Wedding Dessert Ideas | Elegant Sweet Options

Wedding dessert ideas on this special day, add a little sweetness to the feast of life as these graceful show.

Compared with the old-fashioned wedding cake, a multitude of beautiful and delicate delicacies, from rustled-up fruit pies or mini tartelettes with raspberries to dainty macaron desserts, elegant dessert tables that cant help but make guests smile soulfully as they gaze in approval.

These thoughts blend wealthy tastes with fine arts, whet appetites for your loved ones, and result in unforgettable experiences for yourself.

Wedding Dessert Ideas

Here’s a rich list of 50+ Wedding Dessert Ideas – perfect for creating a stunning, unforgettable wedding sweets table:

Elegant Cakes

1. Classic White Wedding Cake

2. Naked Wedding Cake

3. Ombre Wedding Cake

4. Floral Buttercream Wedding Cake

5. Gold Leaf Wedding Cake

6. Chocolate Ganache Wedding Cake

7. Lemon Raspberry Wedding Cake

8. Red Velvet Wedding Cake

9. Carrot Cake Wedding Cake

10. Almond Wedding Cake with Raspberry Filling

11. Champagne-Infused Cake

12. Vanilla Bean Wedding Cake

Mini Cakes & Personal Treats

13. Mini Wedding Cakes

14. Cake Pops with Pearl Sprinkles

15. Cupcake Tower (assorted flavors)

16. Mini Cheesecakes

17. Petit Fours

18. Mini Tiramisu Cups

19. Mini Pavlovas

20. Mini Chocolate Lava Cakes

21. Mini Bundt Cakes

22. Mini Fruit Tarts

Cookies & Bars

23. Wedding Sugar Cookies (custom shapes)

24. French Macarons (various flavors)

25. Chocolate-Dipped Biscotti

26. Linzer Heart Cookies

27. Shortbread Cookies with Edible Flowers

28. White Chocolate Raspberry Blondies

29. Lemon Bars

30. Salted Caramel Brownies

31. Strawberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies

32. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Pies & Tarts

33. Mini Pecan Pies

34. Rustic Fruit Galettes

35. Chocolate Cream Pie

36. Lemon Meringue Tarts

37. Key Lime Pie Bites

38. Apple Hand Pies

39. Pumpkin Tartlets

40. Blueberry Mini Pies

41. Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Tarts

Chocolates, Truffles & Candies

42. Assorted Chocolate Truffles

43. Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

44. White Chocolate Raspberry Truffles

45. Caramel-Filled Chocolates

46. Chocolate Bark with Edible Flowers

47. Homemade Marshmallows (vanilla, rose, champagne flavors)

48. Wedding Favor Chocolate Bars (custom wraps)

49. Gold-Dusted Chocolate Bonbons

Puddings, Mousse & No-Bake Treats

50. Chocolate Mousse Cups

51. Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta

52. No-Bake Cheesecake Cups

53. Fruit Parfaits with Whipped Cream

54. Coconut Mango Pudding

Wedding Dessert Ideas Recipes

1. Classic White Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups cake flour
• 2½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
• 1¾ cups sugar
• 5 large egg whites
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole milk

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Generously grease and flour cake molds.
2. Weave together flour, baking powder and (added) salt.
3. Whip the softened butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add one egg white for each (amount of) sugar.
4. Blend in vanilla. Add the dry ingredients alternately with milk.
5. Divide into lightly greased cake pans and bake for 25-30 minutes.
6. Vanilla buttercream is the frosting to use.

2. Naked Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Your favorite vanilla or white cake recipe (above works well!)
• Buttercream frosting (Swiss meringue or American)
• Fresh flowers or berries for decoration

Instructions:

1. Bake three cake layers and let them cool. There is thin frost between layers and sides (the cake should just barely show through).
2. The top of the cake can be decorated traditionally with flowers or chopped berries.

3. Ombre Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Vanilla cake batter, divided into 3–4 bowls
• Food coloring (shades of the same color)
• Buttercream frosting

Instructions:

1. Each bowl of batter should be tinted slightly darker than the last one.
2. Bake each color in separate pans.
3. Frosting is able to be used as a bonding agent-Like glue.
4. Let cool.
5. Frost outside of cake with light ombri style by blending colors. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

4. Floral Buttercream Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Vanilla or lemon cake layers
• Swiss meringue buttercream
• Gel food coloring for flowers
• Piping bags and flower tips

Instructions:

1. Bake and stack cake layers.
2. Frost with smooth white buttercream.
3. Pipe buttercream flowers (roses, peonies, etc.) in desired colors.
4. Arrange flowers artfully on top and sides.

5. Gold Leaf Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients: 

• White cake layers
• Smooth fondant or buttercream
• Edible gold leaf sheets
• Water and a food-safe brush

Instructions:

1. Bake and frost cake smoothly.
2. Put gold leaf on as thin as a feather.
3. Cover parts or all of the cake that are still exposed with a clear glossy coating to give it an antique look.

6. Chocolate Ganache Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Chocolate cake layers
• Chocolate ganache:
• 12 oz bittersweet chocolate
• 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions:

1. Bake cake chocolate cake layers.
2. Making the ganache: Heat your cream till it’s hot but not quite boiling, pour this over your chopped chocolate and stir until smooth.
3. Allow ganache to cool just to the lukewarm point and then pour over cake, letting it drip down the sides.

7. Lemon Raspberry Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Lemon cake:
• 2½ cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1½ cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tbsp lemon zest
• ⅓ cup lemon juice
• 1 cup buttermilk
• Raspberry filling:
• 1 cup raspberries
• 2 tbsp sugar

Instructions:

1. For the lemon cake Make the layers and let them cool.
2. Mash the sugar, and it’s ready to mix into lemon buttercream filling.
3. Layer the cake with the raspberry filling and lemon butter cream.
4. Garnish with fresh swung raspberries.

8. Red Velvet Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup butter
• 1½ cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• Red food coloring

Instructions:

1. Start by preheating your oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. In another bowl, mix together sugar and butter. After it becomes creamy add eggs, one at a time.
3. Stir clear vanilla and food coloring into the creamed mixture.
4. Add liquid ingredients to dry, beating just enough to mix.
5. Bake 25 minutes at 350°F (175°C). Ice with thick cream cheese dressing.

9. Carrot Cake Wedding Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup oil
• 1½ cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups grated carrots
• ½ cup crushed pineapple, drained
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions:

1. Sift together dry ingredients.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat together oil and sugar. Gradually add eggs, carrots, and chunks of pineapple.
3. Stir in nuts and flour.
4. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 30–35 minutes.
5. Cover with cream cheese frosting once cake is cool.

10. Almond Wedding Cake with Raspberry Filling Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups cake flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1½ cups sugar
• 5 egg whites
• 2 tsp almond extract
• 1 cup milk
• Raspberry preserves

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease two 9-inch cake pans.
2. Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. Add egg whites, one at a time, to the butter and sugar, stirring after each addition.
4. Blend in almond extract, and alternately fold in flour mixture and milk until smooth.
5. Bake 25 minutes.
6. Fill with raspberry jelly and top with almond buttercream.