When cakes are made, nowadays, they use rolled fondant which can be made shiny or designed into pretty much anything you want. Those beautiful tiered cakes that look almost like wrapping paper, use the rolled fondant. Fondant is a mixture of gelatin and glycerin which makes a dough similar to marzipan, but thicker. The dough is rolled and covers the cake. Some cakes use a poured fondant which is like cream and has the same effect. Basically, sugar, water and gelatin. Everyone likes Jello right? It's a bit more complicated than Jello, and quite a bit more delicious and sturdy.

So while many couples may think they're only option is red food dye or red velvet cake (basically cocoa and vinegar mixed into the cake which turns the cocoa a rust color), they actually have as many choices as desired. Even butter-cream frosting can be turned red to match the theme. The trick is to taste all types of red wedding cakes beforehand (and bring me with you).

Locally, you only have to visit bakeries to find good cake decorators that are hoping for work. While there are some things in your wedding you can skimp for, having a tiered cake made at a grocery store or by a novice isn't a good idea. Why? Because over years of practice you learn quite quickly how to set up a cake properly, keep it refrigerated until the exact moment and most importantly transport the cake to the event center. But maybe you don't have to worry about a cake at all.

Some really cool ideas recently are cupcakes, desert buffets and candy buffets. Yup, candy buffets! There are millions of mix and match cupcake tiers with red frosting and other embellishments on the top, and they're all really beautiful. Likewise, more couples are choosing different candies for a buffet. They are really beautiful. A red wedding candy buffet could include Twizzlers, red hots, hot tamales, red jelly beans etc. Imagine a beautifully decorated buffet table with a layout of scoops and bowls filled with red candies, or tiers of cupcakes.

Cream, pudding and jam insides are another lovely part of a red wedding cake. Some of the lovely custards with cherry or strawberry filling.

Beautiful Red Tiered Wedding Cake with Red Floral Accents

My Real Wedding from The Knot and The Nest.

Cute Little Candy Buffet for A Red Wedding

My Real Wedding from The Knot and The Nest.

Red Wedding Cupcake Table

Red Wedding Cake with roses

Red Wedding Cupcake Table

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Remember that the cake, although important, should be only part of the red wedding theme. You'll need to choose the red wedding invitations, red wedding flowers and of course the red bridesmaid dresses.