The most well known cake topper is the wedding cake topper. These cake toppers are traditionally a representation of the bride and groom clothed with wedding attire and appear to be standing at the alter. Often couples will choose funny wedding cake toppers to add a touch of humor to the day. Other types of cake toppers exist and are available for almost any occasion including birthdays, retirement parties and others.
What are they made from?
Cake toppers are typically made form plastic, which is completely inedible. However, in some cases, special cake toppers are made with edible materials such as marzipan, sugar and other food items. Photo cake toppers are made form sugar with food coloring added. Other forms of romantic cake toppers can be made from clay and any other moldable materials. These are also used for special custom cake toppers, which are made by specialists in the baking and cake industry.
Custom Made Cake Toppers
Custom made cake toppers are made to specifications to look like the person the cake if for. For example, the bride and groom at a wedding, the person celebrating a birthday, a retirement and any other occasions cake toppers are used for. Additionally, these can take any shape, color, or size, so long as they are not so heavy they would crush the cake. Figurines of people adorned in formal evening dresses, tuxedos, golf attire, etc., can easily be custom designed for the customer.
Make Edible Cake Toppers
Those who are trained to make cake toppers consider them to be a form of decorative culinary art. While these culinary or bakery specialists go through many hours of education to learn to make cake toppers amongst other forms of decorations for cakes, anyone can learn to make them at home. All that is needed is a steady hand and the materials to do so.
To make edible cake toppers at home, one must have access to marzipan, which is the preferred item. Using marzipan is the easiest way to make cake toppers because it is so easily molded to shape and is edible as well. Additionally, food coloring can be added so it can become more real looking. Another cake topper item is clay, which is as easily molded as marzipan and color can be added to it as well, but the difference is that clay is not edible.
Cake toppers have always been a tradition upheld by Americans and other cultures for many years. Whether monograms, figurines, photos, or any other type, the topper used is sure to bring joy to the person receiving the cake and as long as it is not edible, cake toppers can be saved to remember the occasion for years to come.
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