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Q. Fear not the hard-bit, brown-mush, drywall fruit cake. Wedding cakes have become much more interesting, and much more edible. What kinds of cakes and other sweets might we see during the 2026 wedding season? . A. This month, Pinterest reports out on the quirky wedding cakes that are generating