Wedding Wednesday: Today's Toppers

In the 1950's toppers became a staple for American wedding cakes. Fast forward 60 years and most brides sitting in their wedding consultation are pondering whether or not to do a wedding cake topper. It is a tradition that some brides find they want to uphold to have that keep sake. Other brides, however, find it is just another fading trend and a dust collector. Wedding toppers where once a way to personalize and make your wedding cake unique, however, now days many wedding cake are works of art that include personal handcrafted elements. Depending on the topper it can actually take away or distract from your over all wedding cake design. Take these for example: 

Dated

Scandalous

Scary

WHAT?!

Gum Paste Topper

Fresh Flower Topper

Putting fresh or hand made gum paste flowers on top of a wedding cake can be a beautiful design, but trying to add a topper can be too much.  Without the topper, the flowers can keep the cake elegant and classic.

Now not all toppers are 'bad', in fact there is one topper that is quiet timeless, the monogram. Adding your monogram to your cake can be a great way to add that personal touch. However, that being said a monogram that does not match the cake's color scheme or design can and will stick out like a sore thumb. If finding a monogram that matches your cake is proving to be difficult, try having your cake decorator make one for one of the tiers of your cake.

 Every once in a while the unique topper fits the unique couple. At the end of the day its your cake and its your wedding, so make it what you want!