How to incorporate the season into your wedding cake

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Q – My wife-to-be and I want to incorporate the festive season into our wedding cake. Can you suggest any flavours or decorations?

"Do you prefer a more traditional look with reds, greens and golds, or are you after a more modern theme with blues, whites and silvers? Either will make a stunning cake design and tie in with your theme perfectly.

"If you’ve opted for a more traditional bake, why not incorporate some beautiful shades of red with roses, styled with deep green ivy and holly leaves? Add gold accents with edible gold leaf, which will create a glamorous feel. If this is too bold for you, then pair it back by swapping the red roses for cream roses and bringing in small touches of red with holly berries.

"Alternatively, those of you who are more swayed towards the winter wonderland style, there are so many shades of blue you could choose from. Keep the flowers simple with an all-white display and let the cake make the impact with some edible glitter or silver leaf that will catch the light beautifully. If you prefer paler blue tones, then look for glitter details, snowflakes embossed into the icing and 3D snowflakes to add depth and dimension.

"When it comes to what’s inside the cake, why not delight and surprise your guests with some flavours that immediately make you think of Christmas, such as chocolate orange, gingerbread spice or chocolate and Irish cream?"

Jo Harper
Cake maker 
www.thejoharpercakecompany.co.uk