Last week, the Internet was buzzing about a life-sized chocolate sculpture of Benedict Cumberbatch:

When you think about pie, do your eyes light up like a hungry cartoon who’s just noticed that dessert cooling in a windowsill?

Lately, every married couple-to-be seems gassed up about renting a food truck for their reception.

After Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette was released in 2006, people suddenly couldn’t get enough of the Queen’s favorite colorful confection: the macaron.

The wedding cake is a major part of matrimonial tradition. There’s even a whole portion of the reception devoted to cutting the cake! Slicing a piece of overpriced dessert shouldn’t be a spectator sport, and yet—people can’t wait to see a groom smush icing into the bride’s mouth. If you really want to give your guests something to look at, why not try skipping the cake all together? 

We’ve found 11 tasty wedding cake alternatives that will keep even the most conservative of wedding guests well fed and happy.