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What colour is more summery than yellow? Symbolic of the cheerful sun, yellow is a happy colour that signifies better days.

If you’re planning a summer wedding, we suggest injecting vibrant colour into your festivities. Yellow can be an intimidating colour but it doesn’t need to be.

Whether you want to go full out or subtle, there are many ways to incorporate this shade into your wedding day. Go bold by fully coating your cake in yellow icing, or use small touches like sunflowers or detail work to bring life to your dessert. The finish will be absolutely stunning and will make you feel like you’re eating happiness.

Here are a few cakes to inspire you:

 

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It’s the most spooky season of the year. Being Halloween month, October is filled with freaks and frights, making it a horror-lover’s dream.

For those that are big fans of the holiday, why not incorporate it into your wedding day? From decor to your dress and cake, anything can be given a creepy twist.

Halloween-themed wedding cakes are easy to pull off, but it depends on how far you want to go with it. You could go subtle and use classic Halloween colours like black and red, or edge it up even further with skulls, bats, webs or other weird and wonderful decor pieces.

Here are a few ideas to inspire you:

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South Africans love our sweet treats, and luckily we’ve got a host of locally-loved favourites that always feature at functions.

Modern couples are opting for a dessert table laden with a variety of dishes to tuck into instead of the singular wedding cake. This way, your guest have options that tailor to different tastes.

Those wanting a classic South African day should incorporate the iconic desserts our country has become known for. Another bonus is that all of them can be customised to be individual serving sizes, making dishing these treats up even easier.

All of these dishes have been featured in menus at top restaurants like Jonkershuis, Spek en Bone and The Blue Crane. If it’s good enough for our top chefs, it’s good enough for us!

It’s not a South African event without these treats on the dessert table:

Malva Pudding

This dessert screams nostalgia for many South Africans. This sweet pudding had a spongy texture, and is covered in a hot, creamy sauce and served with ice-cream or custard.

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Milktart/Melktert

This milk-based custard treat is one of the most iconic South African desserts. This traditional Afrikaans treat consists of a sweet pastry crust that holds a custard filling made of milk, flour, sugar and eggs. It can be baked or left to set in the fridge, then dusted with cinnamon to finish it off.

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Peppermint Crisp Tart

For a truly indulgent dish, opt for a peppermint crisp tart. This quick and easy dessert is made by layering tennis biscuits, a mixture of whipped cream and caramel and then crumbled peppermint crisp chocolate bars. Warning, it’s dangerously delicious and sweet, so its best served with coffee to cut through the sweetness.

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Koesisters / Koeksusters

There are two types of koeksisters with completely different tastes and histories, so it’s important to know which one you’re serving up.

The koesister is a Cape Malay invention, featuring a light and fluffy dough delicately spiced with cardamom, cinnamon and dried ginger. The dough is fried in a ball shape then dunked in syrup and dusted with desiccated coconut.

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A Koeksuster is the Dutch version, made by frying plaited dough and then dunking it in a sweet syrup.

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Decorating a wedding cake is a form of art. Anyone can ice a cake, but only true artists can take it to the next level.

We love a stand-out wedding cake, mainly because it can work as its own feature on your big day. A cake can become art depending on the overall aesthetic and finish you choose.

Adding tons of texture and 3-dimensional detail is the easiest way to get your art on. You can also go literal with an abstract-inspired icing job, or get creative with your cake stand.

Here are a few of our favourite creations:

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Spring is in the air. The weather is heating up, the flowers are blossoming and better days are ahead.

With weddings allowed under Level 2 lockdown, wedding planning can go full steam ahead. We love a Spring wedding because the weather is not overbearingly hot, and nature acts as the perfect backdrop.

If you’re planning a spring wedding, extend that theme into your wedding cake. This theme is all about having fun and enjoying life, there is nothing serious about it. Opt for pastel colours, and include your favourite flowers as decoration.

Here are terrific tiers to inspire your own:

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Wedding cakes are perfectly completed with an adorable wedding topper. Whether you go for a traditional replica of a couple or a personalised piece that speaks to you and your love, they are always sweet additions atop your dessert.

Some couples love to be different, and have opted for…unique finishes to decorate their cake. The common bride and groom sculpture is too boring for them, so they’ve updated it for an attention-grabbing picture.

Here are a few of the most interesting ones we could find:

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Dessert stands are growing in popularity among modern couples. These stands offer a variety of sweet treats for your guests to pick and choose from.

A unique way to display your desserts is in tower form. It adds a unique and dramatic finish, and also provides height and variety to your dessert table from a visual standpoint.

These towers are also easily accessible for your guests, as it is made up of individual treats. They can simply reach out and grab whichever dessert takes their fancy. This also helps move lines along, as people won’t be taking forever to cut a piece of cake or dish out some mousse.

Your options are endless with dessert towers. You can layer donuts, cupcakes and even cheese to create stunning stacks of treats.

Here are some ideas to feast your eyes on:

Donuts:

 

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Macarons:

 

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Fruit:

 

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Cupcakes:

 

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Crocombouche:

 

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Cheese:

 

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Cake is a wedding tradition, but that doesn’t make it a requirement. For those lacking a sweet tooth, a cake won’t make sense. An excellent alternative is a cheese tower!

Alternatives like cookies, pancake stacks and fruit cakes have grown in popularity over the years as couples desire something more unique and memorable than a traditional cake. These options are great, but a cheese tower is perfect for those not wanting another sweet dessert.

If you’re already offering a dessert table with a variety of sweet treats on your big day and don’t want a massive wedding cake, then a cheese tower is a great replacement.

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Stack your favourite cheese rounds on top of each other to create a unique and delicious tiered cake. From brie to blue, camembert to stilton, there are so many tasty cheeses to choose from.

Of course, you can still go wild with decorations. Place fruits like figs and grapes on the sides of the tower, and don’t forget about the delicious freshly-baked bread and crackers to accompany. Have jams, honey and more fresh fruit on hand to pair with your cheeses.

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When stacking the cake, think logically. The heaviest, firmer cheeses should go at the bottom to hold everything else up. Softer cheeses like brie or goats cheese should be saved for the top tier.

To make things easier when serving the ‘cake’, you could simply cut the tiers into smaller cheese blocks. Or you could incorporate it into your harvest table and let your guests go crazy!

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If you love modern design and clean lines, this cake trend is for you. Many couples have been loving incorporating geometry into their wedding cake to bring a unique finish and edge.

This style is greatly inspired by the minimalist trend that focuses on simple detail to create a big statement. You don’t need tons of flowers, loud colours and tiers upon tiers to impress your guests. Simply turn to your junior school maths set for inspiration!

Using shapes like circles, squares, triangles and hexagons on your cake add a unique and modern look. You can go flat or use them in 3-dimensional elements to really pack a punch. Remember to keep the rest of the cake simple to avoid it being too overwhelming.

Here are some shapely ideas to inspire you:

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If gold is good enough for royalty and Olympic winners, it’s good enough for us! We love gold for its luxurious look, it adds a special sparkle to a wedding day without being overwhelming.

Gold is a unique colour in that it pairs well with almost any other colour. It works especially well with white or black for a more classic look, but can easily stand out alongside bolder hues like pinks, reds and greens.

Whether you want large explosions of colour or finer details, gold can work in any capacity on your wedding cake. We’ve rounded up a few glamorous cakes that prove why you should go for gold.

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