• Be inspired by nature to come up with ideas for your fall wedding cake.fall colors image by Horticulture from Fotolia.com
  
  The contrasting colors of fall are a perfect backdrop for an autumn wedding cake, whether you plan on vanilla, chocolate or spiced rum. The palette of browns, golds, reds, oranges and yellows that make the season so beautiful are a cake artist's dream. Consider integrating pumpkins, apples, spice, fall harvest and Halloween into the wedding cake.
  
  

Classic White

• If you are going for classic elegance, a white, three-tiered cake is the way to go. Cake artists can decorate the cake with different renditions of fall leaves. Since there are so many kinds of leaves, bring your cake decorator different leaves or pictures of leaves you want on the cake. Collect pictures of pumpkins, berries, vines and anything else you would like rendered on the cake. Dark twigs can look very elegant against the white cake -- just be sure to add an accent that has bright oranges or reds in it. The accent may be used sparingly as the topper, or placed in a few places around the cake.
  
  

Brown Wedding Cakes

• Brown wedding cakes add a modern element to the wedding, especially when accented with a color like pink. Fall and autumn are just as much tied to fashion as holidays, so instead of adding iced leaves, you can integrate the warm colors and fashions of the season. Stripes, plaids and royal curves are in for the season so add them to your cake to impress guests. Make sure the cake matches the bridal party's gown and suit colors. Add cascading bright orange or red flowers to the chocolate-iced wedding cake to add a punchy twist to a season favorite. The flavor of the cake is also a big seasonal item, since you can usually choose a spiced version or one with apples or rum.
  
  

Holiday Wedding Cakes

• If your wedding falls on or near Halloween because you love the holiday that much, there is no reason your wedding cake can't be macabre. Bloody red icing dripping down three-tiered black chocolate with devil's food cake inside is sure to please the masses. Gothic decor and Tim Burton-like vines climbing all over an orange or red iced cake is also a beautiful representation of a holiday you love.
  
  Thanksgiving brings the season's warmest colors and memories of apple-picking, hay-riding and barrels by the old mills. Place the cake atop a wooden barrel surrounded by gold-foiled apples or even candy apples of reds and caramel. Leaves trailing down a three-tiered spiced cake are a beautiful way to bring in the season. Small, intricate dark green vines and pumpkins can give your wedding a Cinderella-like feel.