What is royal icing and should you consider it for your wedding cake?

Lemon shortbread cookies with lemon royal icing

Royal icing is used for cake decorations that are made from a combination of powdered sugar and egg whites that have been beaten. Meringue powder is the royal icing’s well-kept secret ingredient. This egg white alternative helps the icing achieve its glossy consistency. Meringue powder is available at a lot of supermarkets and … Read more

What is buttercream icing and should you consider it for your wedding cake?

Chocolate-cupcakes-with-raspberry-buttercream

Buttercream is a type of frosting or icing with a butter basis that is frequently used as a coating, layering, or decorative cream on cakes and cupcakes. Traditional buttercream is sweet and fluffy and made with Creamed butter and confectioners’ sugar. Other common ingredients include milk (to produce perfect texture) and vanilla … Read more

Major Styles of Wedding Cakes

Major Styles of Wedding Cakes

Wedding cakes today come in different sizes, shapes, designs, and flavors. The wedding cake design can be both fun and delicious and it should be something that would fit your venue setting and theme. Today, most of the wedding cakes are layer cakes with tiers. These tiers are separated using cake plates … Read more

History of Wedding Cakes

History of Wedding Cake

A wedding cake has traditionally been the centerpiece of marriage ceremonies. They have various sizes, styles, and designs which mostly symbolize the personalities of the couple. But did you know that wedding cakes have been part of wedding ceremonies since the medieval times? Wedding cakes are originally made of wheat which is … Read more