Pictures of cakes that don't use the rolled fondant

[kg4eoh]

I absolutely hate the rolled fondant on cakes. (that is the icing that gives the smooth look) Does anyone have any pictures of cakes that don't use the rolled fondant, but use the more traditional butter cream?

[kg4eoh]

I see that a lot of people have looked at this post and no one has responded....guess I am not the only one who hasn't seen any wedding cakes that don't use fondant. uggggh! I hate fondant.....well i guess I will keep looking. :(

[SarahK]

I see that a lot of people have looked at this post and no one has responded....guess I am not the only one who hasn't seen any wedding cakes that don't use fondant. uggggh! I hate fondant.....well i guess I will keep looking. :(

I ***LOVE*** fondant... I think it looks so beautiful. However, I did run across this cake that I love as well. I'm pretty sure that this is buttercream.

http://www.jacquespastries.com/gallery2/petal_cake.jpg

[kg4eoh]

I ***LOVE*** fondant... I think it looks so beautiful. However, I did run across this cake that I love as well. I'm pretty sure that this is buttercream.

http://www.jacquespastries.com/gallery2/petal_cake.jpg

so, do you actually like the way Fondant tastes? that is the problem I have with Fondant. I think it is beautiful but it taste horrible. I actually saw a food network program showing a wedding at Disney where they did buttercream and laid the fondant over top of it and when they cut the cake they pulled the fondant off of it because the Chef at Disney said he thought fondant tasted horrible too.

[Kelly1Mickey]

Check www.theweddingchannel.com they have pics of cakes both with fondant and without.

[kg4eoh]

Check www.theweddingchannel.com they have pics of cakes both with fondant and without.

Thanks Kelly!! That really helped I found several I liked that i forwarded the picture over to my FMIL who will be making my cake.

[SarahK]

so, do you actually like the way Fondant tastes? that is the problem I have with Fondant. I think it is beautiful but it taste horrible. I actually saw a food network program showing a wedding at Disney where they did buttercream and laid the fondant over top of it and when they cut the cake they pulled the fondant off of it because the Chef at Disney said he thought fondant tasted horrible too.

The truth is... I've never tried it. :) MY FH has though and he loves it and he thinks I will too. I'll try it before I make anydecisions though. You are not the 1st person to tell me that they hate the way fondant tastes.

[kg4eoh]

The truth is... I've never tried it. :) MY FH has though and he loves it and he thinks I will too. I'll try it before I make anydecisions though. You are not the 1st person to tell me that they hate the way fondant tastes.

Definately try it before you use it. It is made with wax in it which gives it that finished look and so it usually does not taste as yummy as buttercream. Like I said in my last post, Disney actually makes their cakes so they can pull the fondant off when they cut it so people can eat buttercream. My FMIL is making my cake and she will do fondant if I want her to, but she usually advises her brides against it because of the taste.

[Kelly1Mickey]

Thanks Kelly!! That really helped I found several I liked that i forwarded the picture over to my FMIL who will be making my cake.

Your welcome! I'm glad it helped!

[SarahK]

Definately try it before you use it. It is made with wax in it which gives it that finished look and so it usually does not taste as yummy as buttercream. Like I said in my last post, Disney actually makes their cakes so they can pull the fondant off when they cut it so people can eat buttercream. My FMIL is making my cake and she will do fondant if I want her to, but she usually advises her brides against it because of the taste.

Well neither my FH or I like icing. SO I think thats why he likes it and thinks I'll like it.

[EricasTJ]

The place I'm getting my cake made actually refuses to use fondant. I've never tried it, but the best way they described it to me was that it tastes like the marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal. I guess they have a really good reputation and don't want to ruin it by making cakes with fondant and having wedding guests spread a bad word about them.

So you're not alone in a fondant world :)

[nle5]

Some information my aunt told me about wedding cakes:

1. You can use ANY kind of frosting you want on a wedding cake. If the baker/decorator knows what he/she is doing. The cake will look the same but have the taste you love. So just because you see a wedding cake you like but it has a fondant frosting do not let that stop you from choosing it. Ask your baker if he/she can use a different frosting.

2. If a cake you like has pillars and you want a different set up then you can easily switch the cake around. A good baker again will be able to look at the cakes design and tell you what else would work. I asked her about this when I was looking at wedding cakes because there were several designs I absolutely loved but hated the center pillar. She told me not to worry about it she could change the way it is held together.

If you have a particular cake you absolutely love and want a different frosting or design, I would recommend asking your baker/decorator for their suggestion.

[breitzke]

Here is a picture of our cake that did not use fondant, but had a smooth appearance with swiss dots. It was so pretty! You can check out my baker's website to get some ideas. She has tons of pics.

Creative Cakes by Donna (http://www.cakesbydonna.com/)

http://home.comcast.net/~j.massicotte/Cakecutting2.JPG

Jenny

[carmela]

That is a very beautiful cake.

[kg4eoh]

Gorgeous!! Thanks! I am actually really starting to like the square cakes...they look beautiful.

[LuvdaDread]

I just wanted to let you know that your baker can also flavor the fondant. There are many flavors to choose from. Your baker should be able to offer you a wide variety of flavorings.

Hope this helps! And good luck to you. :)

[kg4eoh]

My baker is my FMIL. she makes outstanding cakes and she hates fondant too. I think even if you try to flavor it fondant just tastes yucky. I was just trying to get some ideas tht used buttercream so I could decide what I wanted.....thanks to everyone for their help. I am starting to know what I want as a result!

[AmberE]

The first one maybe fondant but I am pretty sure you can have most any cake made without the fondant. I would think a good baker can improvise.

I am leaning towards the second one for myself, but seperated much like the square cakes above. I have never known anyone that liked fondant, not the taste anyway, it is pretty but I honestly care more for taste than beauty! I want mine to be both beautiful and yummy!

http://www.weddingsutra.com/planning/images/cake_elektra.jpg

http://images.theknot.com/Galleries/WeddingCakes/CGx06_24_235x317.jpg

http://images.theknot.com/Galleries/WeddingCakes/CG048m.jpg

[DeeSummerof06]

How does fondant taste? I've been told to stay away from it for taste reasons. When you go to tastings for bakers, can you request to taste it?

[PrincessBride5-21-05]

How does fondant taste? I've been told to stay away from it for taste reasons. When you go to tastings for bakers, can you request to taste it?

I HAD MY CAKE MADE WITH BUTTER CREAM BECAUSE OF THE TASTE. MY HUSBANDS CAKE WAS THE FONDANT BECAUSE OF THE SHAPING. IT WAS ACTUALY A CAKE THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE A TUX. BUT PEOPLE HARDLY ATE ANY OF HIS, MINE WAS GONE AND HIS WAS HARDLY TOUCHED. I DIDN'T EAT ANY OF IT. (BE PREPARED YOU DON;T HARDLY EAT ANYTHING AT YOUR OWN WEDDING)

[milnes06]

The truth is... I've never tried it. :) MY FH has though and he loves it and he thinks I will too. I'll try it before I make anydecisions though. You are not the 1st person to tell me that they hate the way fondant tastes.
I would have to say that I am not a fan of the way fondant tastes either but I must say it makes the cake look wonderful.

[milnes06]

How does fondant taste? I've been told to stay away from it for taste reasons. When you go to tastings for bakers, can you request to taste it?
Wehn i went to taste my cakes they did giver me a little square piece of fondant to taste. I would assume that most bakeries do the same.

[DeeSummerof06]

I would have to say that I am not a fan of the way fondant tastes either but I must say it makes the cake look wonderful.

They do look beautiful, but cake is going to be the only dessert that we have, so I want it to be very tasty!

This isn't about Groom's Cake, but instead of trying to preserve the top layer, I want to order a mini-version of our top layer every year for our anniversary. I think it'll be a special tradition for us. :D

[milnes06]

They do look beautiful, but cake is going to be the only dessert that we have, so I want it to be very tasty!

This isn't about Groom's Cake, but instead of trying to preserve the top layer, I want to order a mini-version of our top layer every year for our anniversary. I think it'll be a special tradition for us. :D
That is a cute idea, I know the bakery we chose will do this for free on our first aniversary but I never thought about the 2nd and 3rd and.........

[SweetDesigns]

They do look beautiful, but cake is going to be the only dessert that we have, so I want it to be very tasty!

This isn't about Groom's Cake, but instead of trying to preserve the top layer, I want to order a mini-version of our top layer every year for our anniversary. I think it'll be a special tradition for us. :D

Any cake can have the fondant look, if you have a good decorator,
with only minor changes.

[reecey]

Any cake can have the fondant look, if you have a good decorator,
with only minor changes.


exactly - we chose designs that used fondant but our baker suggested against it due to the taste etc (which doesn't bother me, but bothers a lot of people - she rarely uses it now) so instead, she's doing a cream cheese frosting which I love but it looks just as smooth and wonderful as the fondant. :)

[cryssi]

when we went for our cake tasting, the sample cakes did not have fondant on them. our actual cake did, though, but they pulled it off before serving, so it was just buttercream!

I realize that wasn't the point of this thread, so I offer up this from wilton.com (clickable pics):

http://www.wilton.com/images/recipes/forever.jpg (http://www.wilton.com/recipes/recipesandprojects/wedding/gki_forever.cfm?section=wedding&subsection=cakeinfo&tertiary=designhome)
Forever Entwined

http://www.wilton.com/images/recipes/sm_resplendence.jpg (http://www.wilton.com/recipes/recipesandprojects/wedding/resplendence.cfm?section=wedding&subsection=cakeinfo&tertiary=designhome#)
Resplendence

[S4 Girl]

this is our cake, no fondant, in fact most of the cakes that Publix makes are buttercream even though they do fondant also. The lady gave us a sample of it, we tried it, it wasnt awful but I wouldn't pay extra for it when we can get almost the same look wih buttercream. For those in the south who have Publix, I HIGHLY recommend their cakes, they are awesome tasting and very inexpensive.

We have a 4 tier cake in different shapes (see picture in link below), multiple cake flavors and mulitiple fillings, no deposit required, payment 1 week in advance, delivery and setup...$347!!!!

http://www.publix.com/custom/wedding/CakeDetail.do?categoryId=1&cakeId=39

[flygurl8004]

If you go to www.google.com and type in wedding cake pictures you will find all types of cakes there...I came acrossed some AMAZING cakes that I don't think use that type of frosting...I agree i hate the taste to...thats why I'm going for the personal cakes being made instead of a wedding cake...

I'd rather have pie but that would just be to tacky!! :)

[MrsThurston]

I had a rolled fondant cake, and it didnt taste bad at all. I think it all depends on your baker, as they can add or take away flavor while still keeping the smoothness of traditional fondant. Also, my cake had wonderful flavors of filling, not to mention the delicious cake. I have only tried fondant twice- with my shower cake and my wedding cake, by the same baker, and personally, I dont understand how anyone can say that it tastes bad. It tasted just like regular cake frosting to me! :)

I'm also not a huge fan of LOTS of frosting. When I make cakes at home, I dont frost them at all, because it's too sweet. I liked how the fondant did not overwhelm the senses with sugary goop, and it was not a very thick layer, so you could really taste the cake and filling.

[solaira]

Go to www.bethelbakery.com. They have 5 pages of wedding cakes, and all they use is buttercream icing.

[Kubiorka7]

The bakery I am using for my wedding actually prides itself on its real butter cream cakes. The wesite is www.realbuttercream.com. Sometimes they have a bit of trouble with their website because they are doing some work to it, but they have lots of examples of real butter cream cakes. The bakery is Creative Cakes, in Tinley Park, IL. I hope this helps. Oh and they are very creative with designing a cake that will fit your wedding, style, and humor.

Love,

Renee and Alex

First met: Sept. 1, 2003
First date: Sept. 14, 2003
Wedding Date: Sept. 15, 2007 :)

[Kikki]

I read this entire thread, and I didn't hear any girls break it down. To make it easy...fondant is used for the round corner cakes to hold the shape, and buttercream is used for square corner, cause it doesn't need the strength of the fondant to keep its shape. There are minor tastes between the two. I like both, so it really depends on the design you pick for your cake. I like buttercream a bit more, but my cake is round cornered, so we're using fondant. My bakers fondant was one of the best I have tasted though, so not like those ewy bad ones. The reason being is that she makes her cakes the day of the wedding...she doesn't freeze. Many bakers freeze their cakes, so beware of that.

[kg4eoh]

I read this entire thread, and I didn't hear any girls break it down. To make it easy...fondant is used for the round corner cakes to hold the shape, and buttercream is used for square corner, cause it doesn't need the strength of the fondant to keep its shape. There are minor tastes between the two. I like both, so it really depends on the design you pick for your cake. I like buttercream a bit more, but my cake is round cornered, so we're using fondant. My bakers fondant was one of the best I have tasted though, so not like those ewy bad ones. The reason being is that she makes her cakes the day of the wedding...she doesn't freeze. Many bakers freeze their cakes, so beware of that.

I had french buttercream on my round cake with round corners, so that is not really a hard and fast rule. It is more of a smoothness issue. Buttercream cannot give quite the same porcelin effect, but the trade off is that fondant is not as yummy as buttercream. Also, for every fondant I have tasted there are MAJOR taste differences between the two. They are made of completely different ingredients, so it would follow they wouldn't taste the same. Not saying that someone who has a fondant cake has a bad cake, it just isn't my taste. I would definately advise people to taste both before making a decsion. I was lucky because my baker was my MIL. My cake was beautiful and everyone has said it was the best tasting cake they had ever had.

[Kikki]

I had french buttercream on my round cake with round corners, so that is not really a hard and fast rule. It is more of a smoothness issue. Buttercream cannot give quite the same porcelin effect, but the trade off is that fondant is not as yummy as buttercream. Also, for every fondant I have tasted there are MAJOR taste differences between the two. They are made of completely different ingredients, so it would follow they wouldn't taste the same. Not saying that someone who has a fondant cake has a bad cake, it just isn't my taste. I would definately advise people to taste both before making a decsion. I was lucky because my baker was my MIL. My cake was beautiful and everyone has said it was the best tasting cake they had ever had.
It depends on who you use, cause every baker does things differently. Every baker has a different tastes to what they make. My baker makes extremely delicious fondant and buttercream, it all depends on which one you like and who makes it. The rule with square vs round corners is that with a round corner, not using foundant, the cake will not hold up as long. I never said that you can't use buttercream on a round cake, you can, it's just not as common, cause it doesn't hold as long. Many bakers out there make there cakes in advance and not the day of, so they always use fondant for round corners, or else the cake will begin to loose shape and drop. Usually there are MAJOR tastes between the two, but all over again, depends on who makes it and who tastes it. My Aunt is a baker and I used to make the fun cakes with her, so I've had some experience with fondant and buttercream....so again it all depends on who the BAKER is, how they make it, and when. And yes fondant has a smoother texture, I never said it wasn't. All I did was point out another fact of why they use the fondant, even though taste wise it is not preferred.