Organizing a beach wedding? Your special day deserves a special cake. And beach wedding cakes can be anything you need them to be so feel at liberty to circumvent the guidelines and let your creativity run wild.
Be original when coming up with your beach wedding cake. If you've got a particular idea in mind, draw it on paper and take it to your favourite bakery. Don't settle for the traditional two- or three-tier round wedding cake. You can have a square cake, a sheet cake, a heart cake or a chiseled cake. A Hawaiian-themed beach wedding cake can be formed like a pineapple. Beach wedding cakes are often formed in sea shells, starfishes, and sand castles.
Like what many modern couples do, you can ditch the oversized cake at the head table and choose instead to serve mini wedding cakes, cupcakes or cookies on each guest table. This allows guests to basically have a piece of the wedding cake, with these charming goodies doubling as a table centerpiece or wedding give-away.
If baking is a passion, why not make your own beach wedding cake from scratch! Cooking books and food web sites are wonderful sources of cake recipes. If you are unable to do it yourself, ask a chum or a mate's buddy. There's always somebody in your local community who can make a delightful wedding cake but won't charge you as much as a pro would.
When picking a beach wedding cake, make a headcount of your visitors and set a "per slice" cost. Straightforward designs go for $2 to $15 per cut. Beach wedding cakes with complex detail can be extremely laborious, so expect to spend more for elaborate, multi-tier designs.
Because your reception is outdoors where a cake can melt quickly in the sun, don't put any ice cream on your beach wedding cake. To prevent your topping from melting, you can use an ornamental cake with synthetic top layers and an edible bottom layer for the cutting tradition. Another alternative is to hold your ceremony at dusk so the sun won't be a major issue.
Protect your cake from bugs and sand by blanketing it with fascinating drapes. If you are serving individual cakes, put them in attractive boxes or picnic baskets and store in a cooler or chiller till it's time to pass them out to your visitors.
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