What Flavor Should I Pick for My Wedding Cake?

The flavors of the wedding cake that you most appreciate will be the best. Choose your best favorites for the cake, the celebration, and the day.

That being said, most bakers have a few tried-and-true taste suggestions for wedding cakes, which can be a terrific place to start. You should try a few of the cake-and-filling combinations that appeal to you the most throughout your tasting. Fortunately, you won’t need to use mental arithmetic to determine which pairs will complement one another.

It’s probable that your baker has already suggested and selected which filling alternatives go best with each cake flavor; all you have to do is pick from the menu of delectable pairings—which is easier said than done.

What Are the Best Wedding Cake Flavors of All Times?

As the saying goes, “the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach,” and when it comes to weddings, the wedding cake is an essential part of the celebration.

Whether you prefer a traditional white cake or a trendy flavor, there’s no denying that the wedding cake is a centerpiece of the reception. But what are the most popular wedding cake flavors? I spoke to expert bakers to find out.

·         Carrot Cake

Carrot cake is undoubtedly one of the most popular flavors, and there are many different ways to flavor it. While cream cheese frosting is a classic pairing for classic carrot cake, it also works great with whipped cream or fluffy vanilla frosting topped with a caramel sauce drizzle.

Of course, you can also decide if you want your carrot cake to be more straightforward or if you want it to be loaded with lots of add-ins like pineapple or nuts.

·         Cardamom Cake

Experts have noticed an increase in “more subtle, grown-up flavors,” like cardamom. Cardamom pistachio orange cake is a cake that I enjoy selling. It has orange zest and freshly ground cardamom, a pistachio diplomat filling, and a thin layer of vanilla bean French buttercream.

Expert bakers also recommend cardamom; it goes well with vanilla cake, buttercream, and fresh raspberries. A tasty variation on a traditional vanilla is the vanilla cardamom. We also make a fantastic variation in the fall with roasted apples and mascarpone buttercream.

·         Banana

Although Bananas Foster originated in the French Quarter, you don’t need to be in New Orleans to savor this beloved dessert. Incorporate the classic flavors of New Orleans into your Singapore wedding dessert by mixing butter cake, caramel, and banana filling with a dash of rum and cinnamon.

·         Vanilla

Although vanilla flavoring occasionally receives a bad rap for being, well, vanilla, it doesn’t have to be dull. It’s a classic for good reason, and depending on your tastes, you can have it with practically any cake filling or icing.

A delicious strawberry shortcake with thick vanilla cream, vanilla cake with raspberry filling, and vanilla cake with passionfruit curd are a few options all of us adore.

·         Lemon

For a late spring or summer wedding, a lemon cake is a popular option because it goes well with a wide variety of fillings and frostings. This unique take on a classic lemon cake is delicious when paired with a glass of bubbly on a steamy summer’s day.

You can also match a lemon cake with lavender, berry icing, raspberry filling, or lemon curd. The most popular flavor is an elderflower-soaked lemon cake with blackberry jam and vanilla buttercream.

·         Peanut Butter Cup

This sugary, savory, and nutty treat fulfills all the cravings. Top a chocolate cake with peanut butter cups after layering it with peanut butter buttercream and chocolate-peanut butter ganache. Naturally, most bakers include extra chocolate and salted caramel.

·         Strawberry

These flavor profiles, which adhere to the more sensuous side of wedding cake flavors, can uplift any atmosphere. The flavors of a dark chocolate raspberry cake are really captivating. Add a layer of strawberry cake over it and you have the most romantic dessert in town.

·         Chocolate

It’s likely that you already know that you want chocolate in your wedding cake taste if you’re a chocolate fan. Even though we are huge chocolate lovers, I also believe that other unusual flavors can lend a unique twist to simple chocolate cake.

Try chocolate cake with coffee caramel, dark chocolate matcha with berries, chocolate cake with hazelnut buttercream, or chocolate cake with mint.

·         Almond Cake

Almond cake is another popular wedding cake option, along with pistachio cardamom cake and hazelnut mocha cake. Most people prefer almond cake with lemon and blueberry filling, and the bakeries in Singapore receive a lot of requests for almond cake with salted caramel and caramel buttercream.

A recent creation is an almond cake that is reminiscent of an Italian rainbow cookie. It is a light pink cake covered with chocolate ganache, vanilla buttercream, and raspberry purée. It’s one of my favorite combinations of flavors!

·         Red Velvet

Red velvet is a traditional cake with a gorgeous color and texture. Smith claims that her most-requested item is this classic southern dish. You can choose to change the flavor of the cake or go with the classic paring of cream cheese icing. Think about ordering this cake flavor with a berry cream cheese frosting or with a raspberry filling.

·         Tropical Coconut Guava

This mix of flavors asks for guava or passionfruit curd, coconut sugar caramel, and coconut sugar cake, which tastes like graham crackers. Coconut sugar does not liquify as easily as cane sugar. So be sure to use an inherently moist cake recipe.

Wrap Up

Well, professional bakers have determined that the most popular flavors for wedding cakes are vanilla, red velvet, chocolate, coconut guava, lemon, funfetti, almond, and carrot. There is a wedding cake flavor for everyone, regardless of your taste preference—classic or current. So, on your wedding day, feel free to indulge in a slice (or two) of your preferred flavor of wedding cake by Tings Bakery.