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a cake with no topper?

posted 2 years ago in Reception
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    How would you guys feel if you saw a cake with no topper?  And I mean this cake specifically, except the colors would be olive green with gold swirls instead of black & white.  I find cake toppers really boring to think about and I can't find ones that I like anyway.  I don't really love monograms, I think the bride & groom ones are kinda cheesy, plus nothing matches with the green and gold.  My fiance doesn't care about cake toppers even 1% and neither do I but my mom keeps saying my cake will be hideous without a topper.  (If it helps I was thinking that rounding out the edges so they are not so pointy might make it look less like it needs a topper.)  Thoughts?

    a cake with no topper? :  wedding Swirl2cake cake

     
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    SoonToBeMrs.Kiss    June 11, 2011   Central Pennsylvania

    I don't think that cake looks like it would need a topper at all, no matter in what colors. Maybe you can put the design thats on the side of the tiers on the whole top tier like where the topper would go? Just a suggestion, but again i think it would look fine

     
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    Minutiae    May 2011  

    I don't plan on having a cake topper. I don't plan on having a cake! Honestly, you can do whatever you like. So many couples don't even think about making the wedding their own, they just go with whatever's traditional, so I think it's great that you're thinking about stuff like that!

     
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    Melissabegins    December 12, 2009  

    nix the topper - just have a yummy cake.

     
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    RecessionistaBride    January 28, 2012  

    Cake toppers aren't necessary! A lot of brides don't use them.. they use flowers or nothing at all! Your cake has enough decoration on it :) (Btw, its a gorgeous design!)

     
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    ebs1123    July 9, 2010   Omaha NE

    It's a beautiful cake - and as long as you tell the bakery that you won't have a topper, I'm sure that they'll make it look great without one.

    Think of all the cakes you've seen in your life... only wedding cakes "need" toppers. If you don't want it, don't have it. 

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    I think it will look great without one! It's a beautiful cake.

     
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    oracle    October 23, 2010   Los Angeles

    That cake is beautiful - no topper necessary!!!!

     
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    redherring    September 11, 2010   Pittsburgh, PA

    It'll look gorgeous without one. I hope it's yummy!

     
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    spaniel    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    It looks a lot like my cake! We're having no topper, and I think you can have no topper too! ;)

     
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    tvilase    11/28/09   Los Angeles

    It didn't even occur to me to get a cake topper for my cake! And that cake will look great just as it is. : )

     
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    luckyyou    March 20, 2010   Philadelphia, PA

    I am on the fence about toppers, but it's mostly because I can't find anything I like! I think I want to incorporate flowers onto the cake, so I'll probably just have some of those on the top. I don't think they're at all necessary.

     
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    I think it would be pretty with out the topper.  If you really felt like you needed something on the cake you could add flowers.

     
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    Bellini    January 1, 2011   Washington, DC

    never been a fan of cake toppers myself, it will look great without one

     
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    EAQ219    May 22, 2010   Bethesda, MD

    I think it's totally fine to leave off a topper! That cake is gorgeous. No one will miss the topper.

     
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    eeniebeans    October 9, 2010   Baltimore

    I think its fine to have a cake without a topper.  My ex husband and I had a photo of us in a very pretty but lightwieght frame on the top of our cake- and I loved so much more than any of the statue-type things.

     
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    hamster    May 30, 2010  

    I think your cake would still look great without a topper!  The picture of the cake you posted has such nice detailing that you wouldn't need anything else.  Good luck!  Smile

     
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    Yay!  No topper it is!  Thanks for confirming what I had been thinking!

     
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    mouse    September 11, 2009   Austin, TX

    Definitely doesn't need a topper.  That cake will be beautiful in your colors!  You could even ask your florist to add some fresh flowers on the day of if you want a little something extra.

     
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    wonderlanded    2 October 2010   London

    I think a topper would actually distract from that cake -- it's beautiful, and it would be really tough to find a topper that complemented the lines.

     

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