Tantalize your taste buds with our guide to wedding cake flavours and fillings for your big day
We love a good wedding cake here at Perfect Wedding;
not only do they look amazing, but they taste great too! With so many
flavours and filling choices, figuring out what type of cake you want to
serve can be hard to decide without just wanting them all! We’ve put
together a detailed guide of our favourite options to help you choose…
Victoria sponge
Named after Queen Victoria, this sponge is super light and airy option for your wedding cake; traditionally served as a teatime treat, it goes perfectly with a strawberry jam and whipped cream filling. Any flavour frosting would work wonders with this simple cake, but there’s no pressure to pick a topping, as they look (and taste) amazing as a naked wedding cake, with just a very thin dusting of icing sugar and flowers or fruits to decorate.
Fruitcake
Stuffed full of fruity goodness, these cakes are always a good option for the traditional bride. Fruitcakes are bursting at the seams with every nut, fruit and spice you can think of, we’re not quite sure how they all fit in, but we’re glad they do because they taste amazing! A filling isn’t necessary with a fruitcake, they work best when coated with a thin layer of marzipan followed by a layer of white royal icing – the decorating options are endless as they provide such a good base for any design and they keep fresh for months.
Chocolate cake
When is chocolate cake ever a bad idea? While it’s not a traditional cake to serve at a wedding, you can guarantee it’ll be a crowd pleaser, although there might not be any left for you and your new husband to munch on! A rich chocolate cake is perfect with a chocolate buttercream filling and topped off with (yet more) buttercream or a layer of smooth ganache, add some chocolate roses to decorate for extra wow.
Chocolate Truffle Cake by Peggy Porschen
Carrot Cake
A British favourite, the classic carrot cake is soft, dense and tastes incredible. With plenty of recipe variations, you can choose to stuff it with raisins and walnuts, or leave them out altogether if you’re not a fan. Carrot cakes go perfectly with a cream cheese frosting, both inside and outside, but if you want to change it up a little, go with an orange marmalade filling and finish it off with fondant decorations.
White chocolate cake
Made by folding melted white chocolate into vanilla cake batter, this dense, dreamy cake melts in your mouth and is a must-have for any chocolate fiend. While it tastes incredible, there’s no overpowering flavour, which means a white chocolate cake can be paired with any filling and frosting your heart desires; we suggest a raspberry jam filling with a coconut butter cream frosting. Decorate with sugarpaste flowers or add a bit of sparkle with some edible glitter.
Red Velvet cake
This American classic has become increasingly popular on our side of the pond in recent years and it’s not hard to see why! It’s essentially a devil’s food cake with red colouring and now modern recipes have started to add almond flavouring to give that extra kick - your guests will definitely be impressed when you cut open this cake to reveal a stunning deep red sponge. Fill and cover it with lashings of cream cheese frosting which not only complement the taste, but the colour too!
Marble cake
If you’re having some serious trouble deciding between vanilla and chocolate, you’ll be pleased to hear that these flavours work incredibly well together; the batters can be made separately and then swirled together in the cake pan, not only does it taste great, but it looks great too. It might be a little more difficult to choose a filling, but a marble cake mostly lends itself towards the chocolate based frosting options.
So there we have it! If you’re still having trouble making a decision, you could just get a seven-tiered cake featuring them all! You could even opt to scrap tradition altogether and go for an alternative wedding cake, whatever you choose, can we have a piece please?
Source: planyourperfectwedding.com
Victoria sponge
Named after Queen Victoria, this sponge is super light and airy option for your wedding cake; traditionally served as a teatime treat, it goes perfectly with a strawberry jam and whipped cream filling. Any flavour frosting would work wonders with this simple cake, but there’s no pressure to pick a topping, as they look (and taste) amazing as a naked wedding cake, with just a very thin dusting of icing sugar and flowers or fruits to decorate.
Stuffed full of fruity goodness, these cakes are always a good option for the traditional bride. Fruitcakes are bursting at the seams with every nut, fruit and spice you can think of, we’re not quite sure how they all fit in, but we’re glad they do because they taste amazing! A filling isn’t necessary with a fruitcake, they work best when coated with a thin layer of marzipan followed by a layer of white royal icing – the decorating options are endless as they provide such a good base for any design and they keep fresh for months.
Chocolate cake
When is chocolate cake ever a bad idea? While it’s not a traditional cake to serve at a wedding, you can guarantee it’ll be a crowd pleaser, although there might not be any left for you and your new husband to munch on! A rich chocolate cake is perfect with a chocolate buttercream filling and topped off with (yet more) buttercream or a layer of smooth ganache, add some chocolate roses to decorate for extra wow.
Chocolate Truffle Cake by Peggy Porschen
Carrot Cake
A British favourite, the classic carrot cake is soft, dense and tastes incredible. With plenty of recipe variations, you can choose to stuff it with raisins and walnuts, or leave them out altogether if you’re not a fan. Carrot cakes go perfectly with a cream cheese frosting, both inside and outside, but if you want to change it up a little, go with an orange marmalade filling and finish it off with fondant decorations.
White chocolate cake
Made by folding melted white chocolate into vanilla cake batter, this dense, dreamy cake melts in your mouth and is a must-have for any chocolate fiend. While it tastes incredible, there’s no overpowering flavour, which means a white chocolate cake can be paired with any filling and frosting your heart desires; we suggest a raspberry jam filling with a coconut butter cream frosting. Decorate with sugarpaste flowers or add a bit of sparkle with some edible glitter.
Red Velvet cake
This American classic has become increasingly popular on our side of the pond in recent years and it’s not hard to see why! It’s essentially a devil’s food cake with red colouring and now modern recipes have started to add almond flavouring to give that extra kick - your guests will definitely be impressed when you cut open this cake to reveal a stunning deep red sponge. Fill and cover it with lashings of cream cheese frosting which not only complement the taste, but the colour too!
If you’re having some serious trouble deciding between vanilla and chocolate, you’ll be pleased to hear that these flavours work incredibly well together; the batters can be made separately and then swirled together in the cake pan, not only does it taste great, but it looks great too. It might be a little more difficult to choose a filling, but a marble cake mostly lends itself towards the chocolate based frosting options.
So there we have it! If you’re still having trouble making a decision, you could just get a seven-tiered cake featuring them all! You could even opt to scrap tradition altogether and go for an alternative wedding cake, whatever you choose, can we have a piece please?
Source: planyourperfectwedding.com
