Hanging Wedding Cakes: The Trend that Will Leave Your Guests Speechless

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Love is not the only thing in the air on weddings these days. Hanging wedding cakes is the new trend that is all over Pinterest and that will leave your guests speechless.

Say good-bye to a traditional cake stand and make your most important dessert stand out! Get inspired with these 12 stunning hanging wedding cakes.

1. Pure Romance

This four-tiered floral painted wedding cake is pure romance. The cake swing is suspended by ribbons and delicately embellished with blush, deep red roses and greeneries, which matches the cake painting perfectly.

Romantic wedding cake on a hanging swing embellished with blush, deep red roses and greeneries. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Alexandra Vonk Photography

2. Trends od Trends

In case you didn’t know, figs and macramés are also extremely popular on weddings right now. Not only figs are a delicious fruit, but it also looks great on the eyes. As an extra bonus, this is an excellent way to incorporate Living Coral (a.k.a. Pantone Color of the Year) on your wedding.

Boho vibes with this semi-naked fig wedding cake on a macramé hanging swing. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Jo Bradbury Photography

3. Say YES to Drama

With bold colors and a voluminous greenery skirt, this wedding cake display will make your guests line up for photos.

Say YES to this dramatic floating cake display. Warm gold frosting with blush and dark red flowers and a huge greenery skirt. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Jeni Smith Photography

4. Vintage Glam

This cake display got a little more magical with these floating vintage birdcages, lots of greenery and a glamorous sparkly gold blanket.

Fairytale inspired wedding cake display. Hanging dessert table embellished with lots of greenery and vintage birdcages. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Shoebox Photography

5. Chandelier Style Hanging Wedding Cake

This rose gold chandelier style wedding cake is anything but boring.

Rose Gold glam tiered wedding cake, hanging from the ceiling like a chandelier style and lots of pink flowers. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Aggie Photography St Pete

6. Rustic Chic

This wedding cake combines rustic elements, like the wood base and the ropes, with an all white frosting cake, embellished with greens and gold elements, that also gives it an elegant look.

This minimalist all white wedding cake embellished with some greenery on a hanging swing is everything! // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Heledd Roberts Photography

7. A White Affair

Just like the previous example, this wedding cake is a rustic chic mix, but the cake is the only element being featured, with lots and lots of eucalyptus foliage and white roses.

All white wedding cake, embellished with white flowers and greenery eucalyptus on a hanging swing display. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Allie Lindsey

8. Boho Meets Modern

Did you know Rose Quartz is the stone of unconditional love? Which makes it more than appropriate to use it as a wedding cake topper and dessert table decoration. The geometric patterns on the three-tiered cake give it a modern look, perfectly counterbalanced by this unique boho style macrame swing suspension.

Boho meets modern. Minimalist wedding cake with geometric triangles pattern on a hanging macramé swing with circular shaped wood base. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Wisteria Photography

9. Elegant Romance

A romantic semi-naked cake with delicate flowers is the perfect match for this modern, all white and gold accents display.

Semi naked cake with thin white frosting, gold laser cut cake topper and minimal floral decoration on an elegant hanging swing display. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Amy Sturgeon Photography

10. Free Spirited Bohemian Dream

Another macrame hanging swing inspiration. This one really just makes us wanna run free, like gypsies. Did I hear elopement?

This minimalist boho inspired wedding cake is calling all bohemian brides. Three-tiered white cake, embellished with macramé and red flowers on a macramé hanging swing display. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Melissa Gebert

11. Garden Dreams

If you are having a garden wedding, take advantage of big trees with sturdy branches to hang your wedding cake. The green foliage on the ropes makes the cake swing blend in perfectly with the surroundings, allowing the cake to be the focal point.

Garden wedding cake inspiration. Gold and white cake with chalkboard and burgundy details on a hanging swing display. // Jaw-dropping suspended cake display ideas for your wedding day. // mysweetengagement.com — Plenty to Declare Photography

12. Faux Floating Cake

If you love the way this new trend looks, but is way too scared to have your wedding cake hanging in the air, you can create a floating illusion with a small acrylic or glass table. And let’s talk about this massive greenery skirt? Absolute show-stopper!