"Display a Array of Wagashi: Consider 'Wagashi Cake' for Your Japanese Wedding"

What to Do When Cutting the Cake at a Traditional Japanese Wedding?

"I'm Having a Traditional Japanese Wedding＊"

"I'll Be Wearing a Shiromuku or Kurotomesode at the Reception♡"

For brides like these, what design do you plan for the "wedding cake," a classic wedding ceremony feature?

Traditional Japanese wedding cakes often feature designs like cherry blossoms or

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daruma cakes, but...

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Here's a suggestion!

How about a "wagashi" (traditional Japanese sweets) cake?

Traditional Japanese Weddings Deserve a Japanese-Style Cake♡

A wedding cake made of wagashi looks like this＊

Instead of making a large cake out of wagashi, you can arrange small wagashi on a stand. Various shapes like cherry blossoms and rabbits are both vibrant and lovely♡

It's recommended to use namagashi (fresh sweets) rather than himigashi (dried sweets). Colorful and delicate wagashi evokes a feeling of purity just by looking at it.

If you don't serve them at the reception, being able to take them home as petit gifts is also attractive＊

Here Are Some Wagashi Cake Ideas＊

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Autumn wedding with maple leaf wagashi♡

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During the moon-viewing season♡ It seems like they cut into a round jelly moon sprinkled with autumn leaves on a yokan cake. The bears are all facing the bride and groom, which is impressive...!

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A design featuring fluffy hydrangea wagashi. Real hydrangeas decorate the front of the cake stand＊

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A cake where the bride and groom stand cutely on top of yokan, surrounded by cherry blossoms and chicks lined up neatly＊

If You’re Having a Traditional Wedding, Go for a Wagashi Cake♡

I've shared an idea for creating a cake by arranging small wagashi♡

It seems most people create a slightly larger yokan cake as the centerpiece since cutting small wagashi is quite difficult＊

(Some brides opted not to cut the cake and just had the first bite of wagashi!)

If you're wearing a traditional outfit, having a wagashi cake can also create a wonderful sense of unity through "wa" (harmony)♩

➡ Check out the list of articles on traditional Japanese wedding cakes here＊