You can have your cake and eat it, too!

My second favorite wedding topic: Cake! I love a good cake. Your cake takes center stage at the reception and should be a reflection of who you are. It can match your décor, your dress/flowers, it can take any shape or form – from the traditional multi-tier cake to a cake that looks like your dog or the place you met (think Ace of Cakes). Other than the price, there really are no limitations.

From a photographer’s standpoint, you want to consider one thing: an all white wedding cake doesn’t photography all that well. While white icing on a white cake looks stunning in person, it normally doesn’t stand out a lot in photos. I’ve selected a few of my favorite cake photos and will explain why this particular cake photographed so well.

This first photo shows a very elegant white cake with chocolate accents. It is very simple, yet stunning. What makes this a great photo is the fantastic contrast this cake provides.



This cake matched the theme of the wedding (spring/butterflies) perfectly. Again, we have a white, multi-tiered cake but the decorations provide a splash of color, texture as well as contrast. A beautiful cake.



This is a super-fun, colorful and somewhat non-traditional cake. It adds visual interest and photographed insanely well.



As somebody who never had a wedding cake on their wedding day (we got married in Vegas, had four guests and temperatures of 114 degrees at night), I’m excited that we will finally have a “proper” wedding cake this year for our 7-year anniversary. Ms. Tiffany Osowiecki will make our cake; I had the pleasure of tasting as well as photographing one of her cakes and it was simply divine. Imagine a White Chocolate, Grand-Marnier Cake with raspberries. Yummy. In case you want to get in touch with her (which I highly recommend), you can reach her at (802) 326-3131.

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