Winter Wedding Cakes

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Cake Accessories

Sometimes all it takes to create that delicious winter wedding cake is a few well-placed accessories. Place the following accessories on or around your cake for a festive, winter theme.

• Find unusual cake toppers-Forget the traditional wedding toppers and instead look for winter-themed toppers. Snow globes are beautiful and unique toppers for wedding cakes. Crystal or white resin sleds, ceramic or crystal winter scenes, and any other wedding themed accessory you can find might just work perfectly on top of your cake.
• Bring nature inside-Surround your cake and its table with Mother Nature's treasures. Look for berries, pinecones, holly leaves, poinsettia plants, magnolia leaves, and any other plant or flower that would be appropriate. Because you are serving food, however, you might want to avoid the real thing. Some plants and berries are poisonous.
• Christmas is near-If it's winter time, then Christmas is near! You can decorate your wedding cake with tiny Christmas presents, wrapped in gold and silver paper, or even add tiny Christmas trees complete with ornaments.
• Speaking of ornaments-Look for gold, silver, red, or green ornaments in whatever style you prefer to decorate your table and cake. Small, musical, gold or silver instruments look great when they are elegantly clustered together on or around the cake. Simple glass balls are also easy to arrange. Group them with holly leaves and berries for a festive look.
• Use hand blown crystal toppers-These toppers will become treasured heirlooms for generations to come.
• Ring those bells-Beautiful silver or gold bells will look gorgeous placed on top and around the wedding cake as well.
• Add whimsical characters-For a fun, whimsical touch, add cute, winter characters, such as penguins, polar bears, reindeer, etc.

Cake Recipes

Looking for the perfect winter cake recipe? We've got lots of recipes that can be adapted for any occasion at LoveToKnowRecipes. Below is a great wedding wreath cake recipe that is easy to make and decorate:

Fun penguin cake

• 1 ½ cups raisins
• 1 cup red and green candied cherries
• 1/2 cup dates, pitted and chopped
• 3/4 cup candied pineapple, diced
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• ½ cup flaked coconut
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 ¼ cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a tube pan with two layers of brown paper, and grease it well. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix in raisins, dates, cherries, pineapple, nuts, and coconut to the flour mixture. Be sure to stir until all the fruit is well coated. In another large bowl, cream the butter or margarine and sugar. Then, mix in lemon juice and eggs. Stir in the fruit mixture. Finally, spread the batter into prepared pan, and bake for two hours or until done.

Helpful Links

Need some ideas, or want to order a winter wedding cake online. Check out the following helpful links:

• Party Works
• What's Cooking America?
• Freed's Bakery
• Designs By Dorian
• Wed Craft

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