Let Them Eat Cake (Inspiration)

I am a baker. I’m not a professional baker by any means, but I love baking. A lot. This explains why I started thinking about my wedding cake about a second after I got engaged, and also why you all are going to be treated to a whole series of posts on my wedding cake. I spent lots of time pouring over books and looking on the Internet and here’s a selection of some of the cakes that initially caught my eye. You'll notice that for extra fun I've divided them into categories!

Plain Old Pretty:


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I clearly have a thing for three tiered round cakes with pretty ribbons. Who knew?

Divine Details (the category is a bit pretentious sounding, but yay for alliteration!):

If you saw my St. Lawrence Market post you know I'm a big fan of cameos, so I love the fact that this cake included them.


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I love the fact that this design includes text. I'm a big words person myself (that's right I made an inspiration list, not an inspiration board) so I'm finding myself really drawn to wedding elements that include text.


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I am a huge fan of charms and charm bracelets. I've built a number of them and I'm actually creating a wedding charm bracelet (more about that soon). Thus, when I saw this cake featuring charms, I completely fell in love with that idea.


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Wedgewood Jasperware:

If you remember from this post, the dining room in my venue is called the Wedgewood Room as the walls are painted to look like Wedgwood Jasperware, which I happen to love. Keeping all that in mind you can see why I fell in love with the idea of also having a Jasperware cake.


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So those are some of the types of cakes I've been inspired by. Has anyone else found inspiration for your cake in an unusual place (i.e. jewelry or a dining room)?