There Are Many Wedding Cake Shapes

There are many wedding cake shapes to choose from. Most cake designs will work well on any shaped cake. If it's easier for you, choose the design you want to decorate your cake with first and then decide on the shape. You can combine two or more shapes and have a very beautiful and unique cake.

A round wedding cake is the most popular shape. When you think of a wedding cake, you usually think of round. It's easier to frost and decorate a round cake.

Another wedding cake shape is square. It gives the cake a nice clean, crisp look. You can put a round cake design on a square cake. There are a lot of ideas and accessories for square cakes.

A heart is another cake shape you can choose. This makes for a very romantic feeling cake. You can really go wild with the ornate and intricate designs on this shape. The heart is a very pretty shape for a cake.

There is also a shape called petal. The outer edges are big scallops, like petals on a flower. This also makes a very unique cake. It is more difficult to frost, but worth the effort. You can decorate this shape in many ways.

Hexagon is another wedding cake shape that you could use. It has six sides. This makes a very elegant and nice looking cake. It takes more time to frost because of all the sides, but looks great when it's finished. Usually there is a repetitive design on each of the six sides of each tier.

You can always go for the custom look for your wedding cake. This would mean combining two or more shapes in the cake. You will end up with a very unique cake. Your cake decorator should be able to help you put this all together.

As you can see in this picture there are three different shapes used on this cake. We started with a square cake on the bottom, hexagon in the middle, and finished with a round for the top. See how everything fits together nicely. Wedding cake shapes can be used in many different ways and combinations.

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