Cakes By Color

1 of 49 Ngoc Minh Ngo

Cakegirls

With this four-tier hexagonal confection, the Mahers conjure up the shimmery scales of sea creatures; roughly 500 fondant circles-in varying hues of pale green-are adhered to the cake with royal icing. Occasional coppery-edged rings recall the brilliant flash of fish as they swim.

Cake by Cakegirls

2 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Play up a soft green cake with gorgeous cascading blooms.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

3 of 49 Kirsten Strecker

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

For something a bit more unexpected, let the chairs you'll use at your ceremony or reception serve as the basis for your cake. The grid pattern of this caning (on a folding chair from Ballard Designs) makes a bold, graphic statement when enlarged onto three tiers. Sullivan laid strips of white fondant atop a green fondant to achieve the crisscross effect.

Cake by LovinSullivanCakes

4 of 49 Sedona Cake Couture

Sedona Cake Couture

One of the hottest (and brightest) new color combos, this hot pink, orange and lime green confection (with mango passionfruit cake inside) completely matched the centerpieces and linens at this outdoor wedding by the creek at L'Auberge de Sedona.

Cake by Sedona Cake Couture

5 of 49 Sedona Cake Couture

Sedona Cake Couture

Deep green fondant was the perfect background for this cake's bright color palette, which featured the bride's favorite flower, peonies, and sugar pomegranates.

Cake by Sedona Cake Couture

6 of 49 Wendell T. Webber

Colette's Cakes for Betsey Johnson

The prolific designer's Spring 2009 collection was a visual jamboree of pirate-inspired looks, peasant dresses, and rock and roll garb-but her cake focuses on ruffles. "I came out at the end of my spring 2009 show wearing three huge square-dance petticoats," Johnson says.

Cake by Colette's Cakes

7 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Clean and classic, a simple white wedding cake never goes out of style.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

8 of 49 Kirsten Strecker

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Small blooms such as stephanotis, the only flower used in this bouquet by New York City florist Chestnuts in the Tuileries, look like a lush field of blossoms when repeated all over a wedding cake. For this creation, made of two equal-size tiers topped by a smaller one, Kate Sullivan, of New York's Lovin Sullivan Cakes, used a base of white fondant. She attached nearly 600 handmade sugar-paste flowers using royal icing.

Cake by LovinSullivanCakes

9 of 49 Courtesy of Maples Wedding Cakes

Maples Wedding Cakes

Five round tiers covered in buttercream and white chocolate fondant are embellished by gumpaste ranunculus, stephanotis, and vine .

Cake by Maples Wedding Cakes

10 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Your gown and your veil aren't the only wedding-day details that deserve a special trim.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

11 of 49 John Solano

Bacara Resort & Spa

Nancy O'Dell & Keith Zubchevich kept things simple with a three-tier cake covered in white fondant.

Cake by Bacara Resort and Spa

12 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Elegant detailing and flowers balance this cake's fun shape.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

13 of 49 Tyler Boye

Hansen's Cakes

Banks went with Hansen's Cakes to create the three-tier chocolate-and-vanilla cake garnished with fresh orchids for her big day.

Cake by Hansen's Cakes

14 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

A subtle silver design gives this classic confection a touch of elegance.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

15 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Vary the positioning of each layer for subtle, standout style.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

16 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Alternating shapes and patterns create a visually interesting effect.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

17 of 49 Wendell T. Webber

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes for Catherine Malandrino

The French-American designer's vision for the perfect wedding cake consists of a nude underlay topped with three intricate lace patterns. "The dark chocolate glaze looks like fine lingerie," Malandrino says.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

18 of 49 Kaye Hartman

Petal Crafts

This chocolate black out cake with cookies and cream filling is decorated with chocolate fondant, pink, purple and green fondant ribbons and a single gumpaste Turkish tulip and leaves.

Cake by Petal Crafts

19 of 49 Sedona Bride Photography

Sedona Cake Couture

Perfect for chocolate lovers-milk chocolate fondant accented with dark choclate vines, leaves and a monogram cover this rich dark chocolate espresso cake.

Cake by Sedona Cake Couture

20 of 49 Sedona Bride Photography

Sedona Cake Couture

Fondant draping adorned with seasonal sugar flowers and fruits dress this square flourless chocolate and vanilla cheesecake with ganache and fresh raspberries.

Cake by Sedona Cake Couture

21 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

A new wedding classic, brown and blue make for a dazzling color combo.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

22 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Tall brown tiers are perfectly accented by festive red, yellow and green flowers.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

23 of 49 Polly's Cakes

Polly's Cakes

For an earthy confection, four round tiers were topped with marzipan mushrooms and fondant ferns. A light dusting of cocoa, or faux-dirt, was the perfect finishing touch.

Cake by Polly's Cakes.

24 of 49 Monica Buck

Wedding Cakes by Jim Smeal

A moist sour-cream chocolate cake is brushed with orange-flavored liqueur and layered with ganache and a slightly chunky, bittersweet orange marmalade. A final glaze of shiny ganache is poured on top. "A chocolate cake is a nice break from tradition," says baker Jim Smeal.

Cake by Jim Smeal

25 of 49 Courtesy of Take the Cake

Take the Cake

Four round tiers covered in white chocolate and chocolate fondant with handpainted fondant overlays.

Cake by Take the Cake

26 of 49 Courtesy of Cake Work

Cakework

Three round tiers covered in white chocolate wrap with handmade marizpan fruits, white chocolate blossoms and leaves and dark chocolate branches.

Cake by Cakework

27 of 49 Ngoc Minh Ngo

Cakegirls

"We wanted to bring out the deeper colors of the ocean," says Mary of the rusty red coral set dramatically against this cake's stark white exterior. She and Brenda handcrafted branches from gum paste, coated them in tiny candies, and then punctured each tier with minute holes for added texture.

Cake by Cakegirls

28 of 49 Kirsten Strecker

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Whether the plates you registered for have a classic border or a more modern, organic feel-like this whimsical set by Tord Boontje-their design can translate beautifully onto a round tiered cake. In this case, N.Y.C. baker Kate Sullivan hand-painted Boontje's motif on fondant using a mix of lemon extract and powdered red food coloring. She made the animals' eyes and the blossoms' centers with dots of royal icing.

Cake by LovinSullivanCakes

29 of 49 Sedona Bride Photography

Sedona Cake Couture

The bridesmaids wore red and the bride wore a crown, so this dramatic cake was the perfect combination for the bold wedding. Of course, inside was red velvet cake!

Cake by Sedona Cake Couture

30 of 49 Stacey Kane

Nancy Kay's Confections

Nancy Kay's Confections of Sherman Oaks, CA, made the five-tier cake for Routh's Santa Barbara nuptials.

Cake by Nancy Kay's Confections

31 of 49 Courtesy of Cakes by Linda

Cakes by Linda

Three round tiers covered in fondant with satin ribbon, sugar paste leaves and gumpaste acorns and berries.

Cake by Cake by Linda

32 of 49 Ngoc Minh Ngo

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

This striking cake resembles a huge, single rose made up of 150 individual petals. It took four people two days to hand-make and -paint each piece of it, a white Meyer lemon confection complemented by papaya and blood-orange buttercream filling.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

33 of 49 Lisa Shin

Love Street Cakes

Personalize it by incorporating your heritage, a favorite vacation spot or your destination-wedding location. Popular Indian spices inspired this cardamom cake with saffron butter-cream, says Archana Rao, owner of Love Street Cakes.

Cake by Love Street Cakes

34 of 49 Ngoc Minh Ngo

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

For this beauty—vanilla and chocolate cakes separated by roasted-pineapple buttercream and chopped pistachios—celebrity cake-maker Ron Ben-Israel, who works in N.Y.C., used still lifes by Dutch and Flemish old masters as inspiration (hence the cascade of tulips adorning the pale peach-pink quilted icing).

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

35 of 49 Amy & Stuart

Cake Divas

Mowry showcased a stunning four-tier vanilla and red velvet confection decorated with pink roses by Cake Divas at her California celebration.

Cake by Cake Divas

36 of 49 Courtesy of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Play up pretty pink tiers with bunches of flowers and stunning silver detailing.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

37 of 49 Weddings Valentine Style

Perfect Endings

After a decade of planning weddings for Toni Braxton, Kelis and others, Diann Valentine has put together Weddings Valentine Style to show how you can make your wedding reflect your personal style. For clients' cakes, like this one, Valentine often turns to Sam Godfrey of Perfect Endings in Napa, Calif.

Cake by Perfect Endings

38 of 49 Sedona Bride Photography

Sedona Cake Couture

This deep cherise colored cake was designed to matched the bridesmaid's dresses, while the sugar flowers, leaves and berries reflected the centerpieces.

Cake by Sedona Cake Couture

39 of 49 Angie Silvy

I Dream of Cake

The intricately patterned blue-tinted icing is as delicate as the this cake's ornately scalloped walls.

I Dream of Cake.

40 of 49 Ngoc Minh Ngo

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Clusters of large sugar peonies in burgundy, claret, coral and deep pink top the fondant icing of this dark-chocolate cake; it's filled with dulce de leche and raspberry buttercream. "I wanted to capture the lusciousness of the flowers in full bloom," says Ben-Israel.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

41 of 49 Kaye Hartman

Petal Crafts

This red velvet cake with cheesecake and toasted pecan filling gets a touch of glam with white fondant and gumpaste poppies.

Cake by Petal Crafts

42 of 49 Kirsten Strecker

Lovin Sullican Cakes

Bridal gowns-especially ornately adorned ones-provide an elegant source for lacy layers of icing. To echo the pastel underlay of this Reem Acra stunner, Sullivan covered a four-tier cake in pale blue fondant. White royal icing and fondant mimic the embroidery, while silver dragees replicate the beads.

Cake by LovinSullivanCakes

43 of 49 Kaye Hartman

Petal Crafts

Pink and purple fondant with green gumpaste vines, white clematis and white scrolls of royal icing add to the character of this unusually stacked confection of chocolate chip pound cake and espresso buttercream filling.

Cake by Petal Crafts

44 of 49 Jose Picayo

Cakegirls

Sisters Brenda and Mary Maher, aka the Cakegirls, envisioned a whimsical woodland when they designed this three-tier creation with lavender rolled-fondant icing and delicate mushrooms and cattails made from sugar paste. A buck and doe, hand cut from rolled sugar paste, take the place of a traditional bride-and-groom topper.

Cake by Cakegirls

45 of 49 Eyes2See Photography

Sedona Cake Couture

Inspired by Wedgewood china, this pale blue cake is decorated with shimmery white fondant draping and sugar plumeria and roses. Inside is the darkest, richest chocolate cake with a truffel filling.

Cake by Sedona Cake Couture

46 of 49 Kaye Hartman

Petal Crafts

Black gumpaste roses and a black fondant bow adorn this almond pound cake with white chocolate mousse and fresh berries filling.

Cake by Petal Crafts

47 of 49 Ngoc Minh Ngo

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Almond-infused tiers, featuring layers of ganache and apricot preserves, are shaped like a Victorian wire basket filled with flowers, including daffodils, hyacinth and lily of the valley. The design is meant to evoke an English country garden, says Ben-Israel.

Cake by Ron Ben-Israel

48 of 49 Kirsten Strecker

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Even the paper with which you choose to wrap your wedding favors-like this hand-silk-screened style by Superdeluxe-can be your muse. Here, Sullivan used thin rolls of white fondant to re-create the calligraphy-like design on a background of aqua fondant. The beaded border at the base of each tier is piped royal icing.

Cake by LovinSullivanCakes

49 of 49 Kaye Hartman

Petal Crafts

Powder blue fondant, a gumpaste casa blanca lily and fondant skirting cover the layers of this almond Joconde cake with chocolate hazelnut ganache filling.

Cake by Petal Crafts

Cakes By Color

Cakegirls

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Sedona Cake Couture

Sedona Cake Couture

Colette's Cakes for Betsey Johnson

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Maples Wedding Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Bacara Resort & Spa

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Hansen's Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes for Catherine Malandrino

Petal Crafts

Sedona Cake Couture

Sedona Cake Couture

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Polly's Cakes

Wedding Cakes by Jim Smeal

Take the Cake

Cakework

Cakegirls

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Sedona Cake Couture

Nancy Kay's Confections

Cakes by Linda

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Love Street Cakes

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Cake Divas

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Perfect Endings

Sedona Cake Couture

I Dream of Cake

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Petal Crafts

Lovin Sullican Cakes

Petal Crafts

Cakegirls

Sedona Cake Couture

Petal Crafts

Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Petal Crafts

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