Four Ways to Give Your Cake Some Springtime Flair

1. Spring Flavors

Spring weddings have some of the best flavor cakes.  Pick a wedding cake that adds a taste of spring to it.  For instance, choose a cake with some in-season berries and fruit.  Maybe instead of using the traditional buttercream filling, consider a fresh strawberry filling or a lemon cake with blackberry filling.

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2. Seasonal Colors

The colors of spring are vibrant and lovely.  Color matters for a spring wedding.  Colors include a palette of white, pink, lime green blue.  You could also add some bright orange and yellows to make your cake pop.

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3. Spring Blooms

Flowers of spring are the most beautiful.  They can go a long way in defining a spring theme for your wedding cake.  It can create a special effect and you have the opportunity to make a unique combination of flowers.  Popular flowers for spring cakes include magnolia, lilacs, white orchids, iris, and daisies.

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4. Shapes and Add-ons

When it comes to a spring cake, flowers and butterflies are are obvious options.  You do not have to go overboard with these add-ons though.  Butterflies make an amazing decoration for a spring wedding cake.  It makes the cake very elegant as well as being simple.  Also, leaves, branches and flowers on cakes are very popular.

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