These days, people aren’t afraid to be different. If you’re not a fan of cake there’s no issue with straying from tradition. Stepping out of the box is more popular than ever. For couples wanting to switch it up, alternative cakes are the perfect option.
You don’t have to go without confections on your wedding day if you’re not a cake lover. Your options are endless. From pancakes, doughnuts, and cupcakes to cheese, cookies, and waffles, you can choose anything you’d prefer.
Add a unique twist with these alternative wedding cake ideas:
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Couples have had to get extra creative amid the nationwide lockdown. From drive-by bridal showers to virtual weddings, we’ve seen it all. This South African couple took it…
Actress Brittany Snow gave fans an inside look at her pre-quarantine March wedding to Tyler Stanaland. The Pitch Perfect star shared some sweet words about her new husband, and how lucky she feels to have married him before quarantine came into full effect in the United States.
“In early March, before we knew how much we’d miss hugs and live in our sweatpants, I got to marry my favorite person,” she wrote on Instagram. “The whole world shut down a few days later & we were stunned at the timing. We knew we felt incredibly lucky to have found each other but we had no idea how lucky it would be to get married right before a monumental time in our history.”
For their big day, Snow wore a long sleeve, lace Jonathan Simkhai wedding gown with a plunging back. Her hair was styled in a low bun with floral accessories. She changed into an off-the-shoulder Galia Lahav dress for the reception.
She explains that the day was full of mistakes, yet it was still the best day.
“Everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong that day… but it was absolutely and impossibly perfect. I knew on that day, more than ever before, there was no one else I’d rather hold my hand while in the middle of a (life) hurricane. I love you @tylerstanaland. You’re my dream come true.”
“I know the world is a crazy place right now but I hope we can continue to celebrate love whenever and wherever we can.”
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South African on-air personality, actress and model Minnie Dlamini-Jones and her husband, former football player Quinton Jones celebrated their 3rd traditional wedding anniversary, on Wednesday, July 8. Dlamini…
Serena Williams is a force to be reckoned with. The iconic tennis player has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era. She also formally held the Women’s Tennis Association title for World number 1 female tennis player on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017.
Williams continues to be wildly successful in her tennis career. She has said though, that her proudest achievements were in the last few years after welcoming daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. to the world with husband Alexis Ohanian. We take a look at this couple’s journey of love.
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Williams and Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, met by chance in May 2015 while in Rome. Williams was dining with friends at the Cavalieri Hotel when Ohanian sat down at the table next to the group.
“This big guy comes and he just plops down at the table next to us, and I’m like, ‘Huh! All these tables and he’s sitting here?'” she told Vanity Fair.
To encourage him to move, William’s group told him that there was a rat at the table. Ohanian didn’t fall for the story, so Williams invited him to join their table. He also watched her play at the Italian Open that same day.
Later that same month, Williams invited Ohanian to watch her play in the French Open after she performed poorly at the Italian Open. He flew to Paris to watch her, and they spent six hours together prior to the tournament walking around the city and falling in love. The pair went Instagram official over a year later in November 2016.
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Two and half years later, the couple are still going strong. Daughter Olympia has become a social media star in her own right as she has her own Instagram account (run by her parents, of course).
In January 2020, Williams won the ASB classic, her first singles title since 2017. Ohanian is a large proponent for paternal leave and runs a podcast called ‘Business Dad’ where he interviews fellow celebrity fathers.
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The wedding of the King of rock ‘n roll, Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley has gone down in history for its unusual nature. We take a look at…
A group of women in Rome took to the streets to protest againt the City’s lockdown restrictions that have resulted in their weddings being cancelled.
About 15 brides-to-be gathered to begin the protest at the Fontana di Trevi, then moved to the parliamentary buildings where they were joined by affected wedding industry members such as caterers and musicians.
This was not an ordinary protest, however, as the women wore their wedding dresses and carried white parasols to make a statement. They also carried placards that translate to ‘weddings without restrictions’, ‘you broke our marriages’ and ‘church doors closed to weddings’.
Frustrated by the postponement of their wedding plans, brides-to-be protest against social restrictions in #Rome
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— Aroguden (@Aroguden) July 8, 2020
The protest is being called the ‘Flashmob of the singles and unmarried ones’. It was reportedly organised by Airb, an Italian wedding association, who claim that 90% of weddings in the city have been postponed to 2021 which has negatively impacted the industry.
“Everything was postponed to 2021. So we asked the government for help to reach 2021. About 500 thousand operators in the sector and, as a consequence, their families are at risk of unemployment,” said the president of Airb, Luciano Paulillo.
Marriage ceremonies and other non-essential activities are currently banned in the city for two months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Civil ceremonies have recently been allowed to continue, but guests are limited to two and strict social distancing measures must be employed.
Brides protest in front of the Trevi Fountain that because of the corona restrictions, they had to cancel their (expensive) wedding this year. The event was sponsored by the ‘marriage industry’. #rome pic.twitter.com/TYs1Yhzdbh
— Ewout Kieckens (@ewoutkieckens) July 7, 2020
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