Wedding Cakes with Waterfalls  

Next to the bride’s gown, the centerpiece of a wedding celebration is the cake. There are countless designs, styles, shapes and colors to select from when designing a wedding cake along with special feature options. If you want your cake to truly be the highlight of your reception for guests, consider choosing a wedding cake with a waterfall feature. Cakes with water features can be elegant or whimsical, even commemorating a special memory for a bride and groom. A waterfall feature can simply be a unique way to highlight your wedding cake at your reception. 

Sugar and Water

When designing wedding cakes with waterfalls, it is important to think about more than just what color or how high you want the cake. Just as you would modify your cake for a hot and humid outdoor wedding, you would want to consider your location and desired cake type if you would like a water feature. With some planning, wedding cakes with waterfalls can be designed to accommodate nearly any reception location. It will be important to consider things such as the location of electrical outlets if your waterfall is not battery operated. The type and style of cake decorations may need to be reconsidered depending on the style of waterfall you have selected. A skilled cake designer will be able to advise you of any possible issues during the design phase. 

Highlighting Your Cake While Featuring Your Waterfall

The construction of a waterfall feature can be done with materials such as acrylic tubing. The tubing can be used to create a waterfall running through the center of your cake. Depending on how the feature is designed, this method can minimize the amount of water exposed to the cake if it is contained exclusively through the acrylic tubing. It can also increase your creativity opportunity with the use of colored water to coordinate with your flowers or reception colors.

If you would like to use a more elaborate waterfall, choosing to have individual cake tiers placed on a custom built stand surrounding your water feature may be an option. This method lends itself to being more whimsical with the opportunity to stack cakes in an unexpected sequence surrounding the waterfall. You can also use this method to feature a more natural waterfall, with water trickling down a bed of rocks.

When choosing a built-in or independent waterfall, you might want to consider whether you would like to have the waterfall feature in place after the cake is served, which may lend itself better to a feature independent of the cake. 

You may be better off searching for a cake designer that specializes in wedding cakes with waterfalls. Each designer is likely to have their own techniques for creating wedding cakes with waterfalls resulting in different responses to potential features you would like to add. You should also ensure that the site of your reception is prepared to assist with the specialized set up of your cake and the take down at the end of your event. 

You can add a personal touch to an traditional wedding cake by adding an unusual wedding cake toppers.