Our Favorite Southern Cakes to Serve At Your Wedding

Perfect for an intimate winter ceremony, this red velvet cake with snowy white frosting transforms into a beautiful wedding cake.

Recipe: Red Velvet Cake Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

This delightful cake is the ideal recipe for a spring wedding ceremony.

Recipe: Lemon-Orange Chiffon Cake

Strawberry cakes are a Southern springtime favorite. This delicious recipe has been transformed many times into a wedding cake for small spring ceremonies.

Recipe: Triple-Decker Strawberry Cake

Whether you are planning a small wedding or an at-home reception, this recipe can be adjusted for the size of your crowd.

Recipe: Tiered Poppy Seed Wedding Cake

Make your attendants feel extra-special by personalizing these adorable cakes with their initials. For a formal affair, use white-on-white frosting or monochromatic hues. Experiment with contrasting colors for a casual look.

Recipe: Bridesmaid Baby Cakes

These small, tiered treats with 3-inch-round bases lend elegance to an intimate engagement party, tea, or dinner. The cake was cut into three graduated circles with biscuit cutters.

Recipe: Small Tiered Cluster Cakes

A wedding tradition in the Appalachians, guest would bring a cake layer to the wedding ceremony. The family added an apple filling between each layers. The more popular the bride, the higher the cake!

Recipe: Apple Stack Cake

Inspired by ribbons and lace and reminiscent of fine china, this beautiful cake will be the focal point of your wedding reception.

Recipe: Amaretto Cream Wedding Cake

This reader-favorite has been baked as both a wedding cake and a groom’s cake. However you choose to use it at your ceremony, it will certainly be enjoyed by your guests.

Recipe: Chocolate Cake IV

For a fun twist on the traditional Groom’s cake, serve these cute baby cakes.

Recipe: Snowy Chocolate Baby Cakes

Top this cake with Sugar-Coated Orange Slices and Sparkling Cherries.

Recipe: White Cake with Bourbon Buttercream and Seven Minute Frosting

Spice cakes were once very popular choices for wedding cakes. This recipe brings back the classic while adding a bright and delicious citrus filling. For extra beauty, use a kitchen torch to lightly brown the edges of the frosting, if desired.

Recipe: Spice Cake with Citrus Filling

The Lane Cake, featured in the March 1966 issue of Southern Living, has become a classic Southern specialty. This gorgeous rendition, with a peachy makeover and an unforgettable meringue frosting, will be as eye-catching as the bride.

Recipe: The Lane Cake

Coconut is the doyenne of Southern layer cakes and, served as a wedding cake, this masterpiece will be right at home with your heirloom linens and silver.

Recipe: Coconut Chiffon Cake

The Hummingbird Cake, first published by Southern Living back in 1978, quickly became a beloved favorite with Southern bakers. The delicious blend of spices and tropical fruits, along with a Creamed Cheese Custard Filling and Browned Butter Frosting, makes this an excellent choice for a wedding cake.

Recipe: 35th Anniversary Hummingbird Cake