Monogrammed Wedding Cakes

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French Orange Pound Cake Photo: William Meppem
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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. The initials are made of air-dried meringue.

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Fondant-Covered Cake Photo: William Meppem
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Fondant-Covered Cake

A sunny canopy parts to reveal a three-tiered, fondant-covered cake. It is finished with an initial made of hand-painted, sugar-paste flowers, a sweet topper for a garden wedding.

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Cupcake Tower
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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.

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Tiered Confection Photo: William Meppem
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Tiered Confection

A traditional tiered confection covered with pale-green fondant has fresh hydrangeas between the layers (each cake tier is topped with clear acetate so flowers don't touch the icing). The monogram is made of royal icing sprinkled with nonpareils for texture.

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White-on-White Photo: William Meppem
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White-on-White

The delicate gum-paste flowers and royal-icing beading on this elegant cake evoke classic white-on-white embroidery. The ornate three-letter monogram was copied from the hemstitched runner.

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Royal-Icing Monogram Cake Photo: William Meppem
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Royal-Icing Monogram Cake

A simple square cake is a literal translation of a wonderful old letter found in a vintage-paper and print shop. The royal-icing monogram is surrounded by a rolled-fondant flower garland on a blue background.

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Monogrammed Sponge Cakes Photo: Anita Calero
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Monogrammed Sponge Cakes

The monograms on these French patisserie-style charlottes, or molded sponge cakes, consist of piped chocolate batter baked into almond-flavored cake.

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Monogrammed Geometric Cake Photo: Frank Heckers
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Monogrammed Geometric Cake

Why limit monograms to stationery and linens? 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.

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Citrus Sorbet Photo: SUSIE CUSHNER
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Citrus Sorbet

As a prelude to the wedding cake, give each guest a miniature version molded from sorbet, a palate cleanser. For a sweet decoration, the bride's and groom's initials are piped in chocolate along the edge of each plate, and the sorbet cake is garnished with raspberries.

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With a Flourish Photo: Anita Calero
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With a Flourish

The intricate scrolls on this cake by contributing editor 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.

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Stenciled Monogram Cake
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Stenciled Monogram Cake

Take a look at the stenciled chocolate cakes here, in which powdered cocoa forms a monogram on each glazed surface.

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Monogrammed Groom's Cake Photo: Stephen Lewis
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Monogrammed Groom's Cake

These monogrammed groom's cakes were tucked into boxes and bound with bows.

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