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Beautiful choice! You could do a different favor for each layer. Chocolate, red velvet, lemon, etc.

First things to consider is what kind of cake you and your FI like/what is special to you and what your bakery offers. For example, my best friend loves chocolate, so they had a chocolate/chocolate cake. My fiance and I met at a party over carrot cake, so we are serving carrot cake. Your bakery should let you do a tasting where you can sample different combinations of cake and filling flavors. If you still aren't sure, ask the bakery what are their most population combinations and/or the baker's favorite.

We just had the tasting for our cake. We are also haveing a 4-teir cake. I was told that you want to stick to two flavors because you do not want one to run out and people to start asking for it. We have picked out what we want and what we think people will like. For the top and bottom layers of the cake we are having a white cake (not the vanilla yellow, its white, made with egg whites) with passion fruit purree and blackberry italian meringue buttercream. For the middle two layers of the cake we are having a bananna cake (kinda like bananna bread w/o the nuts) with a chocolate italian meringue buttercream.

I would stay away from anything with nuts just in case of a nut alergy. And just go with stuff that you like, not what you think a wedding cake is supposed to be. Good luck!

Since your wedding is in the summer, have you considered a fruit filling? something with strawberry, peach, pinneapple would taste sooo yummy. I think its much better than your regular frosting filling. That kind of filling tastes great with yellow cake, as long as its moist it'll be soo good, trust me.

The first thing to do is find out what flavors of cake and filling your baker offers. Then set up a tasting of the cake & filling combos you both think will be interesting. Chocolate will always go over well. Instead of vanilla, you could try white chocolate cake, lemon, orange, etc. Some bakers will treat the cake to a brushing or soak in a flavored liquor if you are into that. Think chambord or grand marnier. Fruit fillings can be jams, crushed fresh fruit, or baker fillings mixed into a mousse or buttercream. Take home the leftovers from the tasting for family to dig into.

I'd caution against super unusual flavors (like Black Forest Cake). If you are really attached to something like that, make it a groom's cake or the small tier.

Our cake is going to be 2 layers of lemon cake with homemade blueberry jam filling and 2 layers of dark chocolate fudge cake with homemade raspberry filling.

One of my clients did a lemon poppy cake with coconut creme filling inside. I have to say it was the best cake I've ever tasted from ANY wedding I've done. It has a smooth finish on the palette. It's unique enough that people will say wow that was different. A little tangy and not overly sweet, and when you cut it, it has a nice clean elegant look.

Hi: Your cake sounds like a work of art. In my experience of making wedding cakes, I have noticed that brides choose cake flavors that they themselves love to eat. That's great, but you will have to remember to TRY to please everyone. I found that the three most common crowd pleasers are party white, marble or chocolate...of these three you can put almost any combination of fillings for variety. Cake is pretty ordinary, but the fillings will jazz it up. The other thing I have noticed over the years is that men love chocolate. If they see plain white cake it will be ignored. A little chocolate or chocolate filling and the men are happy. Some bakeries will allow you to have every tier to be a different flavor. Ask about it. The only filling that tends to flop at a wedding is lemon curd...it is a mystery. Odd flavors like Kahlua, spice or almond paste are also slow movers. Stick with the simple and you will always get it right.

You are doing a beautiful job with the planning. I love the different flavors with each layer. I am located in Pittsburgh, but I fly for free if you need any help with day of or rehearsal events. Best wishes