Make Sure Your Chosen Wedding Cake Toppers Reflect Your Personalities - By: Don Saunders

When it comes to planning your wedding, there are a million things that you must consider, not just in respect of the ceremony, but for the reception as well. It goes without saying that one thing that no wedding reception would be complete without is the wedding cake itself.

Your wedding cake is not merely 'party food', but is a traditional part of the wedding celebration, with the bride and groom cutting the first piece of cake and symbolically offering one another a bite.

Clearly you would want to consider your cake design well in advance of the wedding, from the sort of cake you will want to the type of frosting and the wedding cake toppers you will want to adorn the cake.

Of course wedding cake toppers are not strictly required and you could do without them. However, adding them to your wedding cake can be an expression of your personality and make a marked different to the affect of this centerpiece of your wedding reception.

But just what is a wedding cake topper?

Traditionally, wedding cake toppers have been the small bride and groom figures that are generally put on the top of a wedding cake as a respresentation of togetherness. Traditional wedding cake toppers show the couple in formal dress and are frequently the only part of the wedding cake that can be kept through the years, apart of course from the photographs of the day. These toppers were most popular in the 1950s, but many people still put them on cakes.

So, just what sort of topper should we pick?

Now, there are many more designs for wedding cake toppers than the plain old bride and groom and these range from the humerous to the elegant. Should you decide to have wedding cake toppers then choose something that is appropriate for both the style and theme of your wedding reception and for you. If you are having a formal wedding then you might consider picking the time-honored toppers or possibly use your initials to create a 'monogrammed' cake topper. Simple wedding cake toppers like these can also be a good choice when you and your fianc� are having difficulty agreeing on the right toppers.

If you would like to have a more informal and relaxed wedding reception then you might want to pick a comical wedding cake topper or for something that reflects hobbies that you and your new spouse have in common. Or, if you have chosen a particular theme for your reception then look for wedding cake toppers that support that theme. For example, nothing adds a nicer touch to a reception with an 'aquatic' theme than wedding cake toppers in the form of a pair of playful dolphins.

Just ensure that the toppers selected will work with the design of the cake and, if there is any doubt then let the artistry of your wedding cake speak for itself and leave the toppers.

Having said this, with such a wide range of wedding cakes toppers to select from nowadays it is hard to imagine that you will not find the perfect wedding cake topper.

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