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The Best Wedding Cakes of 2014

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Flavor meets fabulous in these standout wedding cakes.

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It caps off the festivities, so why shouldn't it cap off the year? Here, we serve up the most beautiful wedding cakes from celebrations that took place in 2014.

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Crêpe Cake

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Charleston Crêpe Company honored the groom's French heritage by creating a three-tiered confection of crêpes topped off with a pair of cute critters by Facci Designs. 

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Faux-Flower Wedding Cake

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At their San Diego wedding, Jess and Clint cut into a tiered confection by Hey There, Cupcake! that featured lemon cake and blueberry curd filling on the inside and hand-painted frosting and paper bloom garnishes on the outside.  

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Gluten-Free Wedding Cake

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Christen and Billy cut into a gluten- and dairy-free vanilla cake from BabyCakes at their California desert wedding.

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Small Wedding Cake

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Jennifer Baron designed this buttercream confection, while Fern Studio adorned it with golden velvet ribbon and a few standout blooms. The cake's flavor was a surprise not only for the guests, but for the newlyweds, too, who waited until the reception to taste the delicious raspberry crème and almond cake for the first time. 

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Winter Wedding Cake

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Molly and Sam's friend Zoë François made this petite wedding confection, which was an orange blossom honey sponge cake with vanilla bean Swiss meringue buttercream and kumquat-Champagne confit.

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Tropical Wedding Cake

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Kim and Thomas served a coconut-passion-fruit and ginger-lime cake by Nine Cakes at their tiki-style wedding in Brooklyn.

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Gold Wedding Cake

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Gold fondant and desert flowers covered a lemon-thyme wedding cake at Katherine and Jareds Santa Fe wedding. "I wanted something not too sweet," says Katherine. "I like the mix of sweet and savory."

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Classic Wedding Cake

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This three-tier cake by Buttercream was piped in an elegant pattern and boasted three different flavors: pineapple, strawberry, and chocolate. 

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Coconut Wedding Cake

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"We love coconut cake and can't get enough of it," Jamie says of the confection by Pastry Arts Barrani that was served at her wedding in Park City, Utah. 

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Homemade Wedding Cake

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The bride's aunt and cousin made this wedding cake, which was white velvet with a buttercream exterior. Antique English china figurines belonging to the bride's mother topped the confection. 

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Almond Wedding Cake

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This classic almond cake by The Custom Cake Shoppe (757-463-2253) was enrobed with buttercream icing and stephanotis vine. "My favorite part of weddings is the cake," the bride says. "I wanted ours to be classic and delicious. It was amazing, and we had it for breakfast the next day."

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Ruffled Wedding Cake

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Bake My Day created Amanda and Teresa's vanilla cake with buttercream icing that boasted various fillings among the four tiers: citrus raspberry, coconut mango, and mango. A vintage broach and silver ribbon tied the look of the cake into the look of Amanda's dress. 

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Kokeshi Doll Wedding Cake

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In honor of the bride's Japanese heritage, custom kokeshi dolls of the duo and their pup, Lancey, topped the cake by The Club at Kukui'iula at this Hawaii destination wedding.

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Vanilla Wedding Cake

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Casey and Ross cut into a vanilla cake with vanilla icing from A Piece a Cake. The delicate Etsy cake topper and black tier trimming kept the confection on theme with the rest of their Montauk celebration. 

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Berry Wedding Cake

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"I liked the idea of having the cake look like we baked it ourselves," Brooke says. But playing it smart, she and the groom outsourced the dessert to Sweet Layers Cakes & Pastries, which frosted vanilla bean cake with poppy-seed buttercream icing, then topped the whole thing with fresh fruit.

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Rustic Naked Cake

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Susan and Cartter opted for an exposed cake, made by Classic City Confections, with icing dripping down the sides.

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Millefoglie Wedding Cake

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Tiffany and Nic's tiered wedding cake by Devil's Thumb Ranch mimicked millefoglie, the traditional wedding cake of Italy, which is made by alternating stacks of flaky puff pastry and rich Chantilly cream. Tiffany and Nic chose lemon as the lead flavor, making the dessert truly bravissimo.

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