(Closed) Naked Wedding Cakes

• housebee
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: April 2013

I think they can look nice, but I’d be worried about the cake drying out while it sits on display.

• ChocolateLime
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: September 2013

Love the idea in theory but not in practice. I would be worried about the cake getting stale or showing too many imperfections. I think you need to consider what time of year it will be if this is what you would like. I have seen images of this done which look beautiful for a rustic wedding.

ETA this type of cake would also need to be done last minute, would that be an issue?

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• Soonerbee07
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: October 2014

miggyjb:  they look cool…and honestly i am not too worried about the imperfections and what not….but for me it would never do…I like frosting too much!! lol yes i know i sound like a pig here…but honestly i like frosting….lol cool idea though!

• MoonlitMagnolia
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: May 2015

Check out this link with a lot of info on naked cakes: http://blog.theknot.com/2014/02/21/everything-you-need-to-know-about-naked-cakes/

• KinkyOrange
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: July 2013 - UK

I love them. If I had made my own cake (which I considered doing for ages) we would have done this…

• MsGinkgo
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: May 2014

I think they’re beautiful as long as they’re done well – if they’re sloppy it’s a disaster

• jenm2be
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: March 2014

I’m not having a naked cake for my wedding because it doesn’t fit the look we’re going for but I did have a two tier naked cake for one of my bridal showers and it was wonderful! Everyone loved it. Mine was chocolate with the white icing between layers and a little powdered sugar dusted on top with mini white sugar roses placed on the layers. I absolutely loved it! We kept it covered until it was shower time. There were not cons at all in my opinion.

• Miss-Mauverick
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: August 2012

I love the relaxed look of a naked cake so much that we had one at our wedding. We opted for a cake buffet (5 cakes of different sizes and flavors) and one cake was naked.

However, we did have to coordinate the delivery very carefully. Our baker dropped off the cakes about 2-3 hours before the ceremony; we set up 4 of the 5 outside right then and covered the table with netting; right before the ceremony started, we had our coordinator bring out the naked cake and arrange it with the others on the cake table. It can work, you just have to get a little creative with delivery, storage, and display. 

Our cake buffet is below, and the naked cake is on the far left (it was german chocolate cake). 

• SellyJo
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: June 2015

I love this for an informal,  rustic wedding! 

• kes18
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: September 2013

I like the look fine, but I’m too much of a frosting fan to go that route or prefer it over traditional.

• MsCarabiner
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

miggyjb:  We had one and it was the best cake I’ve ever eaten. Of course, I am not a big frosting fan. We were in Hawaii and we didn’t leave it out the whole reception, so that might have contributed to it not drying out. It was extremely moist. A friend of our made it for us, she blogged about her process if you’re interested. Between the layers is Lilikoi (passion fruit) curd and some other kind of cream, mmmm.  

blog: http://www.thelittlefoodie.com/2012/06/momofuku-wedding-cake.html

• Cory_loves_this_girl
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: February 2013

We had a naked cake for our rustic wedding. We loved it because we hate frosting, and it stayed moist.

• nineteen87
• 5 years ago

No, but only because I like a specific frosting to cake ratio.

• librarygirl85
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: June 2014

I seriously considered one, but changed my mind when I found a lace detailed cake. All the bakers I talked to said there are methods to help it from becoming stale or dried out – that any good baker would know how to do this. I’ve had naked cake before and it was moist and delicious. 

Imperfections wise – all the naked cakes I’ve seen were perfect because the bakery’s name ins on the line. They can’t afford a negative or poor review for their lack of construction.