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What Really Happens at a Tasting? Kristin Tice Studeman is an NYC-based food and wine writer and the founder of the rosé-paired dinners series, The Rosé Project. If you have already selected a wedding cake designer, they will advise you on what frosting would be best based on the types they work with, their design style, and your wedding aesthetic. Alternatively, if you are still trying to decide what bakery or cake style you want, it’s useful to know what types of frosting you like the look and taste of going into the process. Jamaica Crist is the owner and pastry chef at Top Tier Treats in Los Angeles. She opened her shop in 2005.

Melissa Redell is the co-owner of The Solvang Bakery, a family bakery in Solvang, California. Megan Clark is the owner and pastry chef at Megan Joy Cakes in Eagle, Colorado. She specializes in unique flavor pairings. Jamaica Crist from Top Tier Treats in Los Angeles. We spoke with several cake designers about some of the most popular wedding cake frostings, from fondant to ganache. Primarily made out of sugar, fondant is a sweet sugar paste that is rolled out in large pieces to place and shape on the cake for a flawless finish.

Melissa Redell, co-owner of The Solvang Bakery in Solvang, California. Fondant is often crucial to certain cake designs. Luckily, they are able to balance out the sweetness with a less sweet filling for the cake. Remember types of cake frosting can be mixed and matched, just as designs and flavors can be. There are many different types of buttercream, but a simple buttercream frosting is made up of butter, powdered sugar, and either milk or cream. Buttercream is great because it can be finished in a variety of ways.

American buttercream cakes are a classic, reliably good option. It is also great for outdoor or indoor weddings because it can stay stable for six hours on display in most temperatures and settings. Plus, this type of frosting is typically more affordable than some of the others. Italian and Swiss buttercream, both two popular buttercream options for cakes, are both made with meringue. People are drawn to both Italian and Swiss meringue buttercream because they are decidedly less sweet when compared to a classic American buttercream.

Plus, the fluffy texture is perfection. Swiss meringue buttercream is the perfect choice for couples who want their wedding cake to have great flavor without being cloyingly sweet and heavy. It also creates cakes with a smooth finish, adds Clark. Add cream cheese to your buttercream and you have a cream cheese buttercream blend.

If you’re a couple that loves a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, for example, this option is a no-brainer. The downside is that it can have a yellow-ish tint, due to the nature of cream cheese, but blended with the buttercream it creates a nice, soft white hue, she adds. Whipped cream frosting is made up of whipped cream and powdered sugar. Like both whipped cream and powdered sugar, this simple mixture is both delicious and light. It can only be used for a smooth frosting finish.