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Updated Oct 14, 202430 Spring Wedding Cakes We’re Swooning Over This Season
Infuse freshness into your dessert.
In the same way that seasonality matters when it comes to wedding flowers, the time of year you've chosen to tie the knot will also have a major impact on your wedding food and desserts. If you're saying "I do" with a fresh spring celebration, spring wedding cakes are a great way to end the celebration on a sweet note.
You might ask yourself, "But how is a spring wedding cake different from a summer, fall or even winter wedding cake?" At the core, all cakes are the same, but there are some creative ways to bring nods to spring into your confection that will ensure the bake shines and complements the rest of your wedding style and vision. Below, we've gathered spring wedding cake tips from a trusted wedding pro and dreamy spring wedding cake ideas from real weddings to inspire your seasonal-themed dessert. (Psst. Make sure to save the ones that pique your interest to share with your wedding cake baker.)
Spring Wedding Cakes We Love:
Elegant | Rustic | Simple | Editor's Favorites | Top Tips for Spring Wedding Cakes
Elegant Spring Wedding Cakes
It's time to get your creative juices flowing, we've rounded up some of our favorite beautiful and elegant wedding cakes for spring that are sure to inspire you.
1. Hand-Painted Pastel Spring Wedding Cake
Have fun with your spring wedding cake designs like this couple did with this watercolor-inspired painted floral detail dessert. This look complemented the wedding color palette throughout the entire Pennsylvania wedding day.
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2. Delicate Two-Tier Spring Wedding Cake
One bonus of sugar flowers, compared to fresh flowers, is that they won't wilt. This is especially helpful if you're hosting an outdoor reception and don't plan to cut the cake until late evening.
3. Textured Spring Wedding Cake Idea
The confection for this couple's beach wedding day was a two-tier wedding cake. The textured buttercream had soft shades of seafoam green with gold accents, which paired well with the surroundings.
4. Pink Flower Adorned Spring Wedding Cake Design
You can't help but smile when looking at this cheerful spring wedding cake. The vibrant flowers and varied tier heights complement each other beautifully, resulting in a truly stunning wedding cake.
5. Wedding Cake for Spring With Monogram
Many couples create a custom crest for their wedding stationery and signage. Get more out of your design by enlisting your cake baker to recreate the monogram in icing so your wedding vision feels cohesive and seamless.
6. Spring Wedding Cake With Orange Flowers
Need more wedding cake ideas for spring? A simple white base can ensure your desired vibrant color pops, as it did for these orange floral decorations.
7. Four-Tier Spring Wedding Cake Idea
Yellow is a great wedding color to use for springtime nuptials. If you're using the hue throughout your wedding color palette, consider bringing it into your wedding cake with bright flowers.
8. Romantic Spring Wedding Cake
Photo: Anya Kernes Photography
,Cake: Sweet Deetails
Like the style of wedding cakes with one tier, but are afraid you won't have enough cake to feed everyone? Consider serving multiple mini spring cakes.
9. Two-Tier Fondant Spring Wedding Cake
Photo: Jen Huang Photography
,Cake: Paper Cake Events
Sweet peas are a late spring (and fall) flower, which is why you should definitely use them to decorate your spring wedding cake. Despite being made from sugar, the sweet pea blooms on this fondant wedding cake looked deceptively realistic.
10. Pale Spring Flowers Wedding Cake
Two things, in particular, made this cake breathtaking. First, the cake baker expertly made the fondant appear like marble. Then, to complete the confection, they crafted shimmery peony sugar flowers to complete the design.
11. Sky Blue Springtime Wedding Cake
Many flowers aren't edible, which is why your catering team will remove them before cutting the cake. But if you want your blooms to be fresh, pick nasturtiums, which are edible so they can be eaten as a decorative garnish.
Rustic Spring Wedding Cakes
Rustic weddings are all about embracing the outdoors. This means it's the perfect theme to involve natural spring elements.
12. Woodland-Themed Spring Wedding Cake
For this garden wedding, the cake baker painted the fondant to resemble tree bark. Our favorite detail is the cute mini mushroom accents.
13. Garden-Themed Spring Wedding Cake Design
Photo: Old Pine Pictorial
Honor the season by adding flowers to your cake. We love how this rustic dessert has florals tucked into each tier and is surrounded by yellow wildflowers along the wooden cake stand.
14. Lush Semi-Naked Spring Flowers Wedding Cake
Photo: Michelle March Photography
,Photo: You Look Lovely - Fine Art Photography
,Cake: Gigi-Mamma Cakes
This guava cake with cream cheese frosting is one of three cakes at the wedding. The semi-naked wedding cake had seeded eucalyptus, garden roses and dahlias.
15. White Springtime Wedding Cake With Greenery
Photo: Fondly Forever Photography
A combed texture made this romantic wedding cake especially eye-catching. Each tier had a fresh olive branch base, and the cake was finished with a gold marzipan succulent in the center.
Simple Spring Wedding Cakes
No rule says spring-themed wedding cakes have to be over the top. Here are simple confections that still make an impact.
16. Textured Spring Wedding Cake
Have a white foundation for your cake so your other colors can stand out. We love these yellow, white and blue flowers with greenery adorning this cake.
17. Combed Buttercream Springtime Wedding Cake
If your wedding reception will be in a temperate environment, decorate with fresh flowers. These fresh ranunculus blooms bring life to this simple dessert.
18. Spring Wedding Hydrangea Cake
Photo: Melissa Oholendt Photography
A cascade of hydrangeas and roses brought cheerfulness and movement to this classic three-tier wedding cake. The cake had two flavors to appeal to a range of tastes––red velvet with cream cheese frosting and white cake with raspberry filling.
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19. Lisianthus Flowers on a Spring Wedding Cake
Photo: Ashley Sawtelle,Cake: Fig & Bloom Cakes
Lisianthus, often mistaken for roses, is available most of the year. This is why it's the perfect flower for decorating springtime wedding cakes.
20. Bountiful Fruit Springtime Wedding Cake
Getting in-season fruits for your wedding cake (and other catering needs) saves you money and the environment. Spring wedding cake ideas like this one are easy to replicate. Simply look up which fruits are in-season, (apples, strawberries, lemons and pineapples––to name a few) and ask your baker to decorate your cake with them.
21. Buttercream Wedding Cake Idea for Spring
This confection's decorative tiers, which featured Swiss dots on the middle tier and quatrefoil-inspired interlacing circles on the top and bottom tier, were beautiful on their own. However, the entire dessert was placed on a swing cake stand, making the design even more eye-catching.
Spring Wedding Cakes Ideas: Editor's Favorites
Not all of my favorite wedding cakes for spring could fit into the categories above. This is why I created a special section just for them.
22. Two Spring-Themed Wedding Cakes
For the cake-cutting ceremony, the bride and groom sliced into a single-tier salted caramel cake decorated with daises and lemons. For the guests, the couple served a three-tier lemon-blueberry cake inspired by Chinoiserie.
23. Whimsical Garden Spring Wedding Cake
This spring wedding cake design is my favorite because it represents the season perfectly. It's just one tier, but its impact was the furthest thing from small. A whimsical garden landscape ensured the wedding cake made a bold statement.
24. Vibrant Wedding Cake for Spring
Photo: Amalie Orrange Photography
,Cake: The Sugar Suite
Talk about an impressive spring wedding cake. This five-tier treat was covered with turquoise fondant, painted with peony illustrations and completed with cascading sugar flowers.
25. Spring Wedding Cake With Fresh Fruit and Macarons
Jewel-tone macarons, which fit the wedding's overall color palette, served as this confection's cake topper. The macarons brought a nice finishing touch to the buttercream cake with figs and grapes in complementary shades.
26. Fondant Fruit and Flower Spring Wedding Cake
You got to love a wedding cake that looks like a work of art. This enchanting sweet was decorated with small fondant fruits, vines and sugar flowers.
27. Pink Chocolate Drip Spring Wedding Cake Idea
Take a traditional white wedding cake to the next level like this couple did. The pink chocolate drip, gold foil and pastel roses are very chic.
28. Teal Spring Wedding Cake
Are you planning a spring wedding in a garden with beautiful lattice fencing? Pay homage to the latticework on your wedding cake.
29. Colorful Fresh Spring Wedding Cake
Cake: Dessert Designs
,Photo: Erin Fox Photo
What's more romantic than a wedding cake with flowers? Absolutely nothing. Probably an illustration of you and your partner on the cake, but I'll move on.
30. Abstract Wedding Cake for Spring
Photo: Sidney Bischer Photography,Cake: For the Love of Sugar
Instead of a more structured ombre design, this couple opted for an abstract hand-painted look. The pink details blended elegantly with the white buttercream cake base.
Top Tips for Spring Wedding Cakes
It's hard to go wrong with something as sweet as cake, but there are a few must-know tips to keep in mind that'll help ensure your spring wedding cake is as delicious as possible. Here's a look at what you should keep in mind when deciding on your confection. (For more general cake advice, check out these frequently asked wedding cake questions.)
Think about your spring wedding cake flavors.
"Floral flavors, like rose, orange blossom and lavender, are perfect for spring. Incorporating flavors that draw inspiration from your decor is a super thoughtful touch," advises Allison Davis, wedding planning expert and Owner of Davis Row. For example, if citrus or berries are incorporated into your wedding centerpieces, consider keeping the theme going with a grapefruit or strawberry cake or cupcakes. In the end, it's your cake so make sure you settle on a flavor you truly love. If a seasonally specific flavor, like rose, isn't quite your speed, timeless options like chocolate cake with chocolate ganache or vanilla will be a big hit.
Choose the best spring wedding cake decorations.
"Chat with your cake artist and floral designer about your decorative options," Davis suggests. "Sugar flowers are a heavy favorite, but as long as you request in advance, you can decorate your cake with any fresh flowers you're using throughout your wedding floral design." You can't go wrong with seasonal spring flowers like peonies, cherry blossoms and sweet peas, especially if those blooms are being incorporated into the big day's bouquets, boutonnieres and centerpieces.
Get creative with your spring wedding cake.
While flowers are the most common way to decorate a wedding cake, there's certainly not your only option. "Go for unexpected details that really speak to who you are," Davis says. "Draw inspiration from your favorite place to visit, a piece of art you love or a favorite memory. Don't feel you have to know exactly what you're looking for. The experts will help you bring your vision to life. Your cake doesn't have to match anything. It can stand on its own as a part of your wedding story."
Hannah Nowack contributed to the reporting of this article.
