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Garden Roses
Photo: Victor Schrager
Garden Roses
Roses are arranged between buttercream tiers piped in a basket-weave pattern to resemble wicker -- what could be better for a summer garden wedding? -
Parrot-Tulip Quartet
Four buttercream cubes topped with brilliant parrot tulips glow with color. -
Calico Cake Photo: Anna Williams
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Garden of Sweet Delights
A pristine cake rises from a symphony of blooms in notes of pink, white, and yellow. -
The Charlotte Photo: Gentl & Hyers
The Charlotte
In the charlotte, featherlight ladyfingers surround a filling of raspberry mousse, raspberries, and fraises des bois, or wild strawberries, on soft almond biscuits. -
Peppermint Fantasy Cake
This red, white, and pink confection would be perfect at a snowy winter wedding. We displayed our whimsical cake among an enchanted forest of peppermint topiaries. -
Pink and Poppy Photo: Johnny Miller
Pink and Poppy
Bright sugar poppies are planted atop a cake iced in blush-colored buttercream by Sylvia Weinstock. -
Love Letters Photo: Anita Calero
Love Letters
Calligraphed paper garlands -- dotted with ribbon flowers and bows, and adhered with royal icing -- and paper bands encircle fondant tiers that graduate from rosy pink to paler pink on top. -
Devil's Food Cake Photo: Dana Gallagher
Devil's Food Cake
The classic American layer cake is dressed up with geraniums for an informal wedding. -
Sweet Little Daisies
The choice of daisies, a decidedly old-fashioned flower, gives the simple, modern design a retro appeal. -
French Orange Pound Cake Photo: William Meppem
French Orange Pound Cake
In a cheerful tower of a cake, five deep hexagonal layers are iced with buttercream; the tiers are piped with a star tip in opposite directions for a patchwork effect. -
Lemon Cake Photo: Kirsten Strecker
Lemon Cake
Royal-icing latticework gives this grand cake a summery feel, but the year-round appeal of citrus fruit makes it right for any season. -
Flowering Ribbon Trim Cake Photo: James Baigrie
Flowering Ribbon Trim Cake
A petite wedding cake decorated with floral trim looks as sweet as it tastes. -
Baroque Cake Photo: Jose Picayo
Baroque Cake
Here, swags, friezes, and cartouches in orange and yellow bring life to an otherwise static structure. -
Asian Cake Photo: Kirsten Strecker
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Dahlia Cake
This classically shaped cake with smooth white layers is circled with bold colors that are anything but conventional: dahlias in red, burgundy, orange, and yellow, and wild rose hips. -
Tower of Roses
Each tier in this cake is frosted with ivory buttercream and alternated with several types of roses, such as Sabara, shaped in tiers of the same height. -
Parrot and Button Tulips Cake Photo: Victor Schrager
Parrot and Button Tulips Cake
This cake seems to rise from a garden of orange and yellow parrot tulips. -
Hydrangea Fondant Cake Photo: Anthony Amos
Hydrangea Fondant Cake
This fondant-covered cake decorated with hydrangeas is made of three graduated square tiers. -
Magical Marzipan Forest Photo: Dana Gallagher
Magical Marzipan Forest
Tiny treasures of the woods are rendered sweetly in marzipan on an ivory marzipan-covered cake. -
Sweet Peas and Orchids Photo: Victor Schrager
Sweet Peas and Orchids
Sweet peas reappear in edible form on the fondant-covered cake, growing up the sides of the tiers in gum paste. -
Vintage Daisies Photo: Sang Ann
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Enjoy the Greenery
Store-bought accents are an easy, inexpensive way to dress up a plain wedding cake. This wired faux boxwood garland, for example, is easily bent into swags and a wreath topper. -
Geometric Cake Photo: Frank Heckers
Geometric Cake
Here, sweeping lettering adorns icing on a geometric cake by Wendy Kromer; placed end to end, the arcs and swirls seem more like a graceful pattern than initials. -
Marble Cake
Call it a novel idea -- this colorful cake evokes marbled endpapers. -
Cupcake Tower
Homespun white cupcakes are crowned with fondant hearts cut with a cookie cutter and imprinted with the bride's and groom's first initials using a new rubber stamp. -
Something Blue
Flecks of vanilla bean in buttercream icing give this cake the appearance of one of the most enchanting harbingers of spring: a delicate robin's egg. -
With a Flourish Photo: Anita Calero
With a Flourish
The intricate scrolls on this cake by Wendy Kromer recall those used in calligraphic ornaments. Adapted from clip-art books, they, along with the monograms on the middle tier, were traced in royal icing and attached with more icing. -
Blossoms and Buttercream
Fresh hydrangeas, violas, thyme, and scabiosa bring romance and color to this cake, which is also decorated with buttercream and piped leaves. -
Provencal Cake
Crottin cakes in the shape of French goat cheeses are stacked on a wooden stand to mimic a tiered cake. Flowers such as Queen Anne's lace and tweedia are paired with rosemary, lavender, and oregano to capture the romance of the French countryside. -
Wisteria Cake Photo: Lisa Hubbard
Wisteria Cake
Tendrils of romantic buttercream wisteria adorn this majestic cake; royal-icing blossoms dangle from the natural, curly willow arbor framing the bride-and-groom topper. -
A Trio of Freesia Photo: Sang Ann
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Country Bride Cake Photo: Christopher Baker
Country Bride Cake
The cake is decorated in a variety of basket weaves inspired by patterns of antique wicker and is crowned with ivy and flowers gathered from the garden, including geraniums, sweet peas, Queen Anne's lace, and lavender and purple roses. -
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cake is good.