Stunning Wedding Cakes
#15 King Abdullah and Queen Rania
We'll start off with royalty (and end with it, too!). Check out King of Jordan Abdullah and Queen Rania's massive wedding cake. Each tier was identical, embellished with delicate lace and golden crowns. With such a cake, it's no surprise that a regular cake knife wasn't enough. The first slice was done by ceremonial sword, of course.
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania
We'll start off with royalty (and end with it, too!). Check out King of Jordan Abdullah and Queen Rania's massive wedding cake. Each tier was identical, embellished with delicate lace and golden crowns. With such a cake, it's no surprise that a regular cake knife wasn't enough. The first slice was done by ceremonial sword, of course.
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Pink Dream
Is this a cake of a unique Christmas tree? Designed by New York's Sylvia Weinstock, it's hard to believe this masterpiece is made completely from edible sugar and buttercream icing. It's a cake.
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A Songbird of Love
Designed by Elisa Strauss, this four-tiered wedding cake resembles black-figure painting typical of antique Greek vases. The coloring though - chocolate brown, pretty pink, and ivory - brings to mind ice cream. Neapolitan anyone?
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Roses Are Red
A Sylvia Weinstock botanical edible creation - this time with delicately painted stems and leaves. The black and white cake, with bursts of rosy red, is ideal for a winter event.
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Levitating Cubes
Doesn't Wendy Kromer's icy-cool geometric cake look as if it's levitating, like a pretty step pyramind. The piping of mini flowers and vines is also beautiful, maintaining a nice continuity throughout the three tiers.
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Balanced Beauty
What game do you think this cake might be modeled after? Tetris? Maybe. But no, it's Jenga, the tower-building game that requires balance, patience, and strategy. The game's name is derived from the Swahili word meaning "to build" and really, what a sweet sentiment for a marriage.
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Spring Bouquet
Perfect for a spring wedding, this wedding cake's colorful blooms put one in mind of new beginnings. Designed by the "Leonardo da Vinci of Cakes" Sylvia Weinstock, it features her signature wraparound flowers, made entirely from edible sugar and icing.
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Sweet Chocolate
This heart-shaped chocolate wedding cake will leave quite the impression, despite its lack of tiers. Just look at those hundreds of rose petals and leaves, each delicately layered and precisely placed.
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Speaking of Roses
In this Sylvia Weinstock creation, she goes a step further with her roses, adding texture to the petals as well. Behind this croque-en-bouche of edible flowers are three tiers of buttercream cake, ready to be sliced. But where? There are at least 75 roses on this cake. How many do you count?
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Paper Flowers
This simple, yet elegant cake features two art forms in one: paper folding and sugar art. Should one of the flowers fall off, all you'll need is a packet of origami paper. (And some skills.)
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Double Happiness
Inspired by a Japanese koi pond, this cake by Elizabeth Hodes signifies double happiness for the happy couple, topped by the Kanji character for happiness doubled or twice the happiness - now that you've found each other.
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Love of Nature
Designed by Wendy Kromer, this pink dream of a cake is accented by two pretty magnolias - the symbol of "love of nature" - made from gum paste. It is the perfect design for a Southern-style wedding.
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Opposites Attract
Though the borders on this cake look as if they were inspired by a fortress of some kind, Kerry Vincent actually referenced a python pattern and English lace. Quite the combination!
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It's a Promise
Symbolizing unity and true love, the white rose is the ultimate wedding flower and this cake, designed by Ron Ben-Israel, is one beautiful tribute. Confectionary lace decorates each of the four tiers.
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William and Kate
Told you we'd end with royalty: Prince William and Kate Middleton's beautiful wedding cake. Designed by Fiona Cairn, the eight-tiered cake featured 17 floral motifs, including the white rose for England, the daffodil for Wales, the shamrock for Ireland, and the thistle for Scotland. Days after the wedding, one of the gold presentation tins containing a slice of the cake was put up for auction. And here's some trivia for you: what type of cake was it? White with a touch of almond? Marble? No. It was fruit.
