As a professional baker, the bride was determined to select just the right delights for the couple's impressive dessert spread. Highlights included a Payard croquembouche, Laduree macarons, and Whimsy & Spice vanilla-rose marshmallows.

An avid cook, crafter, and baker, Blake Lively envisioned an abundant dessert table overflowing with their favorite treats. The focal point was their vanilla-and-sour-cream wedding cake with peach-apricot preserves and Earl Grey-milk chocolate buttercream made by Maggie Austin Cake in Alexandria, Virginia.

A table of pies on various cakes stands was set out in a gazebo. The couple cut into a peach raspberry pie by Dessertier.

Instead of one wedding cake, this couple set up a buffet with five cakes in different styles. Vintage shutters adorned with garden roses proved a pretty backdrop.

Along with a small vanilla cake, these chocolate-mousse cups, berry tartlets, and panna cottas tempted guests.

We've rounded up our favorite dessert tables from featured real weddings, including sweets of all sorts on tables of all styles.

A large arbor framed the dessert display at this outdoor reception in Port Gamble, Washington. Embellished with another custom sign for a bit more personality, it perfectly framed the cupcakes and the stunning view of the bluff and the water below.

Unable to narrow down their favorite desserts, this quirky couple opted to serve them all: caramel apples, scones, baklava, pies, pastries, and donuts. The confections came from Whole Foods Market and Apple Hill or were baked by the groom's mom.

The banner above read, "These are a few of our favorite things."

Instead of a cake, a French croquembouche was served at this city-chic wedding. Madeleines, tiny eclairs, and macarons gathered from a handful of French patisseries in New York City flanked the croquembouche.

The dessert table at this Colorado Spring wedding, adorned with a pennant-flag garland and small flower arrangements, held small treats including macarons and mini pecan pies. The piece de resistance: a two- tier cake -- zucchini lime with lime curd filling, and red velvet with cream cheese filling -- created by Intriciate Icings.

An ecelctic dessert bar including sweet homemade signs featured macarons and Texas pecan pies, one of which the couple cut into instead of a traditional cake.

A two-tier vanilla cake, covered with buttercream frosting and garden roses, sat on an antique pedestal that this Texas bride  purchased on Etsy.com. It was framed by vases of pincushion proteas and hydrangeas, and was just one of the sweets guests sank their teeth into. Also on offer? Berry tarts, petits fours, and dark-chocolate tortes.

Fabric bunting adorned the table of treats at Joo and Jacob's wedding. Embroidery hoops fitted with patterned fabric created a fun background.

Lauren and Mike's spread of sweets was set in front of a dozens of hanging garlands in a sugary pastel palette.

Annette and Dan stuck to a black-and-white color palette throughout their big day. They ended the night with a sugar-flower accented cake and plenty of candy.

Old-time candies and some of the this couple's favorite sweets were set out for everyone to enjoy. Guests could even take them home by scooping the confections into muslin bags.

At Courtney and Jose's retro nuptials, they set the scene with black and white accents and a backdrop painted by a friend.

Alexis and Stephen anchored their dessert table with meringues wrapped around tall foam forms.

Tiny pies and tartlets were arranged in crates lined with patterned paper at Gail and Jeremy's New York nuptials.

The pies at Jean and Devin's California wedding were labeled with flags created by Hello!Lucky.

The wedding cake mimicked the bride's dress at Elizabeth and Stephane's wedding, and the rest of the desserts honored the bride's background as a pastry chef.

A dessert bar, created by RSVP Catering, offered a melange of sweets, featuring cookies shaped in the logo of this Virgina couple's alma mater.

For their Caribbean fete, Liz and Colin's fondant-covered cake was surrounded by glass jars of candy. Dragees, gummy grapefruit slices, Champagne bubbles, and rock candy were tasty and didn't melt in the tropical heat.

A handpainted menu hung over Kathryn and Ryan's favorite sweet treats at their December nuptials.

Theresa and Jon went vertical for their dessert bar, using cake stands decorated with patterned paper, and a topper made by D. Sharp.

Along with wedding cake, Susan and James offered their guests petit fours, white-chocolate dipped strawberries, and other handcrafted chocolates.

At Kimberly and Joncy's wedding, pewter serving pieces held towers of truffles, marzipan fruits, chocolate-dipped apricots, and almond cookies.

Maria and Robert labeled their decadent offerings with illustrated cards.

Berries and fresh cream were the perfect touch to Lilly and Charlie's pie bar -- especially since the name of their wedding location was Blueberry Hill.

A floral table linen, festive cupcake liners, and sugar flower toppers (from the Sugar Flower Cake Shop) added the right amount of whimsy to Laura and Ben's spring fete.

A moss runner, faux bois details, and sweets inspired by nature fit in perfectly to Katie and Ian's woodland wedding.

Eunice and Dan's dessert table boasted signage that matched their invitation suite and a variety of serving pieces.

To celebrate the groom's love for sweets, a fantasy buffet of candy, cookies, and cakes was set out for guests to nibble on in between dances at Darcy and Andy's wedding.

Jessica and Cody's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" wedding was laden with tiny sugary goodies.