Modern brides have more options than ever before, and this is never been more true than in the world of wedding cakes. With the unlimited choices of cake flavour, size, shape and colour, today’s bride can easily create a dream wedding cake. But a cake of foam?  Artificial wedding cakes are becoming more mainstream as many brides find artificial cakes are the perfect fit for a modern wedding.

What is an artificial wedding cake?
Just as it sounds; a fake cake. Cake professionals can buy special food-grade foam in any shape and size. These foam cakes are then constructed and iced in any wedding cake configuration, just as you would an edible cake. Often artificial cakes include a piece of real cake iced into the cake design for the ceremonial bride-and-groom’s cake cutting tradition. Otherwise, rental cakes simply have a slit in the foam for the cake knife to "cut" the cake.

Advantages to artificial wedding cakes
There are a few reasons why brides choose artificial wedding cakes over their sweet-tasting counterparts:

• Artificial cakes are perfectly suited to outdoor weddings - they will not droop or melt in hot weather and bugs are not an issue.
• Fake cakes are also light and easy to move around, although the icing and other decorations are just as fragile as a real cake. 
• Many brides who choose artificial cakes do so because they want the tradition of a wedding cake but do not want to serve cake to their guests. This is often the case if a bride has a caterer serving a special dessert as part of the meal. 
• Also, if a bride chooses a wedding cake design that is far too large for the number of guests to be served, her cake may include several artificial layers to avoid having large amounts of leftover cake. 
• Lastly, brides often cannot afford their dream wedding cake, but can certainly rent one for a fraction of the cost!

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