Beautiful Fall Wedding Cakes 2011

Frost the A falling leaf motif would be lovely for a fall wedding cake. Choose a cake flavor such as a spice cake that complements the pumpkin design. maybe with the groom's face "carved" into it! Since the groom's cake is usually made with a sense of humor, it would be fun to make a jack o'lantern cake.

When a larger cake is needed to feed all the guests, the pumpkin cake would be a great groom's cake. Make it really realistic, right down to the stem and some curly green tendrils falling down one side. If your wedding is small, an oversized cake designed to look like a real pumpkin would be a super fun surprise at the reception. Why not create a festive autumnal pumpkin cake? Without a doubt, when people think of fall, they think of pumpkins.

The same colors can be pulled into the wedding attire, right down to colorful custom bridal jewelry. A great look would be to use primarily fall colors like orange, sunflower yellow, and russet, but then throw in one surprise color like fuchsia or lime green for contrast. Design a whimsical cake frosted in brown fondant and decorated with fun circles in different sizes. Let's say that your taste is mod and playful. It should also tie into the theme and overall style of the rest of your wedding.

As one of the showpieces of your reception, your wedding cake should definitely make a statement. These are some ideas for the most beautiful fall wedding cake designs. From whimsical to nature inspired to classic, the options are plentiful.  There are many wonderful colors and motifs which a bride can choose to incorporate into her autumn wedding.

Homemade Cake Recipes and Wedding Cake Recipes From Scratch 2011

Making a wedding cake if taken in steps is just a matter of multiplying your favorite homemade recipe and baking * Have all of your ingredients measured out and at room temperature before you start the process of putting it all together. One of my best and most frequently requested cake is chocolate buttermilk dump recipe. What could be easier than that? And that is it.

I know it does not sound so delicious but dump recipes basically have one requirement and that is that all ingredients get dumped into the bowl at once and mixed. A dump cake recipe is a good choice. Tips Try to stick with a simple homemade recipe such as one that does not require a lot of fancy steps. Whether you are a professional pastry chef or an amateur baker making homemade wedding cakes for friends and family, these tips may help.

I did manage to sneak in all of my homemade fillings though. If you have ever worked in a professional kitchen then you know how those head chefs can be at times, it is more about saving money and time, but for me it is so much more about quality. It was exclusively the white wedding cake recipe that was slightly time consuming, and the chefs insisted upon my using their mix. The only time I EVER used a mix was in a high volume situation.

Homemade wedding cakes are the best. The very first of my homemade wedding cakes was a carrot cake recipe and it was from scratch. I have been doing this for over 25 years now. Take it from me. Making wedding cake recipes from scratch is not that difficult.

Fondant Cake Decorations - 7 Tips For That Perfect Wedding Cake 2011

It is also advisable, when the In the case of cakes with a number of tiers, each tier should be iced individually before assembling the cake. Tip 3. Once fondant icing is applied, the cake can be stored without problem for several days at room temperature.

Fondant icing dries out very fast and should be applied to the cake quickly (within no more than 5 minutes) after it has been rolled out. Tip 2. If the icing dries out and harden it can often be revived by popping it into a microwave oven for a few seconds and then kneading it back to life. Fondant icing should also be kept at room temperature and should not be put in the refrigerator. Fondant icing should be stored in a plastic bag (or covered in a non-permeable plastic wrap such as Sara wrap) and placed in a tightly sealed container to prevent it from drying out.

Tip 1. Despite the fact that fondant cake decorations are ideal for a wedding cake, fondant icing is not always easy to work with so here are a few tips to help you get that perfect result. Fondant icing is a soft sugar-based icing that is generally rolled out to a thickness of about 1/4 inch, layed over the cake and smoothed and pressed into place before being trimmed for a perfect fit. Drying to a smooth matt porcelain finish, it is suitable for cakes of all shapes and provides the ideal base for the most intricate or simplest of decoration. Whether you make it yourself or buy it from your local supermarket, rolled fondant icing is the icing of choice choice for wedding cakes and for other "special occasion" cakes.