Wedding Cakes

Wedding cakes

Blushing pink
  
The wedding cake, the centre piece for your special day. Over the years the styles of wedding cakes have changed from the traditional white tiered wedding cake decorated with intricate piping work, to the introduction of pastel shades in the decorations to compliment the theme of the wedding. To today where wedding cakes sometimes covered in bold and vibrant colours. All styles are still relevant for today’s weddings. The cakes can be categorized as the traditional wedding cakes, All white wedding cakes, contemporary wedding cakes, modern wedding cakes, floral wedding cakes and whimsical wedding cakes.

A hint of gold

Mr and Mrs

A bit of bling
Love light in flight

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