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TIERS OF JOY
TIERS
Cakes for all seasons of joy
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Wedding cakes have come a long way from the days of traditional tiers of fruit cake covered in marzipan and white icing. Nowadays, they come in all shapes and sizes, different flavours, colours and designs to reflect couples’ lives, loves and big-day themes. With gluten-free, vegan and other options on the menu to suit different dietary needs – there’s something to suit all tastes and why stop at just one when you can have a whole table laden with sweet treats. Think macaron towers, cupcakes, gooey brownie stacks and more. Tie it in with the style of your day and take inspiration from the changing seasons using colours, flavours and decorative details to reflect the time of year.
Spring Summer
Autumn Winter
Stylish wedding cake with gold separators dressed with beautiful spring posies.
www.thelittlesugarrose.com, Image: https://katherineashdown.co.uk www.thelittlesugarrose.com, Image: https://annabeth.photos A cascade of stunning sugar flowers bringing exotic elegance to a summer wedding.


Naturally styled autumnal sugar flowers in glorious seasonal colours.

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Heather Keen of Cambridgeshire-based Keen For Cakes says: “Using seasonal flowers and foliage is an excellent way for your cake to reflect the time of year. Tie it in with your bridal blooms and colours such as soft pastels in the spring and summer and more dramatic darker colours and metallics for winter weddings.”
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Classic summer wedding flowers adorn this four-tier stunner including blousy peonies, frilly lisianthus, hydrangea florets and rose heads for a classic English cottage-garden feel – fitting for a classic, stately home setting or a beautiful marquee too.
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How’s this for a modern, sophisticated look? The almost black, dark navy blue colour, combined with striking Icelandic poppies, silver leaf foliage decorations and on-trend ruffles are ideal for a romantic, candlelit winter wedding.
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Inspired by local rustic, barn-style venues, natural foliage and stephanotis give this two-tier creation a fresh spring vibe.
www.lizgreenhalgh.co.uk A different take on the traditional-style wedding cake incorporating macarons, great at any time of year.
HEATHER’S TREND ALERT “Marbling continues to be popular, also rose gold and dusky pink tones. Currently brides seem to be opting for a sleeker and more sophisticated look in contrast to the rustic theme that has been popular for so long.”
PRIMROSE CAKES
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Classic summer elegance adorned with delicate sugar roses.
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Stunning four-tier wedding cake with posies of blush and ivory sugar flowers. Hand-painted tiers in autumnal colours with beautiful sprays of sugar flowers. A showstopping five-tier wedding cake in red and gold — perfect winter wedding cake inspiration.
Ginny O’Hegarty of award-winning The Little Sugar Rose in Suffolk, says, “Your wedding cake is the perfect canvas for bringing together all the other elements of your special day. Consider the style of your venue, your colour scheme, dress fabrics and maybe even include some personal elements in the design that reflect your personalities and your big day.”
BECKY’S CAKE BAKES
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This standout cake works well for a summer wedding with its bright roses like a beautiful blue-sky day. Silver and grey marble fondant icing is great for a winter themed cake, with some lovely white flowers to finish it off. Award-winning Suffolk-based cake supremo Terri Newman says, “Summer this year has been all about blush pink like these beautiful handmade sugar roses with blush pink centres. The white on ivory stencilling is proving popular for our couples booked in for next summer too. We also love the flavours of the season with the focus tending to be on citrus and fresh summer berries.” “I love this autumnal wedding cake decorated with sugar pumpkins, autumn leaves, berries and twigs as well as deep red sugar roses. For seasonal flavour our apple and cinnamon cake filled with a rich, vanilla bean butter cream and our own spiced plum jam is very popular at this time of year.” – Terri
ERIVICA CAKES
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