A Country Wedding Needs a Charming Country Wedding Cake

When you think of a country wedding cake, you may think of a cowboy and girl on top with lassos all over the cake. This is not necessarily true. Cowboys, horses and lassos are more for a western cake. Country is different.

A country cake makes you think of baskets with flowers and an old-fashioned cake topper. Typical flowers for a country cake are daisies and any kind of wildflowers. Small and dainty flowers look best. Country blue, rose, yellow and moss green are the most popular colors for this type of cake.

The decorations are usually pretty simple. Using the basket weave design, adds a lot to the country look of a cake. It gives the cake a basket look. Baskets and country just seem to go together. As you can see in the picture, the basket weave on this cake follows a scallop pattern on its top edge. This is a very unique effect.

Use of ribbons can give a country flair to a cake too. They can be wrapped around pillars or hung from one of the teirs of cake as in the picture. You can also incorporate them with the flowers.

An old-fashioned or casually dressed cake topper looks the best on a country wedding cake. As you can see in the picture, this cake topper has the look of a bride and groom from the 40s or 50s. It fits right in with the cake.

This cake has daisies as its main flower. The centers are rose. They give the finishing touch to the country look of this cake.

To get more ideas for a country cake, you should get a wedding cake e-book. Looking at all the pictures of cakes can spark your imagination. By taking ideas from several different cakes, you can come up with your very own unique country wedding cake.

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