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\nA vanilla or chocolate cake with some sort of fruit filling and a crown of buttercream or fondant. That describes just about every wedding cake in America, right? Well, pastry chef and cake artist Marina Sousa of Just Cake\u00a0gives us the\u00a0lowdown on\u00a0non-traditional takes on wedding desserts from around the globe. Perhaps a Croquembouche would make your guests go “wow”?
\n\u2022 Fruitcakes: Often a standard dessert at weddings in Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland and other countries with English heritage. To spice up the fruitcake, bourbon, brandy, whiskey or cognac is often infused into the cake.
\n\u2022 Kransekake: A tradition known in Scandinavian cultures, kransakake is comprised of ring-shaped almond pastries that are stacked to form a steep cone shape.
\n\u2022 S\u0119kacz\/\u0160akotis: Polish and Lithuanian cultures often honor celebrations with the popular dessert which closely resembles a pine tree in looks. The unique dessert is baked by painting layers of dough onto a rotating spit, which allows the dough to drip and form branches.
\n\u2022 Millefoglie: The traditional Italian wedding dessert features layers of light puff pastry with chocolate and vanilla creams.
\n\u2022 Mexican Wedding Cake: Contrary to the title, the traditional Mexican wedding dessert is actually a cookie that closely resembles shortbread shaped into crescents and covered in powdered sugar.
\n\u2022 Croquembouche (pictured): This traditional French dessert features light and fluffy cream-filled pastries piled high into a pyramid shape, and bound together with caramel. 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