kingdom royal wedding: March 2010

A Guide to Wedding Cake Frosting

Next to the bridal gown, the wedding cake is perhaps the most detail intensive element of planning your event. It will take days if not weeks before the future bride can choose the exact design and color of her cake. On top of this, it may take her forever to decide the cake frosting to be used by her baker.

This is the reason why you need to get a reputable baker so they can make intelligent suggestions as to which frosting would be best for the chosen cake design. You may know a thing or two about cakes but only those who have experienced in decorating them can tell you the pros and cons of using a specific frosting. Here are some of the types of cake frosting commonly used today.

Butter cream

Butter cream is a very versatile ingredient because it can be used both as a filling and a frosting. Bakers prefer this frosting because it is easy to color depending on the motif of the wedding. It is also easy to come up with various designs using this frosting. The only problem is that it can easily melt especially if the temperature is not controlled so watch out for butter cream if you are holding an outdoor reception.

Fondant

If you have seen satin smooth cakes that look perfect even if shaped like a gift, flower or anything at all then most probably it has been designed using fondant. Fondant icing is picture perfect and no one can argue with that. However, it does not taste as delicious as the other icing and some would even say it tastes bad. Some bakers however have a trick of using butter cream beneath the fondant to give it a really nice flavor.

Marzipan

This is a favorite among bakers as it tastes good and can be made to look like fondant icing. Marzipan contains sugar, eggs and crushed almonds making it a very tasty topping. However, using marzipan can be very expensive so be prepared for your wallet to take a hit.

Royal icing

This is perhaps the cheapest frosting anyone can use for a wedding cake. It can also produce picture perfect cakes with very intricate designs. Royal icing is actually a very hard frosting so there is seldom need to refrigerate it. You can have your baker create miniature cakes for you using some of the frosting you are interested in and then you can taste them and decide which one will look and taste the best.

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Wedding Cakes - How to Come Up With Great Ideas For Decoration

A wedding ceremony is the most wonderful day for any bride and she wants everything to go perfectly. Everything from the food to the clothing needs to be organized and put together with a purpose. The cake is a major part of any wedding reception and it should be exactly what the bride and the groom want.

A wedding cake should be based on personal preference; there is no right or wrong way to decorate a cake. Whatever your personality and whatever your wedding theme, it is totally up to you. Here are just a few tips and suggestions on Wedding Cake Decorating Ideas.

Themes:

There are several themes that can be created around a wedding cake, they are: glamorous, casual, bohemian, modern, classic, and of course romantic. A glamorous cake should be dramatic and vibrant with beading and draping. Beautiful colors like pearl, white, gold and silver should be used.

A casual wedding cake can be sandy beaches or a baseball field. There can be greenery, vineyards, mouldings and confection with pale colors like light blue, light green and beige.

The Bohemian styled wedding party cake can be very earthy, multi-shaped, contoured with browns, beige, white, black etc colors.

The modern wedding cake theme can be geometric, full of metallic colors like gold, silver and white, also pink and orange thrown in for effect. The classic theme can be simple, elegant and classy. The romantic theme can consist of flowers, sculptures, gardens and castles. It should be enchanting and magical with roses and rose petals.

The cake should represent your personality and the theme can be anything you want from holidays to weather seasons. You can have unique toppers or traditional cake toppers. You can add flowers and pearls, vines and skittles.

Whatever makes you happy is what you should do. The only advice I have is do everything you wish with the wedding cake but take enough care that everything fits into the large scheme of things perfectly. The ambiance, dress of the couple, the cake every thing should support the overall theme of the occasion.

Everything should be taken into consideration when planning a wedding cake, finances, size, colors, theme, and comfort. Wedding Cake Decorating can be done with the do it yourself attitude if you so choose, but if you choose to go this route it is best to make sure you are experienced in baking large cakes and you know the tricks of the trade for keeping a large multi-layered cake in place for a long period of time.

Study, do the research and take a class or two, but do it your way and you will be happy with whatever you choose to do. Enjoy your wedding and enjoy your cake, make it your own, be creative and make your day special.

Check this popular cake decorating course to know more about cake decorating. Also do not forget to try this cake decorating tutorial.

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It's So Fancy: Fancy NY Vintage-Inspired Wedding Dresses

I met the fabulous Stephen Nato of Fancy NY during the MS Wedding Anniversary event. As noted in that post, his dress was the best dress of the entire night. So I am not surprised that I love every single dress in his wedding collection. So if you see something you like, head on over to Unique Vintage. The best part - sizes range from 4 to 20!

DC Bridal Event: A Chic Affair

I had the pleasure to attend the luxury wedding event, "A Chic Affair" at the Longview Gallery. What a lovely event. In attendance were some of the top wedding vendors in the Washington metropolitan area. I mean who knew that there was an amazing wedding venue tucked away in the Newseum where Wolfgang Puck Catering will create your wedding fare? I know now.

One of my favorite vendors was MK Catering. Not only was the food delicious but the presentation was beyond words. Their booth was drenched in orange goodness from the decor right down to the mini cupcakes.

There was plenty of good eats all around. I had something delish at the Main Event Catering booth, and at the Purple Onion booth. But the best goodies were from Treet Bakery - Oh Em Gee - Eco-friendly treats made with love by a woman who put the "G" in green. She is so committed to the eco-friendly cause that all her "treets" are packaged in 100 recycled paper and delivered in an eco-friendly car. That's what I call true commitment. Unfortunately, I didn't get to sample anything from Fluffly Thoughts Cakes but their cakes looked amazing.

There were some amazing floral arrangements by Park Florist, who along with Treet, are totally committed to going green. I also loved the floral arrangements by Pupa Flowers and Weddings. They displayed a lovely floral arrangement on top of a beaded pillow. Fabulous.

If you need a little help getting into your dress, you may want to check out Ardyss. They have shapewear products that promise to drop you down a few dress sizes as well as nutritional products to help with your weight goals.

There was also the fabulous and talented Julianne Smith. Julianne Smith is one of the top garter designers in the bridal biz. I was so loving her Chicago Cubs garter (the sports fan in me took over). She is about to launch her couture garter line in a few weeks. So exciting. Check out her web site for more information on the launch date.

Another vendor that stopped me in my tracks was LauraLee Designs. Her handmade bags were to die for. The craftsmanship and the creativity that goes into each of her bags is phenomenal. Such a fab edition to your bridal ensemble. You can design your bag to match your wedding colors.

I also met three amazing photographers - the charming Alexander from Photography by Alexander, the also charming duo from Rodney Bailey Photography and the lovely and talented Jamie Suthard from Borrowed Blue. All photography companies display amazing photographs but I was especially in love with Borrowed Blue's engagement photo that was printed on metal and pieced together to make a larger photo (see image below).

Of course, I can not forget the way fab jewelry by Witchypoo. All of the bling that you can stand at affordable prices. What more do you want?

To top of the afternoon, Carine’s Bridal Atelier put on a phenomenal fashion show of the most amazing bridal gowns that I have seen in some time. To add a very special touch, there was beautiful eye candy sans shirts abound. It was a little hard to focus on the dresses :-)

Check out my fab pics and visit these vendors for more information.

MK Catering