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Dessert

11 Darling Wedding Dessert Tables, From Rustic to Romantic

As foodies, we know you can never have too many sweets, making dessert tables the perfect complement to your wedding cake.

As foodies, we know you can never have too many sweets, making dessert tables the perfect complement to your wedding cake. In fact, these tables are increasingly becoming the star of the show, showcasing a couple's favorite treats. Keeping your theme and your love for sweets in mind, we found dessert tables fitting for all weddings. Whether you're the rustic or romantic type, rest assured your sweet tooth will be satisfied.

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25 Wedding Cakes That Are Anything but Traditional

Although florals and frills can make a grand impact on a wedding cake, so too can geometric shapes, mod detail, and other unexpected contemporary flourishes.

Although florals and frills can make a grand impact on a wedding cake, so too can geometric shapes, mod detail, and other unexpected contemporary flourishes. For the nontraditional couple, we've rounded up 25 eye-popping cakes that are guaranteed to serve guests an impressive bite. Take a peek and get inspired!

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How to Do Food Trucks the Right Way at a Wedding

These days, food trucks are no faux pas when it comes to wedding catering.

These days, food trucks are no faux pas when it comes to wedding catering. They're a cheap, trendy way to get good, fresh food out to guests on the fly, and guests are excited to see trucks they know and love at your wedding. However, this is a wedding — not a street fair — after all, so here's how you should do food trucks the right way at your wedding.

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22 Exciting Wedding Cake Flavor Ideas

Whether you're going the DIY route and asking a friend or family member to bake up a cake, or working with a pastry shop, wedding cake design doesn't stop at aesthetics.

Whether you're going the DIY route and asking a friend or family member to bake up a cake, or working with a pastry shop, wedding cake design doesn't stop at aesthetics. From ultratraditional (triple chocolate) to tropical and trendy (coconut passion fruit), these flavor combinations will help inspire the most important aspect of your cake: what's inside. Consider our suggestions as just that, the baker or bakery you're working with will likely have ideas of their own, and many of these flavor combinations can be mixed and matched as well. You're sure to be truly inspired: just keep reading.

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Sweet and Simple: 25 Wedding Cakes For the Minimalist Couple

You won't find any frills or fuss here.

You won't find any frills or fuss here. When it comes to wedding cakes, grandiose designs don't always cut it. That's why we've rounded up cakes without all the pomp and circumstance for couples with sleek and simple style. And remember: just because you're looking for cakes on the plain side of things doesn't mean you have to settle for boring. Quite the opposite, these 25 cakes (and two bonus ones) come with a little extra something special.

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25 Classic Wedding Cakes That Stand the Test of Time

Get ready, because you'll want to bookmark all of these classic wedding cakes.

Get ready, because you'll want to bookmark all of these classic wedding cakes. While so many today come in all different shapes and styles, we're loving timeless cakes that you'll want to bite into even when looking at pictures of your big day years from now. We're talking cascading flowers, ruffles, lace, and more dainty details. Ahead, check out the sweet stunners.

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Bridging Cultures With Food: Global Culinary Wedding Traditions

It wasn't too long ago that wedding food options were limited to beef, chicken, or fish with a champagne toast and frosted white cake to follow.

It wasn't too long ago that wedding food options were limited to beef, chicken, or fish with a champagne toast and frosted white cake to follow. Of course, with infinitely creative couples finding new ways to set their celebrations apart, there's no longer a set formula to the American wedding menu. Drawing upon traditions from other world cultures, couples can honor their diverse backgrounds or create new traditions that define them as a pair. We've rounded up several customs worthy of consideration for your unique nuptials!

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15 Late-Night Bites to Serve at Your Wedding

After a long night of dancing and drinking, wedding guests need a little late-night bite to munch on while they retire to their cars and head back to their hotel rooms.

After a long night of dancing and drinking, wedding guests need a little late-night bite to munch on while they retire to their cars and head back to their hotel rooms. Cookies and milk, hamburgers and fries, and even miniature quesadillas and churros are a few items that happy couples are serving at the last hour of their wedding receptions. Take a peek to find inspiration for your own wedding — or just because junk food in mini form is always cute!

Cocktails

13 Ways to Shake Up a Standout Signature Wedding Cocktail

More and more, couples are choosing to create a signature cocktail at their wedding.
Signature Wedding Cocktail Ideas

More and more, couples are choosing to create a signature cocktail at their wedding. When we asked you where you stood, most of you said you loved the idea! Whether you're currently on the lookout for ways to make a standout cocktail or love some wedding eye candy, here are some great cocktail ideas from real weddings.

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Drinking at Weddings: Where Do You Stand?

When it comes to liquor and weddings, people (especially guests!) have their opinions.

When it comes to liquor and weddings, people (especially guests!) have their opinions. Are you for open bars and against the idea of a cash bar? Do you feel like every wedding should have a Champagne toast, or do you think it's unnecessary? Now's your chance to dish about where you stand on drinking at weddings with these poll questions.