Civil Partnership Cakes

If I wasn’t a wedding planner I’d probably be in cake, and lots of it! There is something wonderfully comforting and luxurious about cake, which all starts with our eyes. At the heart of every celebration is a cake, whether it is an office birthday, a leaving do or a wedding, cake is always there in some form or other. As a wedding planner you would think that choosing wedding cakes takes up a large amount of my time. In reality though, I frequently hear couples say, “we’re not having a cake, we don’t like it” or, “we’ll just get something from a store”. For many people, wedding cake conjures up images of a tiny piece of something hard, dry and tasteless, wrapped in a paper napkin and left at the bottom of someone’s handbag! Thankfully though, the choice of cake now available to couples, from sweet to savoury, in every size and colour imaginable is amazing.

For wedding and civil partnership cakes there really is very little difference between the two.  Some couples choose to have same-sex cake toppers, which can be a fun way of personalising the cake, but the style, size and flavours are entirely up to you. For traditionalists, a well made, boozey fruit cake is hard to beat. If your wedding party is small, you may think that this might be a waste, in which case I would suggest an alternative such as some form of cake or pastry from a patisserie which could be served as dessert.

A great alternative to fruit cake is flavoured sponge. You can have a different flavour for each tier to make things more interesting and the only real drawback to this is having to choose which flavours to have! Cupcakes are extremely popular nowadays, however I have to say that they aren’t my favourite. Often they can be too big and have too much icing, which makes them a little too sweet. If you do choose them though, consider having cakes of differing sizes to cater for all tastes.

Savoury ‘cheese cakes’ make a great alternative for those of you without a sweet tooth. Choose each tier according to taste (Cornish Yarg is a particular favourite of mine) and add delicious breads, crackers and savoury accompaniments for a sugar free treat. If you want to have a sweet cake that has all the wow factor but with a difference, consider something like a tower of macaroons which are becoming very fashionable, profiteroles or meringues.

Whatever you choose, do so because you love the taste, love the way it looks and be creative. As Marie Antoinette didn’t say, “let them eat cake”!

Article by London Based Wedding Planner Lester Gethings

Images Courtesy of:

Cake Topper - Blogger of the Bride

White Cake - Wedding Magazine

Cheese Cake - Norbiton Fine Cheese Co

Macaroon Cake - Style Me Pretty

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