Words of Advice

Scott Corridan, event designer and host of Lifetime TV's My Best Friend's Wedding, offers his tips for creating a cake display you and your guests will never forget.

Here's what he has to say:

 

1. Plan your cake's design and decoration to complement the rest of your decor.
2. Work with your baker to find the best spot for viewing the cake. You may want it on display for guests to see when they enter the reception or brought out at a special moment, perhaps lit with sparklers.
3. Cakes can get lost in outdoor spaces or big ballrooms. Give your cake presence with interesting garden structures, arches, columns, pedestals, artwork, sculpture, or potted trees. Save money by relocating elements used during the ceremony.
4. Lighting the cake is important for an evening or indoor celebration. Consider a dramatic spotlight, a romantic ring of candlelight, or dangling carriage lanterns with column candles.
5. Set symbolic mementos (photographs, love letters, favorite flowers, even old movie ticket stubs) that fit with your theme on the cake table. These elements tell guests your story.

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