Wedding cakes - stacked or tiered circles or squares?

I am having a 4 tier cake, with circle cakes stacked on top of each other. Each tier will be a different flavour.

I wouldn't be against a square cake. I think they are very modern.

Getting my mum to do it for me.

This is similar, but pink ribbons, etc.

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3 circles stacked, really neat and big chunky layers!

bit like this but in tiffany blue and chocolate brown!

http://www.fancycakeshop.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Wedding041809f.jpg

After seeing a heart shaped cake on Don't Tell The Bride last night I am really liking that idea, but stacked not tiered.

I was planning a 2 tier stacked cake (bottom fruit tier made by my Mam, top sponge layer and decorated by his Mam) but after a visit there this weekend we've decided on 3 tiers stacked (top 2 sponge). She happened to have 3 cake tins all ready and D decided it looked nicer in a stack of 3 ?

I want it really plain just with ribbon round (probably pink since that's my colour of choice) and maybe some nice pink gerberas (my flower of choice!)

I got very excited when I saw the tins stacked up! Haha!

This is ours but just without the bobbles... we'll be having fresh pink orchids cascading down the side, the flavours being lemon and chocolate ganache (separate tiers of course!)

We had 2 square tiers with an extra cutting cake in a different flavour.

We're having cupcakes with a normal sponge tier on the top. Something similar to this

We are having square, I can't find the picture anywhere on the net, but it will be 3 tiers - stacked and not seperated by pillars or anything. The squares will be set back into one corner so you get steps mainly on 2 sides (IYKWIM) and then sugar roses which start at the top and cascade down the opposite corner to where the squares set back into.

We had a 5 tier stacked square cake.

I think square cakes are lovely and much more unusual. You also get less wastage with a square cake.

The first thing they do in the kitchen is cut a round cake into a square and throw the edges away - makes it easier and quicker to cut! (If I'm around, I eat the edges because I prefer the icing to the cake!)

Stacked are more difficult to transport and can be really heavy, so it's usually better to stack it at the venue. There are more choices of shapes and design if you go for a 3 tier stand - 'E' shape, 'S' shape, swan, staggered..........

We were going to have the same as December's (cupcakes with a cake on top) but I have since had a new idea which I think would be nice and easier to make in advance (as I'm making my own) - mini sponge cakes with some sort of frosting, something like this but with a different decoration - not sure how we're displaying them yet...

Most popular at the moment seem to be....

Round stacked cakes

Cigarillo cakes

Cupcakes

Suitcase cakes

I was thinking 3 round cakes stacked for mine but haven't ordered anything yet and TBH haven't spent much time looking at what I think I might like. Therefore, this might change!!!!!

This is really interesting as I orignally said I didnt want to spend money on a cake, and wanted something cheap and simple(im not that fussed on cake). This week I started to think about it and what I REALLY like - at thats CHOCOLATE. Now Im going to look into one/two or three big, fat, sickly, gooey chocolately chocolate cakes, and stand them on my grandmas head if I have to. Watch this space, it could be interesting (or I stick with M&S)

I like the look of the 3 stacked up and wanted ot get the m&s ones but dont know how you stack them? do you just plonk them on top of one another? (3 sponges) there is also some fancy wedding cakes that arent plain on m & s that are still cheap and im wondering if these will come stacked or will i have to do it?! confused!!

I'm having three stacked suitcases as OH and I spend most of our lives living out of the things visiting each other.

With the M&S ones you have to put dowels into the cake which then gives the pillars some foundation so they don't collapse. HTH

http://www.marksandspencer.com/How-to-Choose-Your-Wedding-Cake-Help/b/83106031

My oh and his mum ar making our wedding cake. I want something quite plain just with blu riboon round the bottom of each tier. we are having 3 tiers and having circles, on one of those stands where the cakes are seperated and graduate don. was going to have them stacked, but told OH he can do what he likes with the cakes as that is his input into the wedding, and he chose soem thing like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-Tier-Offset-Bright-Chrome-Wedding-Cake-Stand_W0QQitemZ350254214742QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUk_Crafts_Cake_Decorating_MJ?hash=item518cc72e56&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

with a bride and groom on top cake and poss some flowers to match the others on the top of the other two cakes. its a working progress at the mo, but they are ging to practice making a fruit cake and a sponge this weekend, so might have cake to eat next week!