Creative Traditional Wedding Cakes
I love that brides and grooms are getting really creative with their wedding reception dessert choices these days. Some couples are even opting to serve cupcakes, pies, cookies, candy or other sweets instead of a traditional wedding cake. But if you, like many, still wish to serve a traditional wedding cake for your main dessert, you can truly be just as creative with a cake! Wedding cake design has come a very long way in recent years. With an endless selection of flavors, sizes, shapes and colors to choose from, you can easily create a fabulous wedding cake that not only matches your wedding theme, but also reflects your unique personalities as a couple. So you truly can “have your cake and eat it too”!
Ok, enough chattering…let’s look at some cakes shall we?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Interview with Wild Orchid Baking Company
Wild Orchid Baking Company is a boutique bakery located in North Hampton, NH. They create custom wedding cakes and are a hit with brides in the area!
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How long have you been in business?
I’ve been doing wedding cakes for 3 years or so and opened the retail shop in June 2009.
What inspired you to start your business?
I’ve always been very independent and knew that someday I’d like to go out on my own. Being my own boss allows me to be flexible and creative and can be very rewarding.
Tell us why you think your business is successful.
I feel we’ve been successful because of the individual attention each couple gets. We take the time to sit down with each couple and really get to know what they’re looking for. It’s also important to have very clear communication so that the couple is confident in what they’ve ordered.
What makes your business unique?
Everything we do is entirely custom so your wedding cake will be completely unique to you – from flavor to design. Some bakeries have standard designs that they use, but not us. With us design is limitless.
Is there a particular niche you target?
We can do any kind of wedding cake, but the one thing that really sets us apart is our sugar work. Couples looking for sugar flowers or realistic looking details on their cake, are typically the kind of people that work best with our services.
What is your company’s philosophy on working with brides and grooms?
So we’re here to help guide & answer questions along the way.
Our philosophy is to provide the engaged couple with all the information they’ll need in order to make an informed decision. We understand that this is probably the most important baked good they’ll ever buy
How do you help couples customize their weddings?
I tell couples to bring with them to their tasting any pictures they’ve seen that they liked, fabric swatches, patterns, invites, flowers, etc. From there I’ll talk with them about what is most important to them and what represents them the most. More so than most other items at a wedding, the cake is truly a reflection of the couple, so we work with them to make it as custom as possible.
At what point in the wedding cake planning process do you typically
work with couples?
It really varies. I’d say most couples have a date & location chosen before they meet with us. Typically 3-6 months out from the date.
Is there anything else you’d like to share about your business?
We’re a regular retail bakery open 6 days a week (closed Mon). So besides wedding cakes we do cookies, dessert buffets, favors, chocolates, dipped fruit, sauces, cupcakes, etc. We can provide & coordinate all of the couple’s sweet needs!
Photo Credit: Wild Orchid Baking Company
Photo Credit: Wild Orchid Baking Company
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Photo Credit: Wild Orchid Baking Company
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Unique and life-like sugar flowers are one of Wild Orchid’s specialties. All of their sugar flowers are handmade – each flower petal is shaped and tinted individually to create beautiful and edible floral decorations that can be ordered in any season!
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Photo Credit: Wild Orchid Baking Company
Photo Credit: Wild Orchid Baking Company