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Looking for desserts to serve at your wedding that go beyond “wedding cake?” From pies to cotton candy, we have a delicious serving of wedding cake alternatives for ya. Even a few that aren’t even edible, but are still just as awesome!

We dig breakfast so we LOVE this pancake wedding cake!

We dig breakfast so we LOVE this pancake wedding cake!

We’ll be showing off a fantastic rustic wedding later this week, but we seriously couldn’t wait to share their cake ahead of time. I say cake…

Yep, Travis and Gia (wedding coming soooon!) had a breakfast lover’s dream cake… a PANCAKE WEDDING CAKE! Talk about taking your brunch desires in the perfect direction. We’ve seen waffle cakes, we’ve seen naked cakes, but this is the first pancake cake we’ve seen. Are you as in as we are? Grab your syrup and let’s get to pancake wedding cake heaven…

This literal cheese cake is your savory cake alternative

Not into sugar? This literal cheese cake is your savory cake alternative

Darcy and Jasper had one of the most rockin-est (yeah, it’s a word!) weddings ever. “Drunken gay glamour” sets the tone nicely. One little detail that we hadn’t seen in quite some time was their literal cheese cake, a savory cake alternative for the less sweets-minded. Stacked cheese is always goooood.

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9 kitschy wedding recipes to steal from Charles Phoenix’s test kitchen

If you haven’t heard of Charles Phoenix, maybe you have heard of his chermpumple — the turducken of desserts? It’s a three-layer cake with a cherry, pumpkin, and apple pie stuffed in each layer. Wouldn’t that be amazing at your wedding? Here are even more awesome kitschy wedding food ideas from Charles Pheonix’s test kitchen

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Feed and ENTERTAIN your guests by building your wedding cake in front of them

Yes, we all know that wedding cakes are awesome, and can be visually AND culinarily one of the highlights of a wedding reception. While some wedding cakes may be as fun to look at as they are fun to eat, Thomas and Sara’s wedding cake was actually part of their wedding entertainment…

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When Comic-Con speed dating leads to wedded bliss: a nerdy theater celebration

Sarah and Shane first met at a Comic-Con Speed Dating event, and their love for movies, Doctor Who, and puppets brought them together. They got married at the Scotia Cinema in New York, where guests were greeted with popcorn and 3D glasses, and then peppered with trivia questions about the couple’s relationship.

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Crochet your cake AND eat it too

Remember last time I showed you a crocheted wedding cake by tell you that “you can have your cake and NOT eat it too“? Well this time Rachel and Jeremy show us that you can have a crocheted wedding cake AND eat it too. But first, let’s take a look at this crocheted cake awesomeness…