Cake Design by Amy Richardson, The Bake Shoppe, Nashville, www.thebakeshoppe.com

Topped with the newlyweds’ last initial, this traditional tower of buttercream and fondant is decorated with fresh roses to match the centerpieces and bouquets. The square design adds an element and symmetry and style.

Cake Design by Leslie Pippin, Classic Cakes, Brentwood, www.classiccakes.net

The Tuscany was designed with the vineyards of Italy in mind. Fresh fruit adorns the classic white fondant cake, adding color and character.

Cake Design by Leslie Pippin,Classic Cakes, Brentwood, www.classiccakes.net

Chocolate covered strawberries donning tasty tuxedos have been a favored wedding fare for a few years now. Featured here atop a tripled-layered chocolate confection, these chocolaty fruit bites will please the palettes of most of your sweet-loving guests.

This chocolate fondant cake with apple green frosted bands is personalized with E.E. Cummings’s popular love poem, “I Carry Your Heart with Me.”

Photo by Wittmayer Photography

Cake Design by Leslie Pippin,Classic Cakes, Brentwood, www.classiccakes.net

Patterns and bright colors often make this cake eye-catching. White roses add a sense of elegance to give the cake a a traditional feel, while still reflecting the personality of the couple.

Cake Design by Leslie Pippin, Classic Cakes, Brentwood, www.classiccakes.net

Lime-colored greenery was used to decorate this traditional cake, tying in the wedding’s accent colors as well as texture for a summer, garden wedding.

Cake Design by Leslie Pippin,Classic Cakes, Brentwood, www.classiccakes.net

Designed specifically for a holiday wedding, Leslie Pippin with Classic Cakes used pine cones and evergreens to tie theme and tradition together for this winter wonderland cake.

Cake Design by Leslie Pippin, Classic Cakes, Brentwood, www.classiccakes.net

Not all brides enjoy buttercream cakes and fondant frosting. For instance, this wedding cake out of Brentwood, Tenn. featured the bride’s favorite flavors and was fashioned with fall colors and fresh flowers to accentuate her Autumn wedding decor.

Cake Design by Rhodes Family Bakery, Roswell, Ga., www.rhodesfamilybakery.com

A classic white cake on a traditional silver plateau is personalized with an alternative to the customary cake topper, a trinket reflecting the bride’s and groom’s personalities. Photo by Meishach Moore, Sonrise Photography

Cake Design by Amy Richardson, The Bake Shoppe, Nashville, www.thebakeshoppe.com

Topped with a monogram and decorated with the same coral color used throughout the wedding as an accent, the couple requested the chorus of a song be written around each tier of the cake. “God Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts was chosen as the words reflect the couple’s feelings on their relationship. Photo by Meishach Moore, Sonrise Photography