Monogram Cake Topper
Just ask any bride to be or anyone who has been a bride and gone through the elaborate preparation phase of a wedding and they will acknowledge that the cake and how it is decorated is a huge part of the celebration of the wedding. A wedding cake is about a lot more than just a tasty treat to let your guests enjoy. It is involved in the ritual and the celebration at a deep level. So making the cake look just right is a top priority of anyone preparing for a formal wedding. It is also a major industry and source of income for many businesses who thrive on making great looking cakes for the special event of a wedding.
The part of the wedding cake that will get into all the pictures is the top where the most ornate toppers are employed to give that cake a special feel. One way to make the topping of a cake really connect to the couple being wed is to incorporate their shared monograms into the topper in some way. There are as many styles and methods for molding the monogram into the couple's cake as there are decorators. But the monogram gives even a cake devoted to humor and fun a sense of elegance and that personal touch that is what you want when two lives are becoming one.
One way to give the couples monograms a central place on the cake is with monogram figures about the size of the traditional bride and groom figurines to occupy the center place of the cake. These figures can be found in a wide variety of colors so the baker can integrate the color with the icing trim to create a striking look to the cake. If the font of the monogram is the same as the icing inscription on the cake, it is a thing of beauty to behold. Plus if the figures are plastic or some other non-edible substance, they can be saved by the couple for future use or just as a blessed memory of their big wedding event.
A very popular method of decorating a wedding cake is to use either real flowers or flowers created by decorative icing. You can take that style of decoration one step further by molding the flowers into the shape of the couple's monogram on the cake. The flowers can look like they fell naturally on the cake and still form the shape of the monogram which is a lovely artistic touch. Another method is to use the icing to create the monogram in larger letters but to use the real or icing flowers to accent and highlight the monogram. This puts a spotlight on the design and on the monogram which becomes yet another symbol of the union.
Monograms can also be a repeated accept pattern or be inscribed into the figures of the bride and the groom that are commonly used to personalize those figurines. It really is just a matter of using your imagination to work the couple's monogram directly into the cake decoration. But it is a lovely decorative step.