Yesterday, we went over some of the important decisions you need to make in the early stages of planning how to decorate a wedding cake. In this post, we’ll take a look at some of the options to consider for wedding cake decorations, toppers, colors, and more.

The decorations you choose may be determined by the wedding theme or formality, or even simply by your comfort level with your decorating skills and the time and budget you have to spend on the cake. For example, if you don’t want the stress of assembling and transporting a tiered cake, you can get a similarly impressive look by using individual cakes on matching cake stands in various sizes and heights artfully arranged on a decorated table.

The actual decorations on the cake can be as easy as a purchased wedding cake topper and fresh flowers or simply piped icing borders, or as complicated as dozens of handmade gum paste flowers and fondant lace. If you have the time and patience, gum paste flowers can be made well ahead of time and stored, so you can take your time making lots of them for a beautifully covered floral cake. If that’s too intimidating or time-consuming, try a similar design with fresh or silk flowers. Either way, these are things to decide early when planning how to decorate a wedding cake. There will be enough preparation to do as the wedding day approaches without having to worry about trying to find the perfect cake topper at the last minute.

Before any baking can begin, you’ll also need to choose the flavors of the cake, icing, and filling, and find or create a recipe for each. Colors will also come into play at this step, as you decide whether to make a very traditional white cake or something more modern. The icing and decoration can have subtle touches to match the wedding color scheme, or the entire cake can be boldly matched to the wedding colors.

Planning how to decorate a wedding cake is not complicated, but it is an important step that should be considered carefully. When the wedding day arrives and your beautifully decorated cake is the focal point of the reception hall, you’ll know that the time spent planning how to decorate a wedding cake was well worth it.

Online cake decorating courses will help you make these decorating decisions and teach you everything you need to know from filling a layer cake and getting smooth icing to assembling a tiered wedding cake and transporting it to the reception. Take cake decorating classes on the Internet and make a beautiful cake!