cascade of flowers down the side of the cake from the top is elegantly timeless. Simple cakes with fresh flowers are perfect for almost any wedding. The flowers can be live or they can be crafted out of fondant or gum pastes to look realistic.
Modern Cake Toppers
Modern cake toppers stray far from the traditional figurines. Top your modern wedding cake with:
- Edible photographs of the couple
- Rhinestone encrusted monograms
- Handblown sugar designs, such as birds, flourishes or geometric shapes
- Large fondant or gum paste bow with cascading ribbons
Many couples also choose to use small glass, porcelin or other figurines atop a wedding cake. If you choose to do so, let your wedding cake decorator know so she can put the proper supports into the cake.
Creative Cake Toppers
To truly make your wedding cake stand out amongst the many desserts your guests will see this year, pick out an unusual topper. It should be unexpected but still fit with the theme of your wedding or your personalities. For example, if you and your spouse love candy, make your topper a candy bouquet. Is chess your favorite board game? Top your cake with a chocolate king and queen. The possibilities for a creative topper are virtually endless - just pick out something that fits your personality that you've never seen on a cake before.
Whimiscal Wedding Cake Toppers
Just because you're hosting a wedding doesn't mean everything has to be totally solemn and serious. Plan a whimisical wedding topper for your cake that incorporates humor or your wedding theme.
Humorous Toppers
Funny wedding cake toppers are humorous takes on the traditional bride and groom figurines. These toppers feature the bride dragging the groom to the altar, the groom with a ball and chain or even the couple on cell phones. Others are may have the bride and groom depicted as a princess and a frog. In fact, you can even have a Superman cake topper, complete with the bride and groom as superheros!
Themed Toppers
If you're planning a themed wedding, make sure you pick out a topper that coordinates and enhances that theme. You can find toppers to fit any theme, including medieval, western and beach themes. You can even have an Eiffel Tower cake with a topper that is perfect for your wedding. Keep in mind that the more unusual your theme, the more difficult it will be to find an appropriate topper, and the more expensive that topper will be.
Seasonal Toppers
If you're getting married during the 4th of July Weekend you might consider using flags and sparklers for a wedding cake topper. In the spring or summer, a pair of beach chairs or even birds sitting next to one another are lovely toppers. For Valentine's Day, perhaps romantic red roses or a heart topper design will best reflect the day. If you're getting married on Easter, pairs of chocolate bunnies may be a delicous and adorable topper.
Pick up some fall flowers and raffia for a simple autumn topper. If you're getting married in October, a creepy Halloween topper might be just right. For a wedding between Thanksgiving and New Year's, Christmas wedding toppers are the perfect choice for your cake. During the rest of winter, consider fondant snowpeople or a glass snowflake as your cake topper.
Match Toppers to Wedding Style
The topper you place on your wedding cake can be as creative as you desire. However, make sure it still fits your wedding style. A glamorous Hollywood wedding with a Super Mario Brothers themed cake topper would be out of place. Use your imagination and you're sure to find plenty of creative ideas to complete your cake.
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