Bridal Shower Cakes
Every bride dreams of a perfect wedding celebration.
Bridal shower is one of these celebrations for which all brides eagerly wait. Bridal shower party is the time to celebrate with the bride's friends, relatives and well-wishers. Each activity or part of the bridal shower has specific significance; however the bridal shower cake has the foremost traditional significance.
Traditionally, white color symbolizes good luck for a newlywed-couple. Therefore, conventionally white wedding gown for the bride and white cake used to be an essential for the wedding ceremony. If you have planned a traditional Christian wedding then you must incorporate white cake for bridal shower in your party. The process of cutting the bridal shower cake has some traditional significance. Bride has to cut the cake at the end of her bridal shower party to wish luck (or to keep away from any bad luck) for her new married life.
Brides of modern days look out for a variety of bridal shower cakes and choose something special for their bridal shower party. Mocha, chocolate and lemon are most preferred flavors of bridal shower cake these days. Bridal shower cake is the heart of a bridal shower party. Usually, a cake is cut at the time of desserts if the organizer offers luncheon or dinner to the guests. But mostly, people prefer brunches for bridal party and in such cases bridal shower cake is cut after the arrival of all prospered invitees in the party. First, the bride has to taste the cake and then the organizer serves the cake to all guests.
Before deciding the flavor of the cake, you should consider the taste of the bride as it is her day. If you are planning to bake a cake at home then practice well in advance. But it should be done only if you are confident enough to make a bridal shower cake yourself. If you are not confident then it is better to consult someone experienced. If you plan to bake it at home, do a good icing and decoration to make your cake look attractive and sumptuous to everyone. If you are a pro then sky is your limit.
Consider bridal shower theme before planning a cake. If the theme is honeymoon or love then you can bake a heart shape bridal cake and do hot pink color (use strawberry crush) for icing. You can cut strawberry slices in heart shape and use it to decorate the cake. It will make the 'love' bridal shower theme perfect. If any color is the theme of the bridal shower then you can use rainbow colors (edible) for icing of the cake. For such theme you can use fruits crush like orange, blue berry, strawberry, and mango. You must cut it very finely or grate it and make some innovative designs of it on the cake. This will be an unique cake decoration idea. You can use fruit slices also instead of the skin. If the theme is recipe then you can write a recipe of bridal cake on some decorative paper and put on one side of the cake. This will definitely help the bride.
Some tips for bridal shower cake:
- Bake a bridal shower cake according to the number of guests. Make sure that each guest will get a big slice of the cake.
- Search for various types of bridal shower cakes and make it at least twice before the final day
- Revise the recipe of the cake before you start baking it for the special day
- Take help of other bridesmaids if the number of guests is large
- Make sure you keep enough number of serving plates and spoons beside the cake
- Make sure that you will bake a cake one day before the bridal shower
- Do not forget to write wishes for the bride on the cake
Here are some beautiful pictures of bridal shower cakes.
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