The Wedding Cake Grows Up

October 6, 2010 in Cakes,DIY,Inspiration,Unusual Weddings with 4 Comments

Cheesecake? No, cheese cakes. As in big old wedding cakes made of cheese and nothing but cheese. And not just any cheese, but really fancy cheese that yours truly thinks tastes a lot like a dismembered toe that’s been left in the sun too long. But I understand that the world is full of cheese enthusiasts or else why would there be roughly 10000000 varieties of cheese? Anyway, we’ve mentioned cheese wedding cakes here before, but I don’t recall that we’ve ever shown you any and I happened to run across these lovely specimens from The Cheese Shed.

While I’ve read here and there that wedding cheese cakes are a growing trend or trendy or a trend on its way out, nearly all of the shops specializing in them that I’ve found have been in the UK and I don’t know anyone (nor have I heard of anyone through acquaintances) who’s had one. That said, if the idea appeals, I can’t see that it would be too hard to DIY provided you live near a nice cheese shop and are just a bit handy when it comes to decorating things.


Do keep in mind that you may very well need to cut your cheese wedding cake with something other than a cake knife – think wire cheese cutter or something similar. Also being that I don’t care for cheese myself I don’t really know if this is true, but it might not hurt to choose types of cheese that harmonize on the tongue – on the other hand, The Cheese Shed seems to choose the cheeses in its off-the-rack wedding cakes based on rind colors.

Previously: Meat Wedding Cake, Sushi Wedding Cake

About Christa Terry: Christa Terry is a writer and wedding and lifestyle expert whose book iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net is a one-stop planning resource for modern, free-thinking brides and grooms. With one husband, one toddler, and more on the way – kids, not husbands – Christa somehow manages to stay on top of the tricks and trends that make getting married and living life stylish and fun.

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4 Responses to “The Wedding Cake Grows Up”

  1. Gina October 6, 2010 at 3:01 pm #

    I love cheese! That said, I’ll stick with my traditional sweet and delicious wedding cake.

  2. Indian wedding planners October 7, 2010 at 3:55 am #

    Some of the cakes look too overly decorated. Simpler the better.

  3. blossom October 8, 2010 at 7:42 am #

    What would be nicer would be a giant board of cheese and crackers nicely decorated.

  4. The gold digger October 9, 2010 at 5:14 pm #

    And then there is the wedding cake my friends Patrick and Ilene had: real cake made to look like cheese:

    http://class-factotum.blogspot.com/2009/03/say-it-aint-so.html