A wedding cake can never look complete unless and until it is properly decorated. As the wedding cake symbolizes celebration and meeting of two hearts it should be decorated in a very special manner. If you want to go beyond the regular decorations, you can either consult your wedding manner or you can even ask the caterers for some ideas.

A beautifully designed wedding cake is a great way to let your personality shine at your wedding reception.  Aside from your wedding attire, your cake will be the next most photographed item at your wedding reception.

Here I will discuss some really special cake decorating ideas that would surely make your wedding a memorable affair.

1. Decoration with photographs
One very excellent way to personalize your wedding cake is to add your photographs to the cake. You can include photographs of your childhood, your teen age years, your college life, professional life and photographs of your dates. AS a wedding topper you can add a picture in which both you and your partner are together.

2. Chocolate wedding cake decoration
A chocolate cake is liked by every one, be it adults or small kids. One very brilliant way of decorating your wedding cake is to decorate it with chocolate ganache which is made of a mixture of heavy cream and chocolate. It is the richest wedding cake decor option and is the only choice for brides and grooms who love chocolates. Wedding cakes decorated with ganache look modern and smooth.

3. Cinderella cake decorations
Cinderella cake decorations are liked by many brides. This type of decoration includes a huge lavish castle at the top. If you want you can also add prince and princess like dolls to the set up. This decoration looks really pretty once it has been completed.

4. Marzipan wedding cake decoration
These days many couples like white or pale colored cakes, for decorating such cakes you can use marzipan which is made from sugar and ground almonds and has a distinct smooth and sweet almond flavor. Marzipan is very malleable hence it can formed into reasonable shapes and can be used to decorate your wedding cake with fruit or flower shapes like pears, berries, apples, oranges, small blossoms and roses.

5. Butter cream wedding cake decorations
Butter cream is made up of creamed butter and sugar. Butter cream is very sweet and can give wedding cake designs a soft and creamy look. Butter creams cakes are very tasty but they melt very easily hence can not be used for outdoor spring or summer weddings. Another option that you can consider for these seasons is fondant which can stand up to warmer temperatures without melting.

These are some very popular and elegant cake decorating ideas.

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