Customised Creations: The Importance of Initials and Monogram in Personalising Wedding Cakes
Initials and monogram of the wedding couple added onto their wedding cake gives it a personalized feature. The styles and techniques used are depending on the overall look of the cake. It should blend in and complement the overall look.
These are examples of old style initilas and monograms. They could be painted, cut out from fondant, rolled with fondant, piped on a surface with royal icing, and etc.
The latest monograms are laser-cut toppers. They come in various colours but the most popular is gold. Here’s an example of one in red.
Common Types of Initials and Monograms on Wedding Cakes
- Two alphabetic letters entwined together using beautiful calligraphy
- Using “&” or “❤” in-between both letters
- Full bride and groom’s name in beautiful fonts
Often times, the wedding couple has already chosen their own monogram logo for their invitaion card. These could be easily transfered onto cake using suitable mediums such as royal icing piping, gumpaste or fondant cutouts, and painted, embossed, laser cut topper and etc.
Here is a techniques of using paper transfer to transfer a monogram onto a wedding cake and then followed by painting. The procedure is to first transfer by tracing using parchment paper and pencil, then all decorations are made as a frame around it.
