15 Drip Cakes You’ll Want — No, NEED — at Your Wedding

A scroll through Instagram’s popular wedding hashtags will give you hoards of #inspo, from dress styles to venues to glorious cakes. Among them is one sweet trend that deserves to be on every engaged couple’s radar: drip cakes. The fabulous craze comes in all styles and colors and features perfect drips of frosting melting down the sides. Prepare yourself for a little drooling as you scroll on to 15 of the yummiest renditions.

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Everyone is over here wanting drip cakes now, and I'm all like..."I already had it for my wedding cake." #amberheartsgonzo 9.3.16 #cakeporn #weddingcake #dripcake #dripweddingcake

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1. Texture Mix & Match: Ensure that your white cake is dripping with style by mixing the trend with different textures on the bottom tiers.

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Sophisticated drips of caramel ❤️ #weddingcake #tortdenunta #dripcake #dripweddingcake #bucuresti #cakes #caramel

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2. Caramel Drip: In case you were wondering, caramel drizzle is definitely pretty enough to replace fancy frosting designs. Dress it up with touches of dark floral and fruit accents.

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#dripcake #dripweddingcake #orchids #2017weddings #modernbride #georgiaweddings #gainesvilleciviccenter #quilliansgrill do you guys like this style! 💕💕💕

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3. Hot Pink Drip: With gold leaf *and* millennial pink drips, this naked cake is all the best cake trends mixed into one pretty, two-tier dessert.

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Wedding cake no. 2 from the weekend 😍

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4.Barely There Drip: Amp up the traditional wedding aesthetic with a barely there white drip and oh-so-elegant gold foil splatters. It’s simple, striking, and totally Insta-worthy.

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Pretty sad about the end of daylight saving and impending doom of winter, but at least it's the season for wintery cake flavours! Like this one! A butterscotch-soaked sticky date cake with butterscotch Swiss meringue buttercream, finished with gorgeous Australian native blooms and a salted caramel drip 🍃 📷: @antheaandlyndon 🌻: @lgwdesign (styled by us) 🍴: @nationalgalleryaus

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5. Ornate Drip: Make your guests do a double take with bloomin’ bunches that are dripping with yummy goodness — literally.

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This cake 😍  Marie Antoinette themed wedding. 📸  Photography by @withlovebygeorgie • • • Cake @lilaandsage Flowers @sweetlilacsstudio #marieantoinette #cake #themedwedding #weddingcake #glamwedding #luxurywedding #weddingchicks #weddingflowers

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6. Chocolatey Drip: Chocolate, flowers, and cake, oh my! This romantic, whimsical masterpiece looks like it took a trip under a flowing chocolate fountain, and there is everything right about that.

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Loved making this watercolor cake for my sister's bridal shower! Swipe to see details ➡

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7. White Chocolate Drip: Faux marble is another fab trend that will mix perfectly with dripping decorations on your wedding cake. The combo is endlessly playful and sets the tone for your post-nuptial party.

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We had such an amazing day yesterday at @adamspeakcountryestate! He is one of our new display cakes. A rustic iced bottom with a rose gold drip and topped with fresh flowers from @foreverfloralwd! #rustic #dripcake #rosegold #weddingcake #wedding #cake #counteywedding #rusticwedding #twotier #huntervalleyweddingcake #centralcoastweddingcake #newcastleweddingcake #madefromscratch #cakedecorator #cakedesigner #centralcoastnsw #ellabellacakesau #acdnmember

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8. Textured Golden Drip: Give your cake a bit of glitzy dimension with thick gold streaks that couldn’t possibly be more elegant. Bonus points if you’re willing to dangle your cake on a ledge for the ‘gram!

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Overflowing with 💐🌹 Tall style vanilla cake layered with raspberry & white chocolate and subtle white chocolate drip. Lavishly decorated with macarons, white chocolate shards, meringues, buttercream swirls & fresh roses. #durban #umhlanga #cake #freshflowers #whitechocolateandraspberry #baking #dripcake

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9. Off-White Drip: Have an elegant floral arrangement in mind for your cake? Incorporate the drip trend with a slightly darker shade than your base frosting for a subtle detail that will perfectly complete the look.

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10. Messy Caramel Drip: Sometimes imperfections are actually perfect. Case in point: this messy caramel drip. You’ll be giving off all kinds of chill bride vibes.

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Cute cake for a bridal shower 👯 👰 👯 Coordinator and stylist @blushingjoyevents • • • Photography @yasminroohiphoto Wardrobe @mandyrodonistyling Flowers @flowerstorygal Paper flowers @jonesandposy Cakes and caterign @yummycupcakessd Fashion @destinedbykristin #UrbanVeilsCouture #cake #bridalshowercake #bridalshower #imengaged #mybridalshower #bride #weddingchicks #brideinspo #bridetribe

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11. Bright Blue Drip: What pairs best with a pretty pink cake? An equally striking, bright blue drip. And don’t forget to top off the fairy-tale look with a giant red blossom for extra *pop!*

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12. Yellow Drip + Ombre: Hello, sunshine! Regardless of your big day’s forecast, spring and summer weddings can’t go wrong with drips of sunny yellow running down a pink ombre base. YUM!

13. Turquoise Drip: Using a bold color like turquoise on a light canvas creates a sleek, pinstripe effect. The result? An elevated take on the uber playful trend.

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Drip cakes are on the rise, as reported by #Pinterest | Read the full report at weddingsite.co.uk #dripcake #cake #weddingcake #wedding #weddinginspo #weddingideas #weddingplanning #instawedding #caketopper

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14. Black and White Drip: This yin-and-yang look of B&W drips running in opposite directions is a recipe for instant chicness. Leave it plain or deck it out on top like this wonder.

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Love, love, love this girlie semi-naked drip cake #kendal #lakedistrict #lakedistrictcake #dripcake #golddripcake #macaroncake #prettypink

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15. Gold Foil Drip: A cake doused in gold foil dreams?! YES, PLEASE.

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(Featured photo via @weddingchicks)