Impressive Wedding Cakes

Let’s talk wedding cake. Specifically, the very good kind.

Wedding cakes are as much a part of the styling as the flowers, stationery or table settings. Towering layers, retro piping, wild florals, hand-painted details, unexpected colour combos, cakes so good looking you almost can’t bring yourself to cut them. Almost.

Your cake can nod to your dress, pick up your palette, channel your favourite era or just be a giant, delicious version of your personality. Minimal and sculptural? Into it. Maximalist and covered in cherries? Also into it. A little wonky, a little weird and entirely you? Now we’re talking.

We fully support eating cake for dinner (or breakfast, TBH). Choosing the baker is the hard part. Australia and New Zealand are full of seriously talented people doing very clever things with buttercream, ganache, sugar and sponge, and narrowing it down feels like cruel and unusual punishment.

So we’ve rounded up some standout wedding cakes to get your creative juices flowing. Save the ones that stop your scroll, send them straight to your cake maker, and get ready to be the couple whose cake people are still talking about month later.

Ready to find your wedding cake maker? Head to the Hello May directory for our handpicked crew of dessert legends across Australia and New Zealand.

Tiny red hearts on blush buttercream, retro piped borders and a “Just hitched” topper. Yes please. This one’s from Ladybird Cakes, a Hello May regular and the work of head baker Gina, who has been a household name in Australian weddings for over 10 years. Everything’s made from scratch, so don’t expect leftovers. Find them on the Hello May directory.

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Ruffled white buttercream, a lace crown, poached pears and burgundy lilies spilling down the side. Moody, a little wonky (in all the best ways) and completely unforgettable. Torte by Mirjana does it again and proves that a wedding cake can be a full on sculpture.
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Is that icing or silk? Hard to tell. A sculpted white drape, a few strategic cherries and fresh roses make this White Rabbit Cakes creation the definition of understated drama. Based in Wanaka, New Zealand, they also do macarons, donuts and dessert tables, so you can go full sugar. Find them on the Hello May directory.

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Pearl bows, ruffled piping, cherries and a burgundy anthurium on a blush pink dome. Sign us up. And, it’s gluten free. Emily at Oh Em G it’s Gluten Free crafted this masterpiece. She’s a one woman business in Victoria baking for coeliacs and anyone who just loves a very good cake. Nobody will know it’s GF unless you tell them. Head to the directory to hit her up.

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A heart-shaped cake wrapped up like a gift. This one’s basically a love letter in buttercream. You can thank Sydney sisters La Petite Tarte, who are the ones to call when you’ve got a wild idea that needs baking. Find them on the Hello May directory.

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Shaggy pink buttercream, red hearts and zero chill. We. Are. In. Love. The tufted beauty looks like a shag rug, and it might be the most fun thing we’ve ever seen on the dessert table.

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Figs, grapes, blackberries and thyme tumbling down three tiers of rustic buttercream. Cake or cheese board? We’d happily eat both. Sophie Roseanna Cakes nails this wedding cake creation, Based in Queenstown, she also bakes things with flavours like chocolate espresso martini with salted rum caramel. Yum. Find her on the Hello May directory.

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Leave it to The Fluffy Crumb to make a single tier look this good. Whimsical and romantic, the shell border and dainty swag have us swooning, and it’s all made from scratch in Melbourne. Tasting boxes, eggless and vegan options and limited wedding spots mean you’ll want to enquire early. Find The Fluffy Crumb on the HM directory.

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Disco, but make it dessert. This blush mudcake has a swiped, rocky finish borrowed from Yip Studio’s famous mossy rock cakes in New York, plus berries and big, bright florals that set the tone for a Valentine’s Day Disco at sunset. Behind it all is Juniper Lane Bakehaus.

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Silver. Sky-high. Subtle? Never heard of her. This metallic silver tower is covered in delicate piping from top to bottom and is the kind of cake guests will queue to photograph before anyone gets near a fork. You can thank the legendary Emily Bakes for this edible masterpiece.

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“A very loose brief of colourful and different” is all it took. Fatima’s Table whipped up this white dome with a bold red ribbed squiggle, an orange anthurium and trailing amaranthus, and the bride says it was a masterpiece she could only have dreamt of.

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So. Many. Raspberries. This towering pile of fresh berries, flecked with gold leaf, sits on two layers of sponge and Chantilly cream and is a very good argument for skipping the fondant. Credit goes to Eclair at the Bay, the Brisbane patisserie behind it. They’re just as famous for croquembouches, éclairs and tarts. Pick your treat. Find them on the Hello May directory.

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Deep burgundy buttercream, ruffled borders and tiers dripping in vintage piping. Dark, moody and completely unapologetic. This is the cake that makes an entrance. You can thank Good Good Cake for this one. We love the drama!

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Cake, meet pavlova. This meringue clad showstopper is part dessert, part flower arrangement, and we want it all. Anthurium, gerbera and calla lilies bring the colour, while the mini pavlovas are dessert table goals.

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Traditional wedding cake? Not today. This boozy tiramisu, made by a friend of the newlyweds, was cut the second guests walked in, and it’s a reminder that your wedding cake can be whatever you actually want to eat. Silver platter, tennis court backdrop, one very happy crowd. Per the couple, everyone ate it. “And I mean everyone.”

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Leopard print, cherries and a turquoise top? We’re obsessed. The only thing louder than the colours is the praise, with the couple calling this Mali Bakes creation absolutely delicious. Proof that a bright, retro cake can taste as good as it looks.

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