13 traditional wedding cakes that stun you (photos)
For most cake makers these days, baking a cake for a traditional wedding or engagement is a time to show off your creativity. Nigerian bakers are not smiling as they dish out one imagination-fulfilling cake after another. Some of these cakes shaped in the form of folded clothes, shoes, beads, fez caps etc. are so realistic that you are almost tempted to touch them, unfold them and wear them.
So we went trawling on Instagram to get you some of the best cakes that would not only have you drooling with longing but leave your mouth agape with wonder - how do they do it?!
Check out some of these crazy beautiful cakes from the Empress Galleria, Dripples Cakes and Helado Delicia. These are just a smattering of samples from just a few of Nigeria's innovative bakers. There are more out there. So when it is time for your traditional wedding, don't just settle for your run-off-the-mill couple on a cake, hand bag cakes - aim high!
Think of a masterpiece that would not only make your guests green with envy but would have your kids wishing they were at your wedding when they see the wedding pictures. Check out these not-just-cakes these wonderful works of art below for inspiration.
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1. Is this a treasure chest or cake?
This cake is so stunning that it trended on Instagram for days and gained its maker many new followers on teh socail media site.
2. A groom's cake to beat all groom's cakes
Inspired by the traditional male outfit in the Niger Delta and parts of Eastern Nigeria, this cake is so realistic that you can almost imagine it on former President Goodluck Jonathan. Check out the gold-tipped staff.
3. A touch of Benin and Ghana
This Kente cloth decorated with a Benin staff is everything. Check out the details on the lace "George" and the sheen on the bead - so shiny you almost want to wear it.
4. A crown fit for a princess
That white crown is everything, complemented beautifully by the cloth on the box. And the box! This cake does not deserve to be eaten.
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5. If I were a bride...
If this were my bridal cake, I would willingly pack it up and go to my husband's house. The isi agau detail on the cloth in the box is everything!
6. Bride price come alive
Here is the box of clothes, the jewelry box filled with pretty beads - did you ask for a wristwatch? There you go. The sparkly silver wrapper under the jewelry box - no words!
7. A cake fit for a prince
This groom's cake should make you feel like a king even if you are not one.
8. Wrappers for the princess
Another cake you could almost wear - that is the fondant does not break in your hands. The detail on the crown is "befitting".
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9. Gravity-defying palm wine cake
This cake seems a bit everywhere in inspiration and logic but does not make it any less beautiful.
9. The crown
The crown makes the cake.
10. Red is for love
This cake is like beautifully wrapped gift that you should give yourself on your wedding day.
11. Beads on a pillow
This cake is saying to you: "You deserve good things in life." Believe it!
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12. Let's pray for this wonderful cake
This cake is huge step up form the now ubiquitous couple-on-the-cake cake. And we are loving it.
13. Wow!
Source: Legit.ng
