Black and white wedding cakes are a popular choice for weddings today. Using black and white allows you to easily match other decorations and accents throughout the celebration. This cake can look many things, depending on how it is designed, including elegant, modern, sophisticated and stunning.

When most people think about wedding cake they think about a white cake. If you are this kind of person and you do not want to stray too far away from the normal wedding cake vision you can just use slight accents of blacks. Your cake maker can use strategic dots, stripes or other patterns to allow your cake to come alive.

If a little bit of black is not enough for you, you might want to color distribution to be even. One way to do this is alternating the color of each tier of the cake.

Another trend in wedding cake design is to have patterns and designs on the cake. Many brides choose simple design elements such as polka dots, lines, swirls and stripes. Other shapes which are popular include hearts, diamonds, and squares. If you are looking for a more complex design you could consider flowers, leaves, monograms or even pictures on the cake.