Sweet wedding table: how to set and decorate?

Until recently, the ceremony of presenting a wedding cake was a steady tradition of all Russian weddings. This moment symbolized the transition to the sweet part of the event, and the cake itself was made of various sizes and with different decoration options.

However, a few years ago, such a ceremony was pressed by Western trends, and today the so-called sweet table is gaining immense popularity.

Sweet table is a separate place in the banquet hall, decorated in the style of the wedding celebration, and filled with all sorts of sweets. The main idea of ​​the sweet table is that guests can approach it throughout the whole evening, without waiting for the moment of tea drinking.

In the terminology of wedding designers, there is the notion of candy barwhich literally means "candy bar" and is characterized by a variety of small sweets, selected by style and color.

In addition, on the tea table, there may be related drinks and fruits. Decorated such a buffet table in the same style as the main table of the bride and groom, and the rest of the holiday tables.

The corner with sweets has several advantages at once, we will dwell on them in more detail.

• It serves as an additional decor. Beautifully arranged sweets on the pedestal decorated in the style of a wedding will attract everyone's attention, creating a festive mood.
• You can go to a table with sweets for socializing or just treat yourself to candy and cake, while hot dishes and snacks still reign on the wedding table.
• The originally decorated mini table will serve as a highlight of the banquet and a spectacular place for a photo shoot.
• For a young housewife, this is an excellent occasion to show their culinary skills or, conversely, to surprise guests with an exquisite taste, ordering unusual sweets from a particular country from pastry chefs.

When making decisions to organize such a fashionable innovation at their wedding, the newlyweds should be aware of some of the drawbacks associated with the sweet table. All of them are related to “environmental friendliness”, which should be taken care of in advance.

Sweets should not:

• melt from the heat;
• be weathered;
• be attacked by insects.

To begin with, you should decide on a general concept, make a detailed menu of the sweet table, and also take into account all the necessary attributes. It is equally important to determine the location of the dessert table.

If you plan to traditional wedding, with the beginning of the celebration before the registrar, then the mini-buffet will be most welcome. It is installed most often in the house of the bride, that is, where the bridegroom comes for her. At the beautifully decorated table, guests make the first toasts, a bride redemption ceremony takes place, the first memory photos are taken.

In the restaurant, which will receive guests to continue the celebration after the wedding, the sweet table should certainly be in harmony with the general style of the hall orientation. Such a table is installed, as a rule, against a wall, so that it does not interfere with movement, does not block the space. In addition, in the restaurant hall, the dessert table can be quite voluminous, and it is convenient to mount fixtures that hold multi-tiered structures to the wall.

The decoration of the tea table largely determines the overall impression from the organization of the wedding celebration. Therefore, it is important to pay enough attention to the decor of this element. In addition to confectionery, the sweet zone includes additional decorative elements: a tablecloth, flower arrangements and original dishes. Depending on the subject, the table can be added:

• themed wedding figurines;
• cards with inscriptions, flags and pointers;
• photos of newlyweds;
• garlands and lanterns.

The best option for the design of the table will be porcelain in the colors that are used in the design of the hall, curtains and tablecloths. If a certain color is not pronounced, then pastel colors are considered a classic - the delicate colors of the dishes will give the table a “sugariness” and airiness.

In addition to the services, in the decoration will come in handy tall glasses made of glass, flowerpots on long legs, decorative glasses. It is convenient to put candies in this dish, place lollipops on long skewers.

Cakes are laid out on flat plates or high stacked racks. For sweets without a wrapper, such as marmalade and candy, you need to provide deeper candy dishes. Spatulas for picking up small types of sweets, as well as mini-sachets will not interfere either. In them, guests can pour to taste Turkish delight, nuts, jelly sweets.

Dishes on a sweet table are arranged on a bottom-up basis so that tall objects do not block access to low vases or flat plates. For a round table, it is better to pre-install supports in several tiers under the tablecloth - small treats will rise on them, and below there is a place for tall glasses, drinks and vases.

In the variant of the table near the wall, high objects are placed in the far row and on the sides, in order to make it more convenient for guests to look at and reach for treats.

Do not put the dishes too close to each other. Tightly made plates and vases will give the table an overloaded look, as if they had unloaded the dishes for lack of space.

The variety of sweets available on sale can confuse even the most avid sweet tooth. In order not to make a bad choice, and at the same time to furnish the table with various delicacies, it is worthwhile to make a list of pastry purchases in advance. Even the most ordinary gizmos can diversify the sweet table, if they are offered in the range.

For candy table fit:

• sweets (chocolate and caramel);
• marmalade of different colors;
• eastern sweets;
• mini-muffins or muffins;
• lollipops of various shapes and colors;
• nuts and dried fruits in the glaze;
• cookies and waffles;
• marshmallow and soufflé;
• jelly figures;
• marshmallows and meringues;
• candied fruit.

Even the smallest sweet table should have its own compositional center. For this, a larger sweet dish is suitable - a small cake or homemade cake decorated with cream and berries.

Advice: you should not put the main wedding cake on a sweet table if you plan to solemnly cut it in the final part of the banquet.For a dessert table, it is better to prepare a smaller copy in advance so that those guests who do not stay until the end of the celebration can try it.

For the convenience of guests, a dessert table must be accompanied by drinks so that they can have a drink of sweets. But putting bottles and glasses on the table itself is not always aesthetically pleasing, and even after use they need to be removed somewhere. For these purposes most often another small table is used nearby or at the dessert table, which is filled with trays with glasses and cups. In the same place it is possible to put also containers with drinks.

Soft drinks, cold tea, fruit juices and fruit drinks, mineral water are selected from soft drinks. For cold time, hot tea and coffee are preferable, and for heat - containers with ice cubes. But it is not always possible to organize if the wedding banquet is not held in a restaurant where the waiters would be watching.

Some useful tips from experts in the design of candy bars will be useful to those who arranges a sweet table with his own hands.

1. It is better to purchase loose and piece sweets with a reserve, so that during the celebration the table would not suddenly be empty.
2. The number of varieties of culinary delights will depend on the composition of the table. For example, on the same table there can be only 3-4 types of different dishes, if they are large or made in a certain style. For variegated colors you can choose 7-9 species.
3. All desserts on the buffet table should be convenient to take with your hands and eat at one time. Therefore, preference is given to small figures or cut pieces, if it is a cake or a pie.
4. In advance, you should take care of food paper bags or boxes in which guests can take a treat with them. Capacities can be made to order or your own hands, making them in the appropriate style and color scheme.
5. On a sweet table or near, there must be racks with napkins so that guests do not break their heads, as they do not stain clothes with sweet fingers after a delicious treat.

How to decorate a sweet table, see the video below.