Square wedding cakes have become very popular at the moment. Many contemporary brides are choosing square wedding cakes over the round traditional wedding cakes.  

While wedding cakes come in all different styles, shapes, colours, flavours and designs,they are traditionally are round or square.  A square wedding cake delivers clean lines which are both modern and elegant.  However, these days it is worth remembering that anything is possible.  

Put some thought into the style of square cake you might want. It is perfectly square or does it have the corners rounded or cut off to become more octagonal for example. Take a look on google at the range of cakes available before you talk to a cake supplier. [Click here for a ready made google images search] . Your Wedding Cake is the centre piece of your wedding so it deserves the thinking time.

The Square wedding cake design can be used in very creative ways, to look like gift boxes boxes for example. A more traditional style wedding cakes would have beautiful design and cascading ribbons.

Square cakes have another advantage. On way to save money on the cake is to have the main decorative show cake and a separate simple layer cake out the back to increase the portions without the cost of decorating the cake completely. The square cake makes the substition much less noticable than curved cakes.

It should be remembered that square wedding cakes are much easier to cut and can be give out to wedding guests quicker and will probably serve serve more guests.

Have some fun picking your wedding cake design as it creates a great talking point. Don’t forget that more photographs are taken of the wedding cake than anything else.  

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Wedding cakes don’t need to be cost a fortune but you will find that the price increase with the extravagance of the cake you choose.

The reason that wedding cakes are so expensive is due to the large amount of intricate work required or their decoration and the hours of work that is involved in them.

Many people feel the the expense of a wedding cake is unnecessary and a simpler cake is more suited to them or even another food such as a favorite dessert or something similar to replace the wedding cake.

In most occasions, people usually prefer a traditional wedding cake which is decorated using colors similar to the wedding flowers or bridesmaid dresses and is in keeping with the rest of the weddings theme.

You could keep the cost of the wedding cake down by choosing a smaller cake or using less intricate decoration.

You could even choose a relatively plain and simple wedding cake and use your flower arrangements or other form of decoration to enhance it’s look.

By weighing up the importance of the cake in your wedding planning you may be able save money and use the saving on other parts of your wedding.

You should get prices from various different wedding cake suppliers, you may even have a friend or member of your family who has a talent for making cakes and you could ask them to make the cake for you as their wedding gift.

When choosing a supplier for you wedding cake, you should always check their work to ensure it is up to your standards and should never feel obliged to use their services if you are not happy..