(Closed) Wedding cakes NOT using fondant?

• Bazingau
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: September 2013

Our will also be buttercream.  I wanted whipped cream but the baker said it wouldn’t last.  🙁

• thursdayschild
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: April 2012

• Rouquine
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: October 2012

@bunnyharriet:  My cake is going to be the same.  🙂

• dmuszall
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: June 2013

no fondant for us either…here’s my inspiration pic

• UrbanGem
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: June 2012

All these cakes look so beautiful and yummy! Here’s pics of our fondant free, all buttercream frosted wedding cake.

• everalwaysrealtrue
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: July 2012

@bunnyharriet:  Our bakery was an hour away from our venue, so we decided that separate layers was the *safest* way to go if we wanted our cake to look like anything 🙂

• MissBoPeep
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: October 2013

@StuporDuck:  That’s similar to the inspiration pic for our cake!

• screamingdaisy
• 7 years ago

Ours is going to be carrot cake with cream cheese frosting inside anddd outside! YUM! We are also going for the taste > aesthetic approach. 

• Treejewel19
• 7 years ago

Well our cake was fondant (won’t post photos since it doesn’t apply) however we don’t care for the taste of fondant either. I have to disagree with @AmeliaBedelia that you have to choose taste or appearance because we had both.

We requested a thick layer of buttercream under the frosting (most bakers put some buttercream under the fondant anyway…it isn’t either/or) so that the guests could easily peel away the homemade fondant leaving a sufficient amount of buttercream. We tried it out and it was delicious and on the big day there were those eating the fondant and those that weren’t.

Just something to think about if you do like the look of fondant but not the taste.

• tibbets
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: October 2013

We both hate fondant equally (less cake!) and were looking for buttercream options so thank you so much for this thread!

These are all SO lovely.  Are any of you from Orlando or have recommendations for an Florida/Orlando?

• Mrs.Snickerdoodle
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: June 2012

My aunt made our cake & it had a buttercream frosting.  I love the way it turned out & it was delicious too!

• hotpinkbride
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: November 1999

I wish I had a better close-up pic, but no fondant on our cake, all buttercream.

• missrobots
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: April 2011

I loved our cake. It was delicious and pretty and I’ve posted it here a million times, so what’s one more?

• amywill512
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

We went with simple white buttercream. Not a huge fan of fondant either! 🙂