For many brides and grooms, cutting the wedding cake is one of the most celebratory moments of their big day — so why not make it really stand out?

Calling all 2020 brides! Wedding trends for your year are coming in HOT. We’re already predicting some incredible themes and out-there ideas — and we’re ready for all the unexpected goodness 2020 will also bring! This year is sure to be one where guests’ with a sweet tooth will undoubtedly leave satisfied. So, we put together a list of six wedding cake ideas for 2020 to get your mouth watering and inspiration boards populating!

Top Wedding Cake Ideas for 2020


Floral Wedding Cakes

It’s been said before that baking is a science, but techniques like pressing and crystallising edible flowers turns this culinary trick into an art; one that will transform your wedding cake into a blooming, flowery masterpiece.

Hand-painted Wedding Cake Trends

Not a fan of the bold, dramatic approach to a wedding cake design? You’ll adore this current trend that is popping up everywhere at the moment – a misty, subtle touch of colour to add a softness to a traditional, white wedding cake. Try pairing your chosen colour to the shade of the flowers on top, to create the elegant illusion that one is melting into the other.


Fresh Leaves and Botanical-themed Wedding Cakes

This wedding season, many bride and grooms have traded flowers for ferns as decoration for their cake. In place of the pastel petals are crisp, elegant, green leaves, which add a new dimension to its shape and colour. This cake trend is ideal for a modern wedding, to help create a natural and clean colour palette.


Geometric Structures and Details

To contradict the soft, bohemian trends that we have talked about so far, we should mention the surge in popularity of the geometric wedding cake. Precise lines and immaculate detailing creates the most striking, yet understated, effect for decoration. 2019 has seen this trend be experimented with from the pattern of the icing, to the actual body of the cake. In this case, it really is all in the details.

Geometric Influence

Shapes are in style in 2020. Whether you’re decorating your cake with patterned lines or having a triangle-shaped cake, geometry inspired designs will be a huge trend this year!


Metallic Wedding Cake Trend

Metallic hues are certainly not a new trend when it comes to weddings, however, in 2019 the bronze effect has never been more popular. A nod to the rustic chic trend that has dominated weddings over the past few years, the bronzed wedding cake is a subtle and modern development from the metallic designs that we have seen in the past. Not as garish as gold, and not as subtle as silver, the bronze effect is always a showstopper.

New Flavours for Wedding Cakes

This year has seen a huge movement away from the traditional flavours of vanilla, fruit and lemon, and instead has replaced them with flavours far more exciting and a little unexpected. In place of the British fruitcake is the equally British flavour of Earl Grey, which creates a delicate yet fragrant sponge that won’t overwhelm your guests. Other flavours that are popping up in wedding cakes around the world are pistachio, pink champagne and lime, which all add a beautiful flavour and pastel shade to a simple sponge.

All of the amazing wedding cakes were designed & created by the genius cake-maker Chelsea Buns Cake Design, and she is now at The Kent Wedding Centre & available to book for your 2020 wedding! Find out more about Chelsea, her wedding cakes in Kent and contact here.