Wedding Cakes With Fountains

Big wedding cakes like the fountain cakes on this page are quite dramatic. The water in the fountains can be colored, as in the pictures below, and are lit up with lights. Special plates and pillars are used to house it and raise the wedding cake to spectacular heights. Fresh flowers, greenery, seashells, or even rocks can be used to surround the fountain and give it a more natural feel.

Decorating Wedding Cakes With Fountains

This particular fountain cake(left)is a three tier wedding cake. The flowers used to decorate the cake are made ahead using royal icing, wire and ribbon. The cake is almost straight out of the Wilton book with a few changes.

When first starting a wedding cake business back in 1985, the Wilton wedding cake book was the cake decorators bible. The wire and royal spray on top adds even more drama to this majestic Philippine style cake.

Las Vegas Fountain Wedding Cake

You would think that this fountain wedding cake(above)was a Las Vegas theme wedding cake. But it was a Connecticut bride and groom who ordered this extravagant display, complete with the bridal party, and a crystal wedding cake topper.

Again the water is colored blue, and flowers surround it. The bridal party placed their bouquets around the fountain, and the bride added the big white ribbons. With a cake table this large, it's important to add decorative pieces to balance the design. Another reason to add flowers and natural greenery or bows is to cover the plastic parts, which tend to be unattractive.

Purple Wedding Cake

The bride and groom chose a fondant fountain cake, with filigree stairs by Wilton. A very traditional feel with what looks to be silk purple Lily's used for color and coverage.

photo courtesy of Smith Wedding Reception by Bob B. Brown, on Flickr

Big Wedding Cake With Fountain

Your florist can provide you with flowers to match your bouquet, or if your on a budget, buy your own flowers at your local discount Costco or even a grocer's.

Ask a family member, or your pastry chef to arrange the flowers around the cake for you. There are ways to save money if you are doing it yourself or a cake decorator on a budget.

You can even rent fountains from your local cake decorating shop.

photo courtesy of kirinqueen, on Flickr

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