The grand decoration, the scrumptious wedding feast, designer bridal gown, gold printed invitation letters - you have planned for them all.
But aren’t you forgetting something crucial?
Yes! The wedding cake-the most delicious aspect of any wedding planning - adds extra zing to your wedding celebration and gives the invitees the sweet luxury to indulge in.
Here are a few ideas to make your fall wedding cake a hit with the guests with its unique fall feel and special fall taste.
When you are having a fall wedding, your wedding cake should also be based on a seasonal theme and rightly reflect the essence of the season both in taste and in its appearance.
While serving any type of cake in the fall wedding is at least grammatically correct-to keep with the true spirit of the season, serve your guests a delicious alternative to a traditional cake -a spiced cake or a spiced chocolate cake.
Here is the recipe for a spiced cake that you can get custom made by a renowned baker or someone reputed for baking skills.
In a spiced cake, the magic is done by your choice of spices - use 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger and1 teaspoon ground cinnamon for 2 cups all-purpose flour. Also use 1 cup of molasses.
Then there are the routine ingredients of traditional cakes such as sugar (1 cup), butter (I cup and softened), eggs (3), baking powder (2 tea spoons), and salt (1/2 tea spoon).
Follow the usual steps of cake making:
- Mix butter with sugar and beat them with electric mixer until they form a light and fluffy mixture.
- Add eggs, one by one into the mixture and keep on beating.
- Now blend in the molasses.
- Take a separate bowl and mix flour, salt, ginger, and cinnamon in it.
- Add this mixture to creamed batter, beating at low speed all the while.
- Don’t forget to add baking soda to the batter.
- Now grease a baking pan and pour the batter into it; bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
If you want to come out with an even more stunning fall wedding cake, try a spiced chocolate cake.
You can use the same ingredients and follow the same steps as the spiced cake; only you will need some additional ingredients such as 1 and ½ cups of sour milk and at least an ounce of semi sweet chocolate.
Before adding the baking soda in the batter, dissolve it into sour milk and grate the chocolates before adding them to the batter.
Bring the fall feel with right cake accessories
- Not the taste alone-the look and feel is also important to bring the seasonal touch. For that, use the decorating accessories only in the vibrant fall colors like flaming orange, golden, copper brown or burgundy.
- Create the replicated fall leaves and pinecones out of sugar.
- At the base of the cake, scatter pumpkin and squash pieces. Also sprinkle marzipan fruits and macadamia nuts for a more obvious fall flavor.
So now you have your spiced up, specially decorated fall wedding cake - share it with your friends and loved ones and take your share of the bites while hoping for a long, sweet, and spicy married life.
Tania Penwell provides information on fall wedding cakes and other wedding cakes - your guide to finding and the perfect wedding cake.
Source: www.articlesbase.com
