Meringue Wedding Cakes

Meringue can turn an ordinary cake into a dreamy, dramatic, towering confection. Take a look through our gallery to find inspiration.

Clusters of spiky "petals" of soft meringue top the layers of this cake. The same meringue, spread smooth, covers the sides.

This layered pavlova is filled with soft whipped cream and fresh coconut.

This grand stack looks like a tower of mattresses sheathed in summery, romantic blankets. It was inspired by vintage chenille bedspreads, and consists of five nearly square tiers coated with Swiss meringue buttercream, then covered with crisp panels of Swiss meringue.

Dotted with meringue blossoms, this quirky cake has a 1960s feel. The cake is made with seven tiers coated with Swiss meringue buttercream and decorated with about four dozen meringue daisies.

This playful creation unites two traditional confections. Here, meringue mushrooms, often found on buches de Noel, sprout from cake tiers iced in soft folds of Swiss meringue frosting. Black Forest cake filled with kirsch-soaked cherries stands out against the stark white icing when this cake is served.

Swiss meringue buttercream icing, piped through a petal tip with a slight wiggle of the wrist, is the medium for the squiggles enveloping the Loose Petal Cake. Buttercream is soft, free form, relaxed -- and very delicious. Each buoyant, cushiony tier of this peach-tinted powder puff of a cake is almost imperceptibly elevated above the preceding layer.

A cascade of 60 piped meringue flowers tumbles down a stack of rectangular tiers for the Ribbon Rose Cake; each tier is edged in a pristine border. Each rose on this cake is piped with a single, continuous squeeze onto a flower nail and baked before being affixed to the cake with royal icing.

The Lady Baltimore cake (left) has white frosting and a filling that contains chopped nuts and dried fruits. It's accented with almonds and Swiss meringue fleurs-de-lis. The Lord Baltimore cake (right) is trimmed with Swiss meringue fleurs-de-lis.

This confection is composed of layers of Meyer lemon-flavored cake, lemon curd, and coconut Swiss meringue buttercream. Curls of fresh coconut and candied lemon peel form the ruffled flounces on the tiers.

This seven-tier coconut cake, frosted with Swiss meringue buttercream, candied coconut, and two different types of coconut flakes, will take your guests' breath away.