Wedding Cake

A wedding celebration is your one day to celebrate your love with the people who are important to you. An important and memorable part of that celebration is usually the dinner you serve and the dessert. Choosing to end the meal with a slice of delicious wedding cake is a great treat for you as a couple and your guests.
In my mind, there are two main criteria to look for in a wedding cake: taste and design.

Deciding on a wedding cake is also a very personal and individual choice. So let's dive into the details together.

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Order or Make?

If you are serving dinner at your wedding, you definitely want to strongly consider adding a dessert to finish your meal. Most likely, you will want to opt for a wedding cake (or cupcakes, a chocolate fountain, an icea cream bar, ...).
You might want to order your cake from a bakery that is specialized in creating beautiful wedding cakes.

Alternatively, if you feel up to the challenge and want to save some money, you could bake a wedding cake yourself. Another idea is to ask a friend or family member to bake you a wedding cake, maybe even in lieu of a present. Baking a wedding cake is definitely a challenge, scanning across recipes, I will say that it will require quality ingredients, time ( ~ 6 hours) and some natural talent. This wedding cake recipe seems worth considering.

Choosing your Wedding Cake

When you start thinking about your wedding cake, there are several aspects to take into account. Let's walk through them together.

Taste / Quality
To be sure that the flavor of the cake will live up to your expectations, arrange for a tasting. Many bakeries offer cake tastings to their customers or you can order a tasting box from them.

Design
A wedding cake does not only provide culinary enjoyment but should also be a visual sensation.
Every baker puts their own artistic talent and unique design into crafting a cake. The elements to play with are shape, color and finishing.
There is such a great variety of stunning wedding cakes out there… Check out the list of bakeries in Munich below to get inspired by the different options available… and pick your favorite.

Delivery and Storage
Ideally, you coordinate between the bakery and your venue so that the cake gets delivered in-time on your wedding day. Also you want it to be chilled until you are ready for it to be served to you and your guests.

Cost
It takes a lot of creativity, work and time to craft a wedding cake. That also has to be reflected in the price. The size, added decorational elements and quality influence the final cost of a cake.

Food Allergies / Intolerances
You might want to take into account food allergies (nuts, dairy and gluten are usually the top 3) of your guests, especially if a close family member is affected.
Talk to the bakery and see if they can offer allergy-friendly options.

Main Cake Components

No matter whether you make your own or order a wedding cake, you will have to decide between options for the main components: decoration, tiers, filling and finish. Decoration
Depending on the overall scheme of your wedding, you may select fresh or candy flowers and/or fruit, sugar pearls, wooden/plastic/metal ornaments, ribbons…
to decorate the exterior of your cake. The final touch could be a topper on top.

Tiers
The number of guests that you are expecting will determine the size of the cake that you should order.
Bakeries usually do that calculation for you and let you know how many tiers of cake you need for your number of guests.
Take a look at this article that will walk you through choosing the best filling for your wedding cake. If you are interested in extraordinary flavor combinations for your cake, like strawberry watermelon, check this article out.

Filling
Filling is added between layers of cake to break up the texture and add more flavor. You may want to add a fruit filling combined with a cream filling. Also, if your cake has several tiers, why not choose different fillings for each tier. There are admittedly so many different cake fillings and you might not be sure which ones go well together. If you need more guidance on choosing the best flavor and fillings for your wedding cake, take a look here.
For those of you who like to be adventurous and edgy about cake flavors and "watermelon-strawberry" sounds like something you would like, check out more wedding cake flavor ideas.

Cake Finish
Frosting: Frosting provides an outside coat that adds texture, flavor and color to your cake; buttercream and fondant are popular frostings
Ganache: An equal mix of chocolate and heavy cream is used as cake frosting
Naked: cakes have no frosting
Semi-naked: cakes are only partially frosted
Crumb coat: describes a thin layer of frosting with a crumby texture that is applied to cakes

Save a Piece of your Wedding Cake

A fun wedding cake tradition is to keep slices of your wedding cake (stored in the fridge) to be eaten at your first wedding anniversary.
Originally, this tradition called for the top tier of the wedding cake to be kept frozen until one year after the wedding.
This timing would supposedly coincide with the christening of the couples’ first child. Ignoring the outdated expectations attached to this tradition, I think it can still be a quirky and fun idea.
And why not enjoy a piece of your cake at your first anniversary and reminisce about your beautiful wedding day?

Wedding Cake Bakeries in Munich

Take a look at the list of wedding cake bakeries in Munich below to get inspired for your wedding cake. They are sorted alphabetically. Simply click on the name to get to the business' website.

Bakery (Website)	Short Summary*
Alexa Von Harder	With two stores in Munich, Alexa von Harder offers you a wide selection of cakes for your wedding: you can choose the design, flavor, color and extras. There are gluten-free and lactose-free options available.
Blumenback	Blumenback have an extraordinary range of cakes, tarts, cupcakes and tartelettes available to order for your wedding.
Da Baffo Torten München	At Da Baffo Torten, you can choose your exclusive wedding cake with a wide range of flavors.
Johanna Torten	Johanna Torten will create a customized and delicious cake for your wedding and can accommodate food intolerances.
Feinkost Käfer	You can order your personalized, creative wedding cake from Feinkost Käfer.
Konditorei Detterbeck	Konditorei Detterbeck create cakes, cupcakes and ice cream for weddings and other special occasions.
Love Lid	Lou can order your unique wedding cake online from Love Lid. They deliver cakes all over Europe.
May Cake	May Cake bake beautiful cakes for special occasions and have vegetarian, vegan, gluten and lactose free options available.
Tortenmacherei	You can develop your wedding cake idea together with Tortenmacherei and also order cupcakes, cookies and a sweets table.
Trau Dich Torte	You may be able to find your perfect wedding cake at Conditorei Slanitz. They have a large selection of motifs, fillings and decorations available.
Urban Cake Design	Urban Cake Design bake individual cakes and cupcakes for weddings and other special occasions.
Wir Machen Cupcakes	We Machen Cupcakes have a huge selection of flavors and fillings to choose from for your wedding cake.

*The descriptions are a brief summary of the information that is provided publicly on the website of the respective vendor/business. Status: November 2024.