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Choosing your wedding cake can be hard, there's no doubt about that. The thought of cutting your cake on your wedding day has been in the back of your mind for, well forever. It doesn't make it any easier that there are so many wedding cakes to choose from out there either. You should be extra careful when it comes to all-black wedding cakes, however.
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While black wedding cakes may look uniquely beautiful, you should also be wary of ordering them. There's one specific mistake all brides make when they order a black wedding cake for their big day-- which also goes to show why black wedding cakes aren't so common. Click to the next slide to find out what it is...
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A cake specialist from W.O.W. Cakes tells The Knot that you should actually stay away from choosing an inedible color entirely. Why? It will be totally visible on your guests' lips and teeth, and it will never come out of your wedding dress if you accidentally spill it.
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Now if you must have a black wedding cake, try to choose one that isn't entirely black. Perhaps choose one single tier to be black and for the rest to be a different color. Or you can even add an assortment of edible flowers to add some colorful touches to your dessert. Yes, black wedding cakes are pretty, but they can also be so messy.
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