Making a wedding cake

A beginner’s guide to DIYing their own wedding or special occasion cake – recipes, timeline, tutorial, and tips are all included!

A beginner’s guide to DIYing their own wedding or special occasion cake – recipes, timeline, tutorial, and tips are all included!

This photo tutorial shows you how to make a round, 3-tier wedding cake, including how to bake the cakes, frost them, stack them, and decorate them.

From freezing cakes to using dowels, here's a crash course in making a wedding cake at home.

Learn everything you need to know to make your own wedding cake! I share all the biggest lessons I learned along the way.

Learn step by step how to prepare, stack & dowel your tiered cakes. Packed with tips and tricks I share all my secrets!

26 Wedding cake flavors to consider. Lemon Raspberry, Pistachio Pudding Cake, Citrus Buttermilk, Southern Sweet Potato, Sweet Almond Cream, Brown Butter & More!

I'm so excited for this post! My parents and siblings live about three hours away so any time spent with them is precious. Making my wedding cake with my Mom will be a memory that we will share for a lifetime, plus my Mom is an amazing baker and the cake was flippin delish. I had never iced a naked cake in my entire life until the night before the wedding. My practice cake was the cake that Chris and I will eat on our one year anniversary and it turned out amazing! The key to icing your cake…

Everything you need to know about making cakes ahead: how to freeze cake layers, keep buttercream fresh, store decorated cakes, and more!

A small, but elegant, wedding cake can make a big statement when done properly. See our 51 wedding cake inspiration gallery to generate ideas for your cake.