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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?

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This month, Pinterest reports out on the quirky wedding cakes that are generating more search interest than ever.

10 Quirky Cakes. Pinterest Wedding Trends Report. April 2026
i.     Flower pot cake ideas. +715%
ii.    Wedding cake tiramisu. +635%
iii.   Kitsch cake. +545%
iv.   Pink and red vintage cake. +415%
v.    Whimsical cupcakes. 380%
vi.   Lyrics cake. +355%
vii.  Polka dot cake. +270%
viii. Illusion cakes. +215%
ix.   Oil pastel cake. 140%
x.    Doughnut tower cake. +95%

Of course, not everyone will go wedding cake whimsical. The Black Tux surveyed 600 couples who got married between 1960 to 2019 about which cakes they featured at their weddings.

From 1960 to 1999, the most popular wedding cake flavours were:
i.   Vanilla
ii.  Yellow
iii.  Chocolate

From 2000 to 2019, a new player entered the picture:
i.   Vanilla
ii.  Chocolate
iii. Red Velvet

No doubt we will continue to see a lot of vanilla and chocolate cake on our wedding dessert plates.

The sweetness doesn’t end at the cake. For those couples setting out a dessert bar, what are they serving?

The 2026 Knot Real Weddings Study has some answers…

What’s on the 2026 Wedding Dessert Bar
i.   Cookies. 45%
ii.  Cupcakes. 39%
iii. Cheesecake. 18%
iv.  Ice Cream Bar. 11%
v.   Donuts. 10%

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