Purple pansies pressed on a single-tier cake will capture the homey, laid-back feel of rustic weddings. Display your dessert on a wooden stand to drive your theme home.

Brown, 20, posted the candid photo to her Instagram Stories, which shows her happily slicing into a supersized single-tier cake with Bongiovi, 22. The pastry is known as a millefoglie wedding cake.

While most couples opt for traditional tiers, we love how chic these small cakes can be. Whether part of a larger dessert bar or made for a just-the-two-of-you elopement, single tiers still feel ...

They pair perfectly with other trending cake details, including Lambeth piping and cherries. It wouldn’t be fair to say that traditional wedding cakes—think two- or three-tier confections ...

In planning a wedding in three months and keeping it easy—for better or worse—I didn’t go down the wedding cake hole from which I am just now slowly emerging.

If you're more of a traditionalist, this wedding cake might win you over. So what makes it new? I love the intricate lace-y pattern on the foil-like ribbons encircling every other tier. Plus, the ...

The sweetness of a wedding’s finishing touch is amplified by how perfectly the cake embodies the theme. That’s why, in our Winter/Spring 2013 issue of Washingtonian Bride & Groom, we featured seven ...

But if you're in search of a more approachable, lower-lift version for your wedding day, all you need is a bit of finesse to transform a simple sheet cake into a Pinterest-board-worthy centerpiece.