Why More Couples Are Choosing a Dessert Tower Over a Traditional Wedding Cake

Apr 8
3 min read

A real wedding at a stunning venue — and the story behind one of our favourite setups to date.

We recently had the pleasure of creating the wedding dessert display for the Hattons, and it's one of those setups that reminds us why we love what we do.

A beautiful venue, a couple who knew exactly what they wanted, and a brief that gave us real creative freedom: build a display full of bakes they genuinely love, that their guests would also go absolutely mad for.

Here's how it all came together.

The Wedding Cake

At the heart of the display was an 8 inch, 3-layer lemon cake, filled with lemon buttercream and lemon curd, finished with a thin white chocolate ganache crumb coat.

That last detail matters more than people might think. A wedding reception means the cake is on display for hours, often in a warm room, often near windows, often for much longer than a birthday cake ever would be. The white chocolate ganache crumb coat keeps everything stable and structured throughout the day, so by the time the couple cut it in the evening, it still looks exactly as it did when it arrived.

The fondant model of the Hatton’s dog Rocco was beautifully created by the talented ‘MyLittleCakery’, and the wooden topper came from ‘TilleyTree’ with a little extra touch from us: we added a wood stain to the topper to match the cake stand, tying the whole display together.

The stand is ours, from Prop Options, and yes, we hire it out too. More on that below.

The Dessert Tower

Alongside the cake, we built a full dessert tower, and this is where things get really fun.

Rather than simply choosing what looks good, we started with what the bride and groom actually love. Because a wedding dessert display should feel personal, not just pretty.

🤍 Bride's favourite: Lemon Meringue cookies — light, zingy, and a little bit showstopping

🤍 Groom's favourite: Jammy Dodger blondies — the kind of thing that sounds and tastes so nostalgic

From there, we rounded out the tower with crowd-pleaser bakes that we know from experience go down brilliantly at events:

Raspberry & white chocolate blondies
Raspberry & white chocolate cupcakes
Biscoff chunky cookies
Biscoff cupcakes
Brown butter & honeycomb cookies
And more

Something for every guest. Different textures, different flavour profiles, different levels of indulgence, all made to the same high standard.

Why a Dessert Tower Might Be the Smartest Decision You Make for Your Wedding

We talk about this a lot, because it genuinely surprises couples when they start looking at the options.

A traditional wedding cake is beautiful, and we'll always advocate for a good one. But it does one thing: it gives every guest the same slice of the same few flavours. If they don't like the falvours, they're quietly slipping away to find the cheese board.

A dessert tower changes that completely.

Guests get choice. Real choice. They can pile a plate with different bakes, come back for more, try something they wouldn't normally order. It becomes part of the experience of the evening rather than a brief moment at the cutting table.

It can also be a more cost-effective option. We won't pretend that a multi-tier wedding cake with intricate decoration is cheap — because good ones aren't. A dessert tower, depending on your guest count and the bakes you choose, can work out as a genuinely competitive alternative. And for many couples, it delivers far more variety for the budget.

And the stand? We hire it out as part of the package. So you're not sourcing a prop, or paying over the odds through a venue. It's all taken care of.