At Cakes by Melissa current wedding trends often inspire our new cake designs. This helps us to design unique cakes that co-ordinate and compliment your wedding. Through discussion with our clients and industry analysis, we believe that the following styles will be hot in 2008...   1. Painted cakes The popularity of painted wedding cakes has grown and grown recently. Many of our brides have asked for details from their wedding gowns, flowers or invitations to be incorporated within their cake design.         2. Black and white themed Although black and white weddings have been popular for some time in America, this bold colour choice is proving a hot trend for 2008 in the UK. Indeed, strong colours are likely to be a key feature of this year's wedding celebrations.         3. Jewellery adorned cakes Inspired by jewellery adorned wedding dresses, cakes decorated with jewellery are a stylish choice for the modern bride. We use Swarovski cystal brooches, that you can keep to remember your dream wedding cake.         4. Lacework There will be many dresses featuring lacework this season and many brides are looking to co-ordinate this with their cake.         5. Organic At Cakes by Melissa we endeavour to use organic ingredients wherever possible, which both enhances the flavour of our cakes and represents a more environmentally friendly alternative.