7+ Creative Naked and Semi-Naked Wedding Cakes

While there are definitely ways to get creative with your wedding menu while still satisfying – and wowing! – your friends and family, the culinary zone in which you can really show some personality is with your wedding cake and desserts. Traditional white wedding cakes can sometimes be deemed as “unexciting,” which is why some couples elect to include a "naked" or "semi-naked" confection in their celebration to change things up a bit.

Naked cake designs are adored with very little frosting, leaving the tiers exposed. It gives the dessert an “unpolished” look that so many desire for their rustic or boho-chic events. Semi-naked cakes are slightly more covered with icing, leaving very small windows of uncovered layers throughout the confection. These are the perfect choice for brides and grooms who are designing their wedding around an eclectic or shabby-chic motif – or even, simply, if they aren’t big fans of an overload of frosting.

See examples from real weddings below, and be sure to click on the links below each photo of the couple's naked wedding cake for further wedding inspiration!