My husband and I both love the outdoors, so for our summer wedding, we had our reception outside at a vineyard. The biggest concern I had about the outdoor reception was protecting the wedding cake from leaves and bugs (not to mention prying fingers from curious children!). I wanted the cake to be featured in the beautiful gardens, but I couldn’t just leave it under the trees without some sort of protective cover. But how do you cover a cake? Then I came up with the perfect solution.
I got an inexpensive round hoop bed canopy
I then got a very tall shepherd’s hook
The effect was quite beautiful and everyone commented on how pretty the cake was. When it was time to serve the cake, we simply moved the canopy to the side and enjoyed the completely bug-free and leaf-free cake!
7 comments so far:
That was a wonderful idea. It looked really pretty too!
Thanks, Pammya. It was the hit of the reception.
It occurs to me now that it would’ve looked adorable to sew on tiny butterflies instead of bows, too, especially for a butterfly-themed wedding. Wouldn’t that be cute!
Thank you so much for your idea! When I looked up wedding cake covers, this is the only image that came up. I’m really excited about using this idea at my wedding next week. I’m glad I checked because I had completly forgotten about the shepards hook. Problem solved, thanks again!
So glad we could help, Shiloh. We’d love to see how your cake comes out, so feel free to add a photo after the big day to our Flickr group!
Thanks so much for the wonderful idea. I used it for my niece’s outdoor birthday party at a local zoo. The guest were quite impressed!
Carmella, great thinking to use it for any cake. It is also useful for a small table of appetizers or drinks at an outdoor event.
Thank you, I’m having an outdoor wedding in July was wondering how we were going to protect our cake it is a great ideal.