Brides - Niagara Gazette January 2020 | Page 13

BRIDES MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 B rides and grooms may pour over every detail of their weddings, but few components of the festivities may be as fun, especially for foodies, as deciding what the wedding cake will look like. Cou- ples who want to deliver show-stopping visuals often express some measure of their creativity and personalities through statement wedding cakes. Many couples now eschew the clas- sic three-tiered white cake in favor of a dessert that garners instant attention. Whether the cake is brightly colored or hand-painted, a towering architec- tural marvel or shimmering in metallics, couples are opting to make a statement with their confections. Apart from clever cake-toppers, here are ways to stand apart when dessert is served. • According to the Perfect Wedding Guide, a rising trend in cakes is to cover a white or naked cake with translucent glaze tinted in the couple’s wedding colors. Th is artistic expression can be es- pecially stunning in boho-chic weddings. • Statement tiers also are popular. Th e cake may be traditional in nearly every way, but couples then set the cake apart by featuring an elaborate design or a dif- ferent hue in one tier. • Martha Stewart Weddings advises that more than just color can be used to make a statement. Lifelike sugar fl owers can really set cakes apart. Guests may not be sure if they can consume all aspects of some cakes. But delicate sugar fl owers taste as good as they look. • Hand-painted tiles on a cake are another way to add panache. A bride and groom may be inspired by a European vacation or the stained-glass eff ects of religious windows and want to add that feel to the tiers of the cake. • Sometimes a statement comes by way of texture. Even an all-white cake can be dressed up with interesting textural eff ects. Ruffl es, lace, embossing, and 3-D rosettes are diff erent textural compo- CHAIR COVER & LINEN RENTALS AND GOWN PRESERVATION • Weddings • Showers All sizes of Tablecloths, chair covers and napkins available. No minimum - from 1-1,000! CAPITOL COUPON Chair Covers 50 00Off $ Event Set Up & Removal Any Wedding Order Over 200 Chairs Expires 12/31/2020. New Orders Only. 25 00 Off $ Any Wedding Order Up To 100 Chairs Must be booked before 12/31/2020. CAPITOL COUPON Gown Preservation 25 00Off $ Serving Niagara & Erie Counties 282-7971 Call for Details Expires 12/31/2020 Valid on Incoming Orders Only. 13