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6 Alternative Wedding Cake Ideas

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Beginner
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1 hour
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10 - 30

Put your own unique spin on a wedding tradition with creative wedding cake ideas that'll make your big day a memorable one! You can even personalise these delicious bakes with custom wedding cake toppers or use these ideas to inspire a wedding anniversary cake.

With these wedding cake recipes, try your hand at a rustic wedding cake, offer a vegan option for your guests and add out-of-this-world treats to the confectionary corner!

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Alternative Wedding Cake Ideas

How to Make a Layered Vegan Cheesecake

Perfect for making sure you've got options that cater to the guests' dietary requirements, this delicious vegan cheesecake recipe will also look great on display!

Cashew nuts form the base of this recipe, but there are lots of other interesting ingredients that help to build this beautiful cake. The colours come from fruit powders, so no E-numbers here! Decorating with edible flowers will add a stunning finishing touch.



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How to Make Galaxy Doughnuts

If you're inviting kids to your wedding reception (or adults with a major sweet tooth), these spectacular galaxy doughnuts will go down a treat. Display them on a doughnut wall or arrange on your sweets table.

The marbled mirror glaze finish can be personalised to match your colour scheme.



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How to Make an Ombre Ruffle Cake

This spectacular cake gives you decorative features on the inside and the outside! Enjoy ruffled Swiss meringue buttercream covering the sponge, making it look picture perfect and wonderfully fitting for a classic wedding colour scheme.

On the inside, you'll find a sweet surprise! The four-layered cake is made up of pink sponge arranged to give you an ombre pattern that pops as soon as you start slicing. Guests will love the fun colour contrast – and you can switch it up to suit your wedding colour scheme.



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How to Make French Macarons

These on-trend pastel macarons are sure to make a dreamy wedding favour, ready for every guest to take home and enjoy as they think back on the big day. They'll also be a fun addition to a classic wedding cake, for guests who opt out of cake but still want to indulge in something sweet.

Dainty and delicate, macarons are the perfect finger food dessert for any wedding.



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How to Bake a Lemon and Elderflower Cake

The lemon and elderflower cake, inspired by Harry and Meghan's wedding cake of choice, is the perfect pick for a rustic wedding! Embracing the naked cake trend, the thin layer of icing leaves a semi-naked finish that adds a touch of contemporary to a more traditional floral design.

Add your florals to complete the look and this is sure to wow every guest. Plus, it tastes as good as it looks!



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How to Make a Lemon and Raspberry Scalloped Cake

Commit to the naked cake trend with this delicious lemon and raspberry showstopper! It'll be a wonderful choice for a small, intimate wedding – still giving you plenty to share with friends and family, but without the scale of elaborate multi-tiered wedding cakes.

Baked in a scalloped cake pan, this layer cake brings the wow factor with just a pop of colourful icing and a few fresh raspberries for decoration.



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