Beach Wedding Cakes Follow

Planning a beach wedding? Your special day deserves a special cake. And beach wedding cakes can be anything you would like them to be so feel at liberty to break the rules and let your imagination run wild.

Be original when coming up with your beach wedding cake. If you've got a particular idea in mind, describe it on paper and take it to your favourite bakery. Don't settle for the traditional two- or three-tier round wedding cake. You may have a square cake, a sheet cake, a heart cake or a sculptured cake. Beach wedding cakes are typically formed in sea shells, starfishes, and sand castles.

This permits guests to actually have a piece of the wedding cake, with these charming goodies doubling as a table centerpiece or wedding souvenir.

If baking is a passion, why not make your own beach wedding cake from scratch! Cooking books and food web sites are fantastic sources of cake recipes. If you cannot do it yourself, ask a friend or a friend's friend. There is always somebody in your local community who can make a dazzling wedding cake but will not 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. Simple designs go for $2 to $15 per cut.

Because your reception is on the beach where a cake can thaw out quickly in the sun, don't use ice cream on your beach wedding cake. To prevent your icing from melting, you may use a decorative cake with synthetic top layers and an edible bottom layer for the cutting rite. Another option is to hold your ceremony at dawn so that so the sun won't be a major issue.

Protect your cake from bugs and sand by blanketing it with tasty drapes. If you are serving individual cakes, put them in pretty boxes or picnic baskets and store in a cooler or refrigerator until it is time to pass them out to your visitors.