Cakes in all their glory!

To all my fellow design conscious, sweet tooth cake lovers out there...who agree that stuffing yourself stupid with your divine looking wedding cake is the best reward for successfully banning yourself from sweet things to shed those last minute kilos...I present to you...

Cake

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Jim Smeal Wedding Cakes / La Tulipe Cakes

Carlos Bakery / Confetti Cakes

cake by Jan Kish La Fleur / Lovin Sullivan Cakes

Margaret Braun cake / Collettes Cakes

Cheryl Kleinman cakes / Carlos Bakery cakes

and my two favourites
Confetti Cakes / Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

Interestingly... "The tradition [of the wedding cake] may have its roots as far back as the Roman Empire. The groom would eat part of a loaf of barley bread baked especially for the nuptials and break the rest over his bride's head. History tells us that breaking the bread symbolized the breaking of the bride's virginal state and the subsequent dominance of the groom over her. As wedding cakes evolved into the larger, more modern version, it became physically impractical to properly break the cake over the bride's head."

hmm... there would definitley be hell to pay if Jarrod broke cake over my head.

all cake images via Brides.com