Planning a wedding is exciting, from choosing a dress to picking out flowers and designing the wedding cake. For a truly special reception, consider customizing yours with personal details that show off your personality and style. To make fun and meaningful design additions to your wedding showpiece, read the tips below to get inspired.

4 Wedding Cake Customization Ideas

1. Incorporate the Wedding Flowers

You’ve spent time thinking about what kind of flowers to include in the bouquets. Perhaps they are your favorites or have traditional meanings. Speak to your baker about placing some of your wedding flowers on or around the cake.

2. Create a Unique Display 

Consider how a display for this dessert showpiece can reflect your personality. If you love shabby chic and antiques, find a gorgeous vintage cake stand and use vintage memorabilia to create a display. Incorporate elements of favorite shared activities as part of the centerpiece. 

3. Find a Special Topper

You don’t have to choose the conventional bride and groom to top your cake. Think about how you’d like the two of you to be represented. If you both love animals, find a porcelain animal couple to use instead. For a tropical theme, consider figures wearing Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops. Think outside the box: Salt and pepper shakers come in dozens of inventive sets that might be perfect for the top of your cake, and they become a useful memento afterward which you can use every day.

4. Go Wild

While white cakes are gorgeous and show off sugar work or fresh flowers, a colorfully themed version is a great way to demonstrate personal style. Brainstorm with your baker about what might be possible. Incorporate your wedding colors or other thematic elements to tie it into the dresses and flowers, or choose unique shapes for the cakes, like hearts, octagons, or offset squares.

If you’re looking to personalize one of your wedding essentials, The Pizza Haven in Rhinelander, WI, has skilled bakers of wedding cakes and other special event treats. Feeding the Oneida County community since 1969, Pizza Haven creates delectable scratch pizzas and pastas with fresh ingredients while also offering custom cupcakes and birthday cakes. They have a venue for parties and banquets and can cater small or large events. Call (715) 362-5942 for more information, or visit them online to see menus and a photo gallery of cakes and venues.