"Bridal Cakes Making a Comeback: A Special Feature on Imitation Wedding Cakes with Mom's Generation♡"

Nano-chan’s cake cutting was so cute...! ♡

Influencer Nano-chan's wedding cake was really adorable!

Everyone, did you see it? ♡

A wedding dress with big puff sleeves and a large wedding cake!

Nano-chan's wedding, held at the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo in Nihonbashi, was a beautiful ceremony that blended a classic atmosphere with a modern glamorous touch. I'm looking forward to her Instagram updates every day. ♡

Especially the wedding cake was so cute.

It seems that choosing large imitation wedding cakes hasn't been as popular recently, but I have a feeling it might become a trend again.... ♡

In some places abroad, imitation cakes are mainstream too *

The wedding cake that Nano-chan chose is an imitation (also known as a fake cake).

It looks like it could be several meters tall, but these are not made from edible sponge or whipped cream; they are crafted from inedible materials (like clay, foam, or paper).

The production process looks like this!

In some cases, only the part where the cake is cut for the first bite is made of edible materials. ♡

Large imitation wedding cakes used to be the norm, but recently they've become somewhat rare.

Especially in casual weddings in America and Europe, you often see smaller fresh cakes used as wedding cakes.

(Like this!)

The most contrasting to a large imitation cake is the naked cake, which is a wedding cake that reveals the sponge without any whipped cream.

It can be considered a symbolic presence in casual, laid-back weddings.

Fake imitation cakes are the opposite of these casual ones; they’re flashy, large, and classic.

If fresh wedding cakes are suitable for restaurant weddings, garden-themed weddings, or guest house weddings, then imitation cakes are suited for hotel banquet venues.

They shine more in beautifully lit, chic spaces rather than in naturally bright spaces.

(Like this image!)

Unlike America and Europe, in countries around Indonesia, large fake wedding cakes are mainstream.

(Indonesia is famously known for its extravagant weddings! ♡)

Look at this! ♡

✅ For example, a cake that looks about twice the height of a person!

✅ A design resembling a castle! ♡

✅ Hanging from a chandelier

✅ Colored, adorned with flowers! ♡

✅ While the size might be classic, the design is trendy with baby's breath and gold accents.

Various ones! ♡

The performances are amazing....

Because it’s a glamorous and flashy wedding cake, the performances accompanying the cake cutting are also impressive.

✅ Fireworks going off

✅ Fireworks raining down

✅ Here too, fireworks going off

It's truly amazing! The cake itself can even light up.

Surely, this cake is just like what our parents' generation had! ♡

Now, brides in their 20s and 30s are probably from the generation where their parents held "the first Western-style weddings," and at that time, what was popular were large puff sleeves and these large imitation cakes.

Back then, there were no guest houses specifically for weddings, so they were likely held at banquet venues such as hotels or "◯◯ halls" (where folding screens were often present).

A wedding like Nano-chan’s, with a large puff sleeve and an imitation cake, feels similar to weddings of our parents’ generation, much like in Indonesia. ♡

I find it really lovely, including such synchronicity. ♡

I'm sure moms would feel nostalgic seeing their own reflections in this.

I feel like there's been a recent rise in classic trends...

When choosing a wedding cake, I thought that the splendor and timeless appeal of imitation cakes is also very attractive, not just fresh cakes. ♡

I thought so too. *