Top 10 Wedding Cake Flavors and More by Charles Bishop, Pompano Beach, Florida Wedding Photographer

Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida has seen quite a number of wedding cakes, some as a guest but mostly as a wedding photographer. With more than ten years of experience in the business, he's had the pleasure of sampling and taking pictures of wedding cakes of different flavors, sizes, and designs. Some looked expensive right off the bat, while others looked more simple yet still classy and elegant. And unfortunately, what Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida, has discovered is that no matter how expensive a cake looked, it's not a guarantee that it will taste good.
In this two-part post, Charles will share the top 10 flavors of wedding cakes, as well as tips on choosing a wedding cake from some of the wedding planners he has known. He hopes you find your wedding cake inspiration here.


Top 10 Wedding Cake Flavors

From the classic vanilla to the "more modern" red velvet, here are the top ten wedding cake flavors chosen by couples, according to Head Over Heels Ideas & Inspiration from Perfect Wedding Guide:

• Chocolate with chocolate mousse filling and chocolate buttercream or fondant frosting
• Vanilla sponge cake with pastry cream and raspberry jam filling, and marzipan frosting
• Bittersweet chocolate with vanilla bean buttercream filling and salted chocolate ganache frosting
• Carrot with cream cheese filling and cream cheese frosting and walnuts or coconuts
• Lemon pound cake with lemon curd and raspberries filling and vanilla or lemon buttercream frosting or fondant
• Coconut with passion fruit curd filling and coconut rum buttercream with toasted coconut flakes frosting
• Banana walnut with chocolate ganache filling and chocolate fondant or chocolate buttercream frosting
• Almond with cherry preserves filling and vanilla bean buttercream frosting or fondant
• Red velvet with cream cheese or chocolate ganache filling and frosting
• Devil's food cake with coconut pecan buttercream filling and dark chocolate ganache frosting

Other popular choices are chocolate mint, champagne, chocolate (regular or dark), and lemon.

Choosing a Wedding Cake

As for choosing a cake design, Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida says that wedding planners recommend you decide on your wedding theme first as this will help narrow down your choices, and give you the perfect cake to complement your theme.
As far as cost goes, the more tiers the cake has, the more expensive it is. A three-tiered cake is good for about 50 to 100 guests. And usually, wedding cake suppliers charge the cake on a per-slice basis—roughly two to fifteen dollars per slice. Also, fondant frosting is more expensive than buttercream, shares Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida.
Design details of the cake will also jack-up the price. In other words, the more elaborate the design and the higher the cake, the more expensive it will be. If you want to save on your wedding cake, Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida suggests that you choose a smaller cake with all the trimmings that you want, and have a separate, simpler cake of the same flavor to be served to your guests.

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