Wedding Cakes

Wedding cakes present the greatest challenge but also the greatest visual opportunity of all cakes. They need to be spectacular—elegant, but not fussy—and they need to be moist enough to give you sufficient time to decorate them. This is a tall order indeed, but here I have created five cakes that meet the criteria. They include, for example, a fabulous chocolate cake with chocolate lacquer glaze and a delicious groom’s cake with a hidden treasure of fudgy brownie baked into the already tasty chocolate cake. I’ve also included instructions for making four different varieties of wedding cupcakes.