If you’re going for a modern wedding cake, then you’ll need the cake stand to perfectly complement it.
For sturdiness, bigger cakes will need something more substantial and flat-bottomed than some of these stands, but for prettiness for a cake on the smaller side, pedestal stands are the ones.
Many a venue will provide a wedding cake stand as part of their package. But be warned, these stands can end up being far too big, too traditional looking for most modern cakes and believe me, I’ve been asked to set up on cake stands that were broken, damaged and far from flat and straight!
Make sure the option of having the perfect modern wedding cake stand to echo the style of your wedding cake isn’t something you overlook. Start right here with these beauties.
FYI, if you’re going to source your own wedding cake stand, also make sure you check it’s something that will work with the size, height and weight of your cake before you go ahead…
A sturdy and sophisticated marble and gold duo
This set of 2 luxury marble cake stands come in 2 sizes so you could even showcase a wedding cake duo with them, rather than the one traditional tiered cake. They’re both 12 inches (or 30cm) in diameter, so perfect for larger cakes and with a sturdy base they’ll take taller cakes. Find out more here.
Terrazzo Chic
If you’ve missed the terrazzo craze, where have you been? Inspired by the traditional Italian artistic flooring process, terrazzo is everywhere right now. What more stylish way to show off your cake than on this simple, but stylish terrazzo number? It has a smaller diameter of 25cm (10 inches) but is still perfect for the smaller and lighter stacked wedding cake. Get involved here.
Pink and White Scandi Style
This Scandi-style ceramic cake stand, half in light pink and half in white, is a great way of showcasing your wedding cake without taking away from the cake design itself. You could even pick a coloured side to be more prominent that the other. This one come in at 26.5 cm in diameter, just over 10 inches so is perfects for those smaller, possibly two tier cakes. You can get hold of one here.
Stunning simplicity in Marble and Oak
This three-legged beauty is custom-made so can be created in the size you need it. Smaller for one tier or small two tier, all the way up to a maximum of 18 inches if you want them! The wider you go, the sturdier it will be to hold a taller cake. Find out how to order you’re here.
A simple stand you can customise yourself
These low-key white melamine stands are an understated way of showing off an extravaganza of a wedding cake without taking away from the cake’s design. They’ll give your tiered cake a lift to give it more height and make it look more elegant raised off the table. Both the square and the round designs come in 12 inch (30cm) diameters and are perfect for both small and large cakes without too much height. You could also paint them yourself in a metallic paint or colour to perfectly suit your cake design. See more here.
Industrial Chic
This raised acacia platform with hairpin legs comes in diameters of both 12 and 14 inches meaning it’ll add height to a cake on the larger side as well as being sturdy. It also comes in 3 heights and you can opt for the board with no legs as an option for more rustic cakes too. These stands are hand made by a fellow supplier of mine Prop Options. You can find out more about this style and the other stands they offer here.
A walnut stand fit for a one-tier wonder
This stunning walnut cake stand comes in at 10inches in diameter and is tall one that’s perfect to give your one tier cake some lift so it can be seen by all in the largest of reception rooms. It’s custom made and is something you’ll no doubt want to keep at home as a cake or cheese board too! Find out more here.
A Bowie-esque super-modern terrazzo stand
I had to get this stand in there as the legs when seen from a certain angle reminded me of a Bowie-style lightening bolt. Twinned with a warm-toned terrazzo top plate, ehat’s not to love?! It comes in at just under 12 inches and again, it’s perfect for a smaller tiered cake or a one tier wonder. Get one here! I’m so excited about this one! Can you tell?!
Re-purposed Industrial steel and wood
This cake stand, for those looking for something with rustic chic is made by repurposing natural resources and comes in at just under 8 inches in diameter so bear in mind, it’s for the much smaller cake, making it perfect for the smaller celebrations we are seeing right now in 2020, due to the restrictions caused by the pandemic. Find yours here.
A Dutch-designed brightly coloured stand
These Jansen+Co brightly coloured stands will complement a brightly coloured cake and come in a range of colours that look so good together, it’s hard to choose just one! The medium sized stand is more suited to a wedding cake at just over 8.5 inches wide, also making it suitable for a smaller, one tier cake. Get one here (and good luck deciding on a colour!)
I hope you’ve managed to choose a wedding cake stand out of all of these modern beauties for your wedding cake. Some of them are perfect for one tier cakes, giving them more height in a large room, for all to see. Others will be sturdier and more fit to hold larger and taller wedding cakes. Just always make sure to check with your wedding cake designer before going ahead and buying one, to make sure the stand will work with your wedding cake design.
And if you’ve got any questions about cake stands, get in touch with me here. I could talk about them all day!
K x
