Wedding cake flavours

We are also having an autumn wedding, the main thing for us is that we like the cake flavours!


We are going for chocolate, lemon and vanilla. My thoughts on your two flavours are that they could be quite heavy, if they are being stacked on top of each other you may want to ask your cake maker if these flavours would be okay to not squash each other. You may also find that some people will not each much cake as they are quite rich flavours, but that is fine! More cake for you at the end of the night!

We had chocolate fudge and Victoria sponge. I thought the chocolate one would be more popular, because none of our dessert options were chocolate, so I chose that as the bigger tier. Instead the Victoria almost went on the night and I had 2 boxes of the chocolate left over (1 of which is still in my freezer).
We got married in November and I don't think the time of year matters much with flavours. I do wonder if both of those are too similar and a bit rich so maybe look at something contrasting to give options to your guests but that you still like.

We’re having 3 flavours - I chose carrot as it’s my favourite, FH chose cookies &cream, and then we’re having generic Victoria as well.

We are having three flavours - bottom tier will be chocolate with hazelnut ganache, middle tier will be lemon and poppy seed and top tier will either be mango and passion fruit or coconut and lime. I was also intrigued by pistachio and raspberry. Then of course there are old favourites like Victoria sponge, red velvet, carrot etc…

My mum's making us a brownie pyramid instead of a cake!

If it's helpful, my dad made an interesting point about factoring in what your dessert flavours will be and giving a nice balance with your cake. So, because we're going for very chocolatey brownies for our "cake", we're not picking a chocolatey dessert and instead we've got creme brulee, lemon tart and salted caramel cheesecake so then the overall "sweet treats" on offer for the day are quite varied!

Yes, good advice about the flavours both being quite rich. I didn’t consider that. My partner and I love cake so we don’t mind if there’s plenty of leftovers 😂 I do think a rich and a light option is probably the way to go now

View quoted message Hazelnut ganache sounds amazing!

We have a cake consultation next month so we haven't picked anything for definite yet but I'm hoping for a different flavour for each tier. I'm thinking that one tier will probably be standard sponge cake, but I am desperate for a chocolate and orange tier! Other ones I think sound nice and salted caramel, or white chocolate and raspberry.

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Oh, a brownie pyramid sounds amazing!!!