Japanese Wedding Cakes

Keep in mind that this eastern design if first and foremost based It is easy to find paper cranes in a craft store that can be used as a topper, or you and your groom can make them together with a square piece of white paper, making them that much more symbolic. You can even include two cranes as a wedding topper as a symbol of fidelity and longevity. For real drama, rather than a typical white frosted cake, opt for chocolate, or use this as an opportunity to include lucky red, and have the cake covered in a red fondant decorated with lotus flowers spiraling up each tier.

If you are looking for the clean lines of Japanese design, a simple square cake with small cranes, a symbol of time and patience involved in a marriage or cherry blossom, a symbol of love, embellishment is a good direction. The importance of symbolism should not be over looked when designing a Japanese themed cake-a large cake stands for a fortunate life and red should be included as it is a color of good luck. They include symbols of their culture in the form of cranes and bamboo to add to the detail. An intricate scene of water, flowers, and bridges are an option for many Japanese brides. But a little bit of research and some interpretation on the part of you and your cake designer can make an incredible wedding cake.

You don't need to be Japanese to create a confection that embraces the eastern culture. A Japanese wedding cake may almost look too beautiful to eat! It seems impossible but the lines are streamlined and the detail incomparable.  Japanese design is so intricately simple.