Elopement is usually a small wedding, often just for two, and sometimes for only some closest people. An elopement allows to feel the moment deeper if you are introversive, and it also doesn’t break the bank as you won’t need much decor or food. A wedding cake, which is often quite expensive, isn’t needed at all or in a big size, and you can stick to a small cake saving the budget. Which elopement cake to pick? Here are some trendy ideas.
Bento Cakes
Petites lunchbox cakes originating from South Korea, are called bento cakes, and they are really small yet cute. Bento cake allows a lot of types of personalization: letters and dates, calligraphy of all kinds, names, blooms, edible crystals.
Advantages: you can make or style a ready bento cake yourself, so it won’t cost you much money. A bento cake is easy to personalize and you can do that yourself together with your partner at a special date.
Disadvantages: the design is very simple and you won’t be able to turn it into a masterpiece.
This lovely bento cake is accented with red calligraphy, and you can make one yourself.
This lovely bento cake is decorated with letters and numbers and it's a cool solution for an elopement just for two.
This tan bento cake is accented with gold letters and a date, take one for a neutral wedding.
This bento cake is topped with red hearts and calligraphy, you can easily repeat such a design choosing a bento cake.
This lovely one tier cake is topped with calligraphy and some red hearts, and it's a simple and cute idea to repeat.
If you need something minimal, top your bento cake with some black letters, and voila.
This lovely small cake topped with red letters is simple and cute, and you can easily make one of a basic grocery store cake.
Accent your bento piece with a single red heart, and you won't need anything else.
A pink floral and pearl bento cake is a cool solution for a spring or summer elopement, and you can eat it as your breakfast before.
This bento cake is decorated in a refined way, with baby's breath and edible pearls.
This bento cake is topped with two cute hearts, and it's a lovely way to personalize a simple bento piece.
As modern and simple cakes are in trend, you can simply style your cake with some letters.
Styling a single tier cake with letters is a win-win idea as anyone can do it and you can say what you really want.
This bento cake is topped with a heart and letters, and you won't need more for an elopement with just two of you.
Lambeth Cakes
A lambeth or vintage cake is all the rage right now, and it works for elopements, too. Such a cake has lots of icing on top creating special patterns, and you can personalize it even more with some letters. It comes in a standard round or trendy heart shape, the colors are up to you.
Advantages: it’s a very trendy solution, and it won’t break the bank as a big cake. You can personalize it yourself as you want and there are many colors to choose from.
Disadvantages: a lot of icing nd sugar, suitable for people with really a sweet tooth only.
This couple chose a white heart-shaped lambeth cake with a date, it's a trendy solution. (via thelockharts).
Rock such a cool pistachio and orange lambeth heart cake with chamomiles and calligraphy for a spring or summer wedding.
Lambeth cakes are on top, and you can rock a pretty one for your elopement: here you can see a mint and pink heart-shaped one.
This neutral heart-shaped cake shows off vintage detailing, with calligraphy and patterns of orange and pink colors.
This heart shaped lambeth cake is styled with little disco balls, a great idea for a party elopement.
This is a white lambeth cake with calligraphy, it shows off two trends in one: a heart shape and lambeth detailing.
This fantastic heart-shaped lambeth cake is done with red and white sugar detailing and cherries on top.
A heart-shaped pink lambeth cake with calligraphy shows all the trends in one: heart shape, letters and lambeth icing.
This is how a trendy vintage cake with lambeth detailing can look, and here the cake is blush, and the detailing is white.
Get a pink and red heart-shaped lambeth cake with a fun word on top, it can be any word you want.
Rock a white heart-shaped lambeth cake if you want your dessert to look fashionable.
This vintage heart-shaped cake is accented with just some letters, and it's a trendy solution.
A pink lambeth heart-shaped cake with cherries and words is a lovely and fun idea. (via stefaniemphoto).
A white heart cake with lambeth detailing and words is a lovely solution that won't break thr bank. (via erikalagyphotography).
This white vintage cake is done with lambeth icing and letters, it looks super cool and is easy to make.
Other Cakes
There are many more options to choose from, lots of small cakes with various details and accents, which can be turned into real cakery masterpieces. Find a cake that suits your elopement theme and colors.
Advantages: lots of designs, looks and sizes, still won’t break the bank as it’s small.
Disadvantages: not as trendy as bento or lambeth cakes.
This small cake is done with cherries and blue bows, which are a trendy detail. Cherries on top are taken from vintage cakes.
This white lambeth cake is topped with the wedding date, and it's a cool way to announce your wedding date to everyone.
This small cake is done with brushstrokes, polka dots and is topped with disco balls for a party couple.
This simple heart-shaped cake doesn't show off any details except for calligraphy on top.
This small white cake is accented with baby's breath and calligraphy, and it looks trendy and fresh.
Highlight your wedding cake with lettering you want, and your dessert will be more about your couple.
This textural wedding cake with red calligraphy will be a nice solution for a modern elopement.
A small yellow cake with sugar flowers is a fun and cute dessert for your wedding.
This modern and sleek heart-shaped wedding cake is created for an elopement, and its trendy shape is cool.
This textural cake is topped with chocolate letters, which are perhaps the main ones in every love story. (via alyssabelkaciphoto).
This small white cake is topped with just some letters, and it looks adorable. (via cruzvalentinphotography).