Naked/semi-naked Cakes?

I think naked cakes are already on their way out. In many cases, the cake ends up dry because there just isn't enough icing to keep it moist.

I'm not a huge frosting fan so that would be a draw to me. At first when i saw them i was like wtf??? but they've grown on me. When they are well done they are gorgeous.

The one wedding I’ve been to that had a naked cake, the cake was pretty dry by the time they served it. I’m not sure how long before that it was cut, though. I’m also team give me all the icing so that may have altered my opinion some.

We're doing a semi-naked cake. I like the way they look, and I'm not really into frosting. One thing that our baker told us when we did our tasting is to go for semi-naked, rather than naked. Like pp said, frosting is what helps the cake retain its moisture so a truly naked cake can dry out really quickly and won't taste very good by the time you get around to eating it.

We had a naked cake. It was moist and delicious and had plenty of layers of ganache and frosting in between that the frosting on the outside wasn't missed at all.

Like most trends, this one is likely petering out. I think most traditional wedding cakes are over frosted, and I think fondant is disgusting, so I think a nice, thin layer of frosting is good. Your cake is going to be seen for 5 minutes (sure, there will be pictures but I promise you, you won't be framing a picture of your cake and hanging it in the house) so go for taste over looks. Other than some non-professional attempts. ,I've never really see an "ugly" wedding cake. Your guests will care a whole lot more about the taste of it than the looks of it.

To add, don't have or not have frosting because you or your FH don't like it. Have what you think most of your guests will like.

I guess you could consider our cake "naked"

I will admit it was drier than the one from our tasting and our replacement cake. Naked cakes had their moment but I think they're on their way out.

Honestly, dont choose a cake based on a trend. We chose our cake because it's something we both love and eat outside regardless of occasion! I think it's importance to choose a cake based on taste so you have a happy memory of feeding each other (which is symbolic of taking care of each other for the rest of your life)!

Oops here's our cake out in the buff!

Were doing a naked cake as our “display” and cutting cake. Then the guests will eat from sheet cakes. I’m hoping that prevents any “dry” perceptions of our cake. Although, we did a trial run with our baker and the cake lasted over a week, perfectly moist still. I was really impressed.

I don't like a lot of frosting, but I think naked cakes look terrible and I have heard they are almost always very dry... but if you like it go for it!

We tried to stay away from anything too trendy in general.

From someone that makes wedding cakes, they're horrible. I hate them. They get dried out, they don't look nice, etc..

The semi naked aren't so bad for small cakes.

I think when they're done right and fit the overall feel of the wedding, they can be absolutely beautiful.
I won't be doing one because I love frosting too much and I'm trying to stay away from trendy things.

View Quoted Comment What kind of cake is this?

View Quoted Comment It’s a coffee cake wedding cake!

the top lighter part was the crumbly cinnamony part of coffee cakes. She made it taller to look cool. It was heavenly and really really good after a year (we froze it).

View Quoted Comment Sounds delicious!

View Quoted Comment Absolutely gorgouse