Letter Day
Announce your new initials with cookies that mimic crisp engraved lettering, perfect atop an equally pert fondant-covered cake cinched with tailored bow bands. Custom-designed, hand-sculpted butter cookies, Rae Bakes, $75 for three-letter monogram (available only with a custom cookie order); raebakes.com.
All cakes, Cheryl Kleinman Cakes and Bijoux Doux Specialty Cakes; 718-237-2271. All cake pedestals, Cole River Co., available at shopguava.com.
The Butterfly Effect
No butterfly net needed—these crystal creatures alight on a fondant cake bordered with embossed leaves. Butterflies, $110 each, Swarovski; swarovski.com.
Lovey-Dovey
Lovebirds and peaceniks alike will flock to these porcelain doves on "branches" that sprout from a fondant cake bearing the wedding date. Porcelain hair sticks, $300 each, Lladró; lladro.com.
Princess Perfect
A pearl-encrusted gold crown perches on a filigreed fondant cake. $625, Debra Moreland for Paris; paristiaras.com.
Small World
A featherweight globe rests on a fondant-covered cake with circle-embossed bands. Gold-wire orb, $36 for set of three, Chiasso; chiasso.com.
Winter Wonderland
This Swarovski crystal flake will have guests shouting "Let it snow!" The fondant cake it dusts is piped with silver filigree. Snowflake, $125, White Crush; whitecrushwedding.com.
Make a Statement
All you need is love, its sheen reflected in the cake’s gold-and-silver-dusted fondant. Aluminum sculpture replica, $75, Whitney Museum of American Art; whitney.org.
Perched Pets
Animal lovers purr over this pair sitting on a fondant-wrapped cake with dots that resemble paw prints. Ceramic cat and dog, $6 each, Our Name Is Mud; ournameismud.com.
Shine On
A New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square doesn’t party any heartier than this treat festooned with gum-paste confetti, culminating in a cursive crystal initial. $130, Toppers With Glitz; topperswithglitz.com.
Shining Star
Gold leaf washes across the fondant and a Swarovski crystal starfish floats to the top. $85, White Crush; whitecrushwedding.com.
Beautifully Bejeweled
Crystal blossoms crown a fondant-covered cake showered with gum-paste rose petals. Swarovski crystal cake jewels, small, $17 each, large, $27 each, Very Different Cakes; verydifferentcakes.com.
