Italian Style Wedding Cakes
- birchhousebakery
- Apr 8, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 11
The large single tier Italian style wedding cake
Making a statement on the wedding cake scene, infludenced by the traditional millefoglie Italian layers of puff pastry, are large round single tier wedding cakes serving all of your guests. Forget the perfectly tiered wedding cake with sharp edges and intricate design theses new cakes on the block shout laid back, edible feast.
Italian style wedding cakes are much like your traditional cake, made up of layers of sponge with fillings of your choice but serve everyone in a single tier rather than across several tiers.
The outside of these wedding cakes can be left smooth, rustic or why not add some vintage piping?
This Italian style cake design is then typically covered in an abundance of fresh fruits that when cut compliment the cake flavours inside. Think chocolate cake with fresh strawberries. Or a tart lemon cake with raspberries and blueberries. Mix lots of different fruits for spashes of colour or choose your favourites in season.
This modern fun wedding cake is typically cut and served in situ in front of your guests - watch them line up for a sweet slice - so much more of an immersive cake eating experience than being swept off into a catering kitchen to be cut and served later.
How large can you go with a single tier wedding cake? Well that all depending on your cake designer and what sizes are on offer, coupled with your guests count. We offer Italian style wedding cakes from small to extra large serving 150+ guests. The largest of cakes are often constructed on site, but check with your cake designer on how the cake is made and transported.
Contact us today to find out more about our Italian Style Wedding Cakes. We are based in Balcombe, West Sussex and deliver across, Sussex, Surrey, Kent and London.
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This post really captures why Italian-style wedding cakes are having such a moment – that massive single-tier vibe with loads of fresh seasonal fruit on top just feels so much more joyful and approachable than the classic stacked tiers. Love how you can go rustic with beautiful sponge layers, whipped cream, and berries that actually match what's inside (strawberries on chocolate? Yes please!), and then have it dramatically sliced right there in front of everyone. It turns the cake into a proper shared celebration moment. Super inspiring stuff from Birch House Bakery – if you're in the middle of wedding planning and need a hand juggling other bits like uni deadlines, Assignment Help UK can take some pressure off so…