What are the latest cake trends in 2024?

This year’s cake trends range from minimalist styles to frills, bows and metallics or even to sustainable baking practices. 2024 is bringing some fun new designs for your birthday, wedding and celebration cakes. Let’s see what styles are on trend for cakes in 2024.

Bows and Frills On Your Cake

Make your cake stand out with buttercream frills and ruffles or beautiful ribbon and icing bows, or even a combination of both! Think of puffed sleeves on Bridgerton dresses, or ethereal wedding dress frills mirrored in your stunning cake design. From birthday bakes to wedding cakes this season’s frills and bows style is perfect for all celebrations. Take this special 21st birthday cake for example. It’s chocked with both buttercream frills and topped with contrasting bows to add the perfect finishing touch.

Metallic Cake Designs Are Trending

From traditional gold and silver to copper, rose gold or any colour you fancy, adding metallic details to your cake is big in 2024. No need to go full bling with gems or sprinkles. Just a shimmer of metallic is enough for one of this year’s hottest cake designs. Pair it with black contrast to really make the metallic stand out. Just look at this two tier beauty for a 30th birthday.

Minimalist Cake Trends

Keeping it simple is one of the fastest growing cake trends as we launch into 2024. From a plain, or naked buttercream finish to simple, clean fondant look, minimalist cakes are in! Perhaps try an absolutely plain cake or with a few subtle details like matching lace or a single flower. The minimalist cake trend is only going to grow in 2024. Delicate lace that matches the background of this cake is elegant and minimalist. See here how minimalism can still give a luxurious look to your wedding cake like this.

Sustainable Cake Making

Check with your cake maker about how they source their ingredients, what sort of packaging they use and how they deal with waste. All of this is essential when making sure you choose a cake maker that’s focused on making their cakes sustainably. Also, they should also be focused on having minimal impact to the environment.

All ingredients and equipment should be sourced locally, where possible. Everything from using local eggs, to buying cake toppers from the crafter in the next street adds up. Even getting cake boards and boxes form the shop round the corner. This all has an impact on reducing transport costs and airmiles that go into your cake.

Additionally, it’s important to check that the cake packaging is sustainably sourced and recyclable or compostable. Ask your cake maker to ensure there’s no plastic in their packaging; it can all be swapped for cardboard or compostable alternatives!

Finally, check how your cake maker deals with food waste. They should reuse cake scraps in things like cake pops, or compost them to make sure there’s as little waste going to landfill as possible.

Let Us Create A Cake Trend For You

At Marie Makes I love to design and create the perfect cake for your special occasion. I always offer the latest styles and cake trends, taking time to master new techniques and perfect them for your cakes. I’m always adding new skills, styles and techniques to my repertoire, as I want you to have only the best for your birthday, wedding, anniversary or any cake! If you’re looking for your own on-trend cake, I’d love to create something unique and special for you. Get in touch and see what we can bring to life together!