While fondant may be the cake artist’s favourite medium of the moment, we simply can’t abandon our love affair with luxurious chocolate wedding cakes and occasion cakes here at Cake Geek Magazine.
Showing you why, we’ve put together a selection of some of the most sophisticated chocolate wedding cake art, perfect for late autumn and winter weddings.
Our feature cake above showcases an array of late autumn sugar flowers in mauve and purples set against a dark chocolate finish for a stunning chocolate wedding cake above by leading Swedish designer, Lina Veber.
Lavenders, soft pinks and purples conjure up images of a late summer English cottage garden in the beautiful dark chocolate ruffle wedding cake below by chocolate couturier, Kanya Hunt.
Two magical Maggie Austin creations feature below – chocolate column cakes in two contrasting styles for showpiece wedding cakes.
Ivory and white blossoms lend a beautiful bridal touch to the two milk and dark chocolate wedding cakes below by Ana Parsych Cakes (left) and via The Knot (right, image Antonis Achilleos).
A single sugar peony cake topper and luxury gold banding against glossy milk chocolate makes a sumptuous wedding dessert cake by The Whole Cake (photo by Tinywater Photography via Ruffled.
Cream statement sugar flowers set against chocolate ganache finishes makes for stylish contemporary wedding cakes below by Chloe Kerr Cakes (left) and Eileen Fry Cakes (right).
Cascading chocolate ruffles and gilded gold framing create lavish chocolate wedding cake designs below from Hall of Cakes, UK (left) and from the Ruffled blog (right, image right by Lara Kimmerer Photography).
Gold leaf and chocolate make a wow combination with two beautiful examples below from Victoria’s Cake Boutique (left, Laura Forrester Photography) and from The Enchanting Merchant Company (right).
Textured chocolate and gold foliage create a sophisticated chocolate wedding cake design below left by the Sweet & Saucy Shop (Scott Michael Photography), while on the right, up-and-coming cake artist, Jonathan Caleb adds a burst of colour to his chocolate cake spectacular with an array of summer flowers and fruits (Lime Green Photography).
Spectacular autumn florals set against a chocolate wedding cake makes a beautiful autumn wedding cake from LinaVeber Cakes.
Style Sweet CA have created the marvellous milk chocolate wedding cake below accessorized with stylish feathers and a single ruby red rose.
Ruffles and roses from Maggie Austin Cake (below left) in one of her signature frilled designs and on the right, a stylish milk chocolate and gold wedding cake with vintage red rose by the Wild Orchid Baking Company.
Our final cake is a simple beauty from the Sweet & Saucy Shop dressed with beautiful arrangement of ivory florals for terrific contemporary style wedding cake.
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