14 reasons to get NAKED: an homage to the fabulous naked cake
I remember seeing Chaitra and Ryan’s immaculate floral naked cake back in 2013 and thinking, “Oh shit, this is going to be a thing and I’m going to love it.” Naked cakes have been fluctuating in popularity for a long time, especially in the UK and now over here in the US, and we are still loving them. If you’re one of those frosting haters (blasphemy!), you’re probably loving them, too. Here’s a little homage to the naughtiest of wedding confectionaries: the naked cake.
Feed and ENTERTAIN your guests by building your wedding cake in front of them
Yes, we all know that wedding cakes are awesome, and can be visually AND culinarily one of the highlights of a wedding reception. While some wedding cakes may be as fun to look at as they are fun to eat, Thomas and Sara’s wedding cake was actually part of their wedding entertainment…
Slushies, food trucks, and brunch: 10 delicious ways to make your wedding food fun
We recently listed out 13 ways to make your reception more fun, but the REAL way to your guests’s hearts is through their stomachs, right? Here are 10 of our favorite ways to make reception food and drink more awesome and entertaining including food trucks, slushies, candy buffets, finger foods, signature mocktails, and brunch for dinner. Let’s get our foodies hats on to bring the catering game up to eleven.
22 nontraditional wedding cakes
No one turns out an incredible wedding cake like an Offbeat Bride — y’all make your cakes work, whether they’re geeky, nerdy, booky, spooky, rainbow-y, or romantic…y.
I went strolling through some of our most pinned wedding cakes (cough, that’s Pinterest, yo, follow us if ya haven’t!), and I’m just now picking my drooling jaw up off the floor. There are some seriously great cakes in here that show us who YOU are. What you think, what you love, what you’re proud of, and what you believe.
Your fantasy-loving hearts will explode from the pop culture references in this cake
We’ll be featuring Sarah and James’ colorful and geeky U.K. wedding soon, but we couldn’t wait to show you their fandom-fantastic Hobbit-meets-Labyrinth-meets-Watership-Down cake made by the obviously talented folks at Black Cherry Cake Company! There are a metric ton more references going on, so get ready for the run-down. Don’t forget to say ‘allo to the tiny worm from Labyrinth peeking out on the bottom left, which may be the cutest version EVER.
Use your cake pops as a pop culture nod
Individual desserts made for “cake cutting” photos give you a great opportunity to stamp a little personality into the nomming. Amy Joy and Christian had two of their cake pops turned into a golden snitch and a German flag, respectively.