Wedding Cake Decorating Ideas

When searching for beautiful and unique wedding cake decorating ideas, books can be your best friend. Whether you want to make your own wedding cake, have a friend create it or show a photo of your favorite choice to a baker/decorator, a wedding cake book is a good resource to choose from.

The benefit of a physical book over a photo from the web is that it provides you with information on the type of icing to be used (royal icing, butter cream, fondant, ganache, etc.) as well as exactly what type of flowers or other decorations are included on the cake.

As we all know, wedding cakes can be very expensive, especially if you require a "display" cake and a slab cake which is cut and served to guests (as if often the case with elaborate designs).

If you can learn to do it yourself or have a friend or family member who loves to bake and decorate cakes, you can save yourself a lot of money.

So, to provide you with some great wedding cake decorating ideas, I've made a list of favorite cake decorating books. Each one is filled with loads of gorgeous designs that can will provide you with a lot of fantastic ideas and inspiration.

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Wedding Cakes You Can Make:
Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake

From the Cover: Dede Wilson knows that you can bake, frost, assemble, and decorate a spectacular, delicious, and totally unique wedding cake that won't put your budget over the edge-even if you've never mastered anything more complicated than a birthday cake or two.

Reader Reviews: One lady was asked to make a wedding cake for a friend's wedding. Although she's never attempted a project like this before, she was able to create a beautiful cake with confidence following the clear instructions in this book. In her words - "The pictures are beautiful, the recipes are wonderful, the instructions are clear and Ms. Wilson provides helpful tips throughout."

Another reviewer was a bride who made her own wedding cake. As she says - "I made my wedding cake from scratch using recipes from this book. I had wonderful compliments and was told that this was the best cake they had EVER tasted."

Recommendation: Wedding Cakes You Can Make: Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake by Dede Wilson has a 5 star rating at Amazon and great reviews for the book. You can also "search inside" to preview some of the pages. A few questions are posed at the beginning to help you determine the best type of wedding cake that will best suit your upcoming reception. If you're looking for diy wedding cake decorating ideas, this is a good wedding cake book to have.

Wedding Cakes: The Beverley Way Collection

From the Cover: Provides the bride-to-be with page after page of numerous stunning ideas for the cake of one's dreams. Various design sizes from the one-layer to the multi-tiered tall cake are provided to emphasize that all cake sizes can be beautiful and awe-inspiring.

Reader Reviews: A cake designer found these cake designs quite unique. One of the things she mentions is that "This is unlike any other cake collection I have seen in all my years of wedding cake design." So, for those of you looking for something truly original to display at your reception, you will get a lot of inspiration from this photo collection.

Another bride bought this book so she could show her baker exactly what she wanted. She found the pictures fresh, amazing and beautiful.

Recommendation: Another 5 star rating for this selection on wedding cake decorating ideas. What you'll find in this book that is very beneficial are photos featuring a variety of versions of each cake. That's not something you often see in a cake design book!

If you follow the link below and click on the "look inside" feature of the book, you can scroll through the sample pages provided. Here you will see how a very unique design is shown as a single layer, 2 tiered, 4 tiered, and 5 tiered cake. Awesome idea!

For brides who aren't planning to bake their own cakes, but are looking for fabulous and original design ideas to show their cake decorators, I'd suggest having a look at Wedding Cakes: The Beverley Way Collection (Volume 1).

Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes

From the Cover: Whether you imagine a majestic cake blooming with fresh flowers, a pristine fondant-covered masterpiece, or a homespun take on strawberry shortcake- or even if you don't know where to begin- Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes will provide you with more than 100 delicious and inspiring ideas for timeless and beautiful confections that are perfect for every style of wedding. It will guide you through everything you need to consider when selecting a cake- and even how to bake and decorate one yourself.

Reader Reviews : This book as 35 reviews, which is not surprising since it's a Martha Stewart book. There are lot's of "I love it" type statements, which gives a pretty good indication that this wedding cake book is a winner.

As one reader stated: "If I could give more than 5 stars I would. I love this book. It has some of the most beautiful cakes and I love the thorough instructions given throughout the book."

Another reviewer put it quite simply - "This is a wonderful reference book for anyone with a wedding on the horizon; or anyone who just needs a beautiful cake. Fabulous pictures and recipes."

Recommendation: This is a great choice for both brides looking for wedding cake decorating ideas and for those of you wanting to make your own wedding cake. The majority of readers have given it a 5 star rating. I would suggest taking the time to read the first review by "Toni the Bookworm" as she gives an excellent write-up on what's found inside this book. Click here to read more on Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes.