For those of you planning a wedding in the near future, let me offer up one piece of advice: do not choose a square wedding cake. I know what you're thinking:
"It's so different and fun!"
"I just want something simple."
"It's so elegant and chic!"
It's not any of those things. And let me tell you why.
1) It's not different. In 1965 if you had a square wedding cake that may have been a novelty, it no longer is. The bakery where I work makes a ton of these each week. It's nearly as ubiquitous as the round cake.
2) It's not natural. Icing is composed of sugar, butter, and cream. None of which are things that naturally have corners. So why would mixing them all together allow for the creation of perfect corners? It doesn't.
3) It takes a long time. In order to get those perfect corners, we have to ice the cake, put it in the fridge for an hour or so, take it out of the fridge, smooth the cake, put it back in the fridge for another hour, take it out again and finish decorating it. By this time your cake decorator hates you and is behind on their work thus ensuring that any decoration you have requested will be done hastily.
4) It is rarely simple or elegant. Square cakes show off every single imperfection. So even if your decorator is awesome, there will still be flaws evident. And that's not including any damage incurred during transportation. The cakes you see in magazines are fake. They're made with royal icing and styrofoam. This is what allows them to look so perfect and smooth. Also, if you're putting a ton of decorations on it anyway (read: NOT simple or elegant) you lose the squareness of it anyway.
So whether you're looking for something traditional:
Or something more modern:
Spare your cake decorator the frustration, and yourself the likely disappointment and don't be a square!
(Now imagine this cake with fresh bright orange, red and gold gerber daisies on it. So cute, right!)
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