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LOVE/HATE: The ‘Chapeau de Gateau’ Edition

By Christa Terry

Yes, you read that right. I’m talking about cake hats. For those who want to top their wedding cakes with something other than the usual bride(s) and/or groom(s) statuettes, sparkle monograms, and anthropomorphic animalia, Alison Dawson of Toronto, Canada founded Chapeau de Gateau.

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Dawson creates custom cake hats using the finest quality Mokuba ribbon, and each wedding cake topper is made with the couple’s wedding colors or theme in mind. Or, if you already have a cake design in mind, I’m thinking you could have a ribbon model of your wedding cake created in miniature. (Put a hook in it and you have a keepsake decoration — I’m thinking a wedding cake on your Christmas tree.)

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I definitely don’t hate cake hats, since they’re rather pretty and you’re not going to see them on every other wedding cake. I do think they’re a bit silly, but these are wedding cakes we’re talking about here. How dignified can a cake possibly be? Conversely, how much will a wedding cake’s innate dignity suffer if you put a little fancy hat on it? My guess: Not much.

What say you?








7 Responses to “LOVE/HATE: The ‘Chapeau de Gateau’ Edition”




  1. T. Beard Says:

    Uh… I’d say these are pretty ridiculous, actually. Even if they do match the cake.




  2. Twistie Says:

    Ridiculous, yes, but in kind of a fun way, I think. Would I buy one? Probably not. Would I think less of a person who did? Absolutely not.




  3. Never teh Bride Says:

    @Twistie True, true. Then again, I think there are much wackier and weirder things brides and grooms could buy for their weddings that we still wouldn’t think less of them for buying! We’re pretty open-minded like that, you and I.




  4. Anonymous Says:

    They seem a bit girly only…. Where is the top hat?




  5. Never teh Bride Says:

    Are you really that surprised, Anon? So much wedding stuff has XX written all over it!




  6. Twistie Says:

    Besides, I see no reason this concept couldn’t be made into a top hatish figure, if that’s what a couple wants.




  7. ChristianeF Says:

    Cute, but I can’t say I LOVE it.




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