The tastiest flavours for your wedding cake

Your wedding cake is an important part of your wedding party. So choosing the right flavour is not always easy. Read on to discover our editors' 10 favourite flavours!

Photo (top, from left to right): Pastries & photo: Sweet Baking Ruby / Wedding cake: Karolien Beyens - Photographer: Sofie Vansteelant / Wedding cake: Sweet Baking Ruby - Photographer: Erine Wyckmans

1. Red velvet

A red velvet wedding cake is a true classic. You can never go wrong with this stylish choice. The cocoa filling is coloured deep red and enveloped in a sweet white layer of cream cheese frosting.

2. Vanilla buttercream

Sweet, soft and light. A cake with vanilla buttercream has a silky texture that melts in your mouth. You can easily add an extra flavour to your pearly white buttercream cake, so that your wedding cake fully meets your taste expectations.

Photo & Cake: Le Boudoir des Délices

3. Chocolate with red fruit

This cake combines sweet chocolate with fresh red fruit. You can combine any kind of chocolate with all kinds of red fruit. Thus, a cake with dark chocolate and forest fruits as well as a cake with white chocolate and raspberry are popular.

Photo: Cake & dessert: Sweet Baking Ruby

4. Summery lemon

A lemon cake is perfect for summer. Ask your pastry chef to combine the fresh filling of lime mousse with accents of fresh strawberries and raspberries. This fresh flavour is perfect for your summer wedding.

Photo: Cake: Karolien Beyens - Photographer: Aske Fotografie

5. Coffee and cream

This wedding cake tastes like the creamiest cup of coffee. You can make this coffee-and-cream cake as sweet and as ‘punishing’ as you like. Moreover, you can also always add one extra flavour to make it all you . Nice extra flavours are toffee, chocolate, oreo, speculoos and banana.

6. Pink champagne

This pink champagne cake is deliciously sweet and exudes pure class. The flavour of your wedding cake will surprise your guests when they find that it really does taste like champagne. This cake can be beautifully decorated with gold details.

Photo & Cake: The French Cake Company

7. Honeycomb

Honeycomb is a unique flavour wedding cake for those who love the extra sweet. The cake consists of dark chocolate, filled and decorated with golden honeycombs made from caramelised honey. This heartwarming wedding cake is especially popular in winter, but will delight during any season.

8. Apple-caramel

The apple-caramel cake is the ideal flavour wedding cake for an autumn wedding. Made with fresh apples, the sweet yet fresh flavours in this wedding cake provide delight for everyone's palate.

Photos & Cake: A Touch of Camille

9. Coconut and lemon

A cake with coconut and lemon, in turn, is perfect for spring and summer. This cake with tropical vibes will instantly make you feel like you are in more exotic places.

10. The sweet dream

For the sweet tooth looking for something a little different, there are also many alternatives. For example, you can have your wedding cake made with macarons, doughnuts or chocolate truffles. You can then have these nicely stacked in cake moulds and then decorate them as you would with any other wedding cake.

Photo: Cake: Karolien Beyens - Photographer: Sofie Vansteelant

Which of these flavours will you choose for your wedding cake? Let us know... Mjam!

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