Flowers seem to grace the top of tiered cakes more often than anything else. My mother always puts fruits on her one-layer cakes, so that’s something I’m used to; but when it comes to something like a wedding cake, it tends to be flowers. This spring, how about we deck out our cakes with fruit?

Peach cake via Martha Stewart Weddings, cake by Lael Cakes, photo by Jen Huang; cherry cake via Call Me Cupcake; pomegranate cake via Style Me Pretty, cake by Cake Opera Co., photo by Mimmo & Naz; pear cake via Jose Villa.