A Unique Choice: Hexagon Wedding Cake
While most think of a traditional wedding cake as being made up of round layers, the truth is that anything goes now a days when it comes to the cake for your big day. A hexagon wedding cake is a fun and unique choice that can also be elegant.
No matter what style of cake will best fit your wedding day, a hexagon wedding cake can be created that will fit right in. Of course, the hexagon wedding cake can be decorated to suit any theme. Having six sides to each tier gives plenty of room for placing decorations, such as shells for a beach themed wedding.
A hexagon wedding cake is also a good choice for the bride who wants to keep things very simple. Three tiers of hexagons covered in fondant and then decorated with simple ribbon and a cake topper makes for a simple, yet beautiful, wedding cake.
Like cakes in other shapes, the hexagon tiers can sit directly on top of each other or be separated by columns. If you see a round cake that you like, you can ask if it can be done in a hexagon shape just to give the cake a bit more personality.
Those brides who want to achieve a modern look can do so by mixing cakes of different shapes. Some tiers can be hexagons while others can be round. This makes for a cake that is visually interesting and just a bit out of the ordinary.
While hexagon wedding cake used to be rather unusual, it has been gaining in popularity over the last several years. Today, it is quite common for most bakeries to have at least one hexagon wedding cake in their portfolio.
Even if they do not, the cake is quite simple for any experienced baker to create. If you are going to try and make your own wedding cake, keep in mind that making a hexagon cake can create some challenges for beginning bakers.
While baking the cake is simple enough once you order the hexagon shaped pans, the first challenge will come when trying to cover the cake in fondant. Because there are so many sides, you may find it difficult to get the fondant to lay on the cakes correctly without tearing.
Of course, one solution would be to ice the cake in a manner that does not include fondant, but so many of the most popular wedding cake designs do include that type of frosting, so it is important to consider that when you think about making your own cake.
Other than that, you will find that creating a hexagon wedding cake is much the same as working with round tiers. Of course, you should always do a practice run a few weeks before the wedding if you are going to attempt to make your own cake. That will give you the chance to iron out any problems you may have well before the wedding day.
Whether you want a beautiful and elegant creation, or a more fun and quirky design, a hexagon wedding cake is one option to consider that will give you something that is slightly outside of the box.