Uniquely Southern Wedding Cakes

Simple or extravagant, wedding cakes are always showstopping. Take inspiration from these classic and modern wedding cakes to make your very own everlasting creation.
 

Hand-Painted Wedding Cake

Showcase an iconic Southern flower with a hand-painted design that feels more like a piece of stained glass than a work of flour and sugar. Even the three-dimensional blossom on top is edible.

 

Monogrammed Wedding Cake

Go with an old Southern favorite and monogram your cake with the bride and groom's initials. Dressed in ivory and white, the look is updated by skipping a topper.

Vibrant Green Wedding Cake

Turn up the volume on a classic Southern flower—the spring-blossoming dogwood—by pairing it with icing in a vibrant shade of grass green. Jan Moon of Dreamcakes designed this cake with another twist: oval layers, instead of traditional round ones.

"Just Peachy" Wedding Cake

Peaches were used to decorate this three-tiered wedding cake, which was placed on an overturned peach basket.

 

Wedding Cake Trio

Skip a single, tiered cake and, instead, place smaller ones at each table for guests to cut themselves. It’s perfect for a casual affair and has an added benefit—the cakes double as beautiful centerpieces.

 

Ombre Effect Wedding Cake

Incorporate details from your dress and bouquet into the cake, as Washington D.C. artist and pastry chef Maggie Austin did here. Tiny hydrangea blossoms sit atop layers of buttercream icing, reminiscent of a ruffled bridal gown.

Vintage Stamp Wedding Cake

Vintage stamps were reproduced on this wedding cake, and an antique suitcase was used as a cake stand to produce a vintage feel.

Polka-Dot Wedding Cake

The polka-dots on the grosgrain ribbon inspired the dotted pattern on the cake

Daisy Wedding Cake

Adding cascading daisies is the perfect touch for a spring wedding.

Eight-Tier Wedding Cake

This wedding cake towers with eight tiers and an intricate floral motif.

 

Climbing Vines Wedding Cake

Delicate green vines climb the four-tiered wedding cake.

 

Cultural Wedding Cake

A chocolate cake was decorated in gold hues to reflect the traditional cultural elements.

Modern Floral Cake

Tiny rhinestones adorn the modern floral cake.

Best Dressed Wedding Cake

The bottom two layers of the cake are covered with a fondant ruffle made to look like the skirt of a wedding gown, and a lace mold was used to create the lace on the top three tiers of the cake, to mimic lace on a gown’s bodice. A Tiffany blue gum paste bow and band resembles the sash on a wedding gown.

Pretty Platinum Wedding Cake

White pairs with the metallic gray base fondant on this cake. Using white gum paste, flower petals were softened on the edges, making the petals very thin and delicate. The petals and the base fondant were brushed with pearl luster dust that turned to a platinum look.

Sugar Magnolia Wedding Cake

The buttery yellow fondant swag, like a piece of fabric, adds an accent for the pair of sugar magnolia blossoms on this striking three-tiered cake—an elegant, perfectly Southern wedding cake.

Farm-Style Wedding Cake

The cake rested on a block of wood harvested from a family farm.

Cheesecake Wedding Cake

This bride thought outside of the box for this 4-tiered cake. Each layer was a different flavors of cheesecake.

Gold Standard Wedding Cake

Dramatic chocolate ganache with gold accents sets an elegant tone for a nighttime reception in fall or winter. The gold filigree vines meanders upward from the gilded cake standand the blue vine twirls around the entire cake to add softness.

Spring Greens Wedding Cake

You don't always have to stick to tradition. The flower stems were designed with ombre shading and topped with small, buttercream blossoms for a fun modern take. The clean lines of the simple stand lets the cake shine and the delicate flowers trailing down the side and reinforce the casual vibe.

From Southernliving.com/ Posted by Mags