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Modern Wedding Cakes

Architecturally Inspired Cakes: Modern

In this cake, the cantilevered tiers are a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright. Styrofoam separators...
Yellow and White: Sweet Little Daisies

Sugar-paste daisies drift down a fondant-covered cake, by Gail Watson of New York City. This...
Architecturally Inspired Cakes

To a surprising extent, creating a wedding cake is much like constructing a...
Couture Cakes

A cake that takes its cue from the bride's dress is always impressive, and it's an easy way to...
Gum-Paste Petal How-To

Gum paste is a flexible, edible, tintable material that can be rolled and shaped much like Play-Doh.
Calligraphy and Cakes: With a Flourish

The intricate scrolls on this cake by contributing editor Wendy Kromer recall those used in...
Five Little Cakes

It may seem like a break from tradition to serve more than one cake at a wedding, but it's...
Pop-Up Paper Cake Decorations

Tools and MaterialsFondant-covered cake1 "Leaf"...
Calligraphy and Cakes: A Capital Idea

The monograms on these French patisserie-style charlottes, or molded sponge cakes, consist of...
Calligraphy and Cakes: Write Your Vows

This suite of sweets by Kromer features a graphic calligraphy-style motif and words from the...
Candy Shop Cakes

The iconic beauty of classic candies inspired these designs. Your wedding cake provides you with...
Take the Cake

Pipe it, stencil it, or emboss it with dainty molds. Any way you slice it, the results are...
Teardrop Wedding Cake How-To

Make fondant teardrops according to our recipe to transform a plain fondant wedding cake into a...
Monogram Details: Geometric Cake

Why limit monograms to stationery and linens? Here, sweeping lettering adorns icing on a...
Simply Piped Cakes

Like so many indispensable discoveries, piping, the simplest technique of cake decorating, was...
Monogrammed Cakes

For centuries, monograms have been used to embellish items we cherish and hand down from...
Candy Shop Cakes

The iconic beauty of classic candies inspired these designs. Your wedding cake provides you with...
Gateaux de Mariage: Boites Roses

Fauchon's monogrammed pink pastry boxes, or boites roses, are interpreted in tinted white...
Cakes Inspired by Fabric: Damask

This opulent five-tier cake is a graphic interpretation of damask; it plays up the pattern,...
Gateaux de Mariage: The Megeve

This cake was named for a ski resort in Switzerland, the Megeve, and it resembles nothing so...