Just some of the cake setups done for Willrich BridesOk let’s talk about cakes. Well not really cakes, but rather what your beautiful wedding confection is going to sit upon. It amazes me the hours brides and grooms will put into choosing the perfect cake for their wedding and then just plop it down on anything. So many times when I ask in a meeting “what kind of stand is the cake to sit on” I am met with blank stares. Or I’m told “the baker is putting it on a board”. Deciding what your cake will sit on is almost as important as what the cake looks like. The right set up can take a cake from looking small and forlorn to looking majestic and beautiful.
Your first decision is the size of the cake table. Most cake artists suggest a 48 inch table. Much bigger than that and the cake tends to look lost. If your only choice is a 60 inch table, then you want to be sure you are using a large cake stand and adding flowers (bridesmaids bouquets and votives are a good choice) to take up space on the table. Check out the pictures above, these are just a few of the cakes Willrich brides have had in the past years. The cakes are beautiful but what I want you to notice is the stands the cakes are sitting on.
Cake stands came in every size and shape imaginable. You can buy them or rent them. Rental companies have them and most bakers have them too. They come round or square, gold or silver, glass, mirror, wood, Lucite or even made of ice. You can get them that light up or even have fish swimming in them, something to go with every cake design. If budget is your main issue, we have used plastic crates covered with fluffed linens to raise a small cake. The effect was lovely.
Your first decision is the size of the cake table. Most cake artists suggest a 48 inch table. Much bigger than that and the cake tends to look lost. If your only choice is a 60 inch table, then you want to be sure you are using a large cake stand and adding flowers (bridesmaids bouquets and votives are a good choice) to take up space on the table. Check out the pictures above, these are just a few of the cakes Willrich brides have had in the past years. The cakes are beautiful but what I want you to notice is the stands the cakes are sitting on.
Cake stands came in every size and shape imaginable. You can buy them or rent them. Rental companies have them and most bakers have them too. They come round or square, gold or silver, glass, mirror, wood, Lucite or even made of ice. You can get them that light up or even have fish swimming in them, something to go with every cake design. If budget is your main issue, we have used plastic crates covered with fluffed linens to raise a small cake. The effect was lovely.
Notice the different stands used in a display by Holly's Cakes. Each cake stand enhances the cake. So don’t just settle for the foil covered cardboard board the cake comes on. Get your cake noticed, sit it on something wonderful.
Check out this before and after picture. The picture on the left shows the cake table after the cake ha been raised up using a plastic crate under fluffed linens. Picture on the right is the before. Notice how cake looks small and lost on the table.
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