Autumn wedding cakes ideas and inspiration with autumn leaves for the fall season

32 Autumn Wedding Cake Ideas

Photography by Cat Stephens Photography

Saying your I Do’s in the gorgeous autumn season? You’ll want to look at our 32 autumn wedding cakes! We’ve put together the most popular autumn wedding cake designs and styles, the yummiest autumnal flavour combinations, and fall cake decor ideas, which include pumpkins, leaves, dried fruit, moody florals and unique cake toppers! We truly have it all. Plus, we asked our Recommended Suppliers for some top tips in coordinating your cake with your wedding theme! Autumn is full of all the good things. Mugs of hot chocolate, cable knit sweaters, crisp chill air, and Halloween! The fleeting season is a favourite for many, and it might be yours too after this!


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Popular Autumnal Wedding Cake Styles

What are the most popular autumn wedding cake designs? Well, we've asked some of our lovely Recommended Suppliers this question and this is what they've said! Wedding cakes are often used as decor by couples who want their cake to reflect the theme, colour scheme, and season of their day! This is why seasonal colour palettes are essential. The most popular autumnal cakes include shades of orange, gold, brown, silver, green, and red, which are normally brought through sugar paste or decorative florals. Dried flowers are a great addition to an autumn cake, savouring what’s left of summer and adding that perfect boho style. Autumn brings a wilder feel that embraces natural and textured designs. Suppliers are also seeing a lot of dried fruit, and nature-inspired designs that reference animals, pumpkins, and more! Recommended Supplier, Cakes by Tasha, is seeing a lot more retro wedding cakes. Sustainable choices for decorations are also on the rise, including sugar and wafer paper flowers.

Autumn Wedding Cakes With Orange Icing

Orange drip iced wedding cake
Single tier orange iced autumn wedding cake
Boho style wedding cake with dried grass and dried wedding flower decorations
Epic foru tier wedding cake with deep autumnal colours in orange, brown, and beige shades

The Best Wedding Cake Flavours For Autumn Weddings

Autumn is the time when Starbucks bring out their famed Pumpkin Spice Latte, so why not embrace those warm and spicy flavourings into your wedding cake? From pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, salted caramel, toffee, coffee, red velvet, and chocolate, you can have that cosy feeling with one bite! Recommended Supplier, Peak Patisserie, loves making an apple and salted caramel cake, it’s a firm favourite in their house. Made with homemade salted caramel and an apple and cinnamon sponge, it’s everything autumn should be, warming and homely! Recommended Supplier, Cakes by Tasha, bakes a pistachio and raspberry cake that a lot of her couples are choosing for autumn, too! Plus, Recommended Supplier, Bella and Bean Cake Design, uses a salted caramel fudge flavour and has a popular spiced carrot and ginger cake that goes down a treat! Yum!

Fall Wedding Cake Toppers

Single tier white iced wedding cake with dried fruit orange slices and wooden cake topper
Retro style black and orange heart shaped wedding cake topper on white wedding cake
Tree trunk style fall themed wedding cake for rustic wedding with personalised cake topper
White and gold metallic simple and neutral wedding cake for the autumn season
Woodland wedding with semi-naked cake and chocolate drip icing decorated with foliage and macaroons
Elegant three tier white iced wedding cake with gold flake design
Caramel drip icing style on semi-naked frosted wedding cake decorated with natural style flowers and foliage
Autumn theme wedding with autumn wedding cake including ombre style icing, roses, berries and figs

Seasonal Colour Palette and Autumnal Decor

For us, a cake isn't complete without some decor, whether that be flowers, a cake topper, fruit and more. Cake toppers could show off your and your beau's initials, and lyrics from your favourite song, or you could have miniature versions of you made in icing! Popular fruit decorations for autumn include figs, oranges, and passionfruit. Popular autumnal wedding flowers include dahlias, roses, calla lilies, sunflowers, chrysanthemums and more! You might want to bring in the autumnal season through cosy candlelight, burnt orange bridesmaid dresses, themed wedding signage and stationery and even autumnal wedding dresses!

Autumn Wedding Cakes With Leaves, Pumpkins & More

Brunt orange autumn leaves decorated two tier white iced wedding cake for fall wedding
The Painter's Pantry wedding cake with pheasant painted design
Mini pumpkin autumnal decorations with orange rose decoration and cake topper
Autumn leaves decorate three tier semi-naked frosted wedding cake for autumn wedding

Top Tips on Coordinating Your Wedding Cake With Your Theme

Your consultation with your wedding cake maker is essential in making sure you can get what you want and your supplier can deliver with confidence. This is your chance to get to know each other and build trust. Go into colour schemes, bring along samples or photos of things you've already sorted for your wedding (your venue, stationery and outfits etc.). This way, you can also add personal touches as well! If you got engaged in Italy, maybe some lemon slices would be a great decor idea and so on. Recommended Supplier, Peak Patisserie, recommends not leaving anything unturned. You should pick a cake designer that you feel you relate to and can build a relationship with to ensure they truly get the vision for your day to create your dream cake.

Semi-Naked Simple and Rustic Wedding Cakes

Naked wedding cake for rustic style wedding with natural decorations
Naked wedding cake with blackberries, blueberries, and fig fruit decorations
A sustainable wedding with a natural autumn wedding cake with natural greenery and foliage decor
Semi-naked rustic wedding cake decorated with dried wedding flowers for a fall wedding
Three tier rustic wedding cake decorated with dried slices of orange
Chocolate sponge naked wedding cake with pink flower topper
Drip icing for autumn wedding cake with pomegranate and other dried fruit decorations
Three tier semi naked wedding cake for autumn wedding with dried fruit and orange and red wedding flower decor

What wedding cake suppliers wish you knew about cakes

Recommended Supplier, Bella and Bean Cake Design, is a firm believer in our ethos! Your day, Your way! Your cake should be a reflection of you - your day, your style, your personality and something you really are excited to eat. So pick flavours you love. If you love colour, go wild with it, wedding cakes don’t have to be white. They also don’t have to be smooth and round - if you like the contemporary, have you considered a square or playing with texture - or spacers which add illusion to the overall look. Also, try not to pick a designer solely on price! Whilst budget is a major factor, couples should also take time to study and research whether the style and personality of the supplier fit with the vision. Hours of detail and planning go into making a dream wedding cake, it's never just eggs, butter and flour!

Delicious Fall Theme Wedding Cakes

White iced wedding cake with orange wedding flower decorations
Green iced wedding cake with spacer layer decorated with macrame
White iced three tier wedding cake with red, yellow and orange painted style icing with disco balls
Autumnal wedding cake with white and brown icing decorations for glasshouse wedding
White frosted wedding cake with floating layer and gold leaf decorations
White iced wedding cake with red wedding flowers decorated by Bloom Bakehouse
white iced wedding cake with white dried wedding flowers and disco balls
Autumn wedding cake design by Peak Patisserie

Rustic and simple fall wedding cakes in gorgeous autumnal tones...we're in cake heaven!

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Autumn wedding cakes are obviously great for autumn, but they're also perfect for couples wanting that moodier vibe with darker tones and decorations. Love this cake inspiration? You should also check out our iced wedding cake ideas for even more yummy goodness! Decided on the cake? What about your wedding flowers? Here are some of our favourite wedding flower arrangements EVER!

A special thanks to Recommended Suppliers, Peak PatisserieCakes by Tasha, and Bella & Bean Cake Design for their valuable insight and their gorgeous imagery! We've also included stunning cake designs by the following Recommended Suppliers, Bloom Bakehouse, Chelsea Buns Cake DesignThe Painter's Pantry, The Little Cake Company.


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