Choosing your wedding cake can always be a difficult choice. You like fruit cake, your partner prefers sponge. You want cupcakes, they want 500 tiers…just another thing to squabble about before the big day. To give you an idea of what type of wedding cake to choose, here are our top ten tips to choosing that perfect wedding cake for your big day.
Take inspiration from your wedding theme and colours, wedding venue and your wedding dress. Having everything co-ordinated looks like you have gone to the ends of the earth and back to make everything perfect.
If you are having your cake made by a cake-making company, make sure you have your own ideas, opinions and suggestions ready for your first meeting. Your input will be greatly appreciated.
Make sure that you choose a cake maker that specialises in the type of cake you want. For example, if you want chocolate wedding cake, find a cake maker who has had good reviews and branded as a chocolate cake specialist.
When you are choosing your cake specialist, make sure that you ask to see examples of their work. You may even get some more ideas for your own cake.
Fruit cake is the traditional wedding cake filler, however if it doesn’t take your fancy what about carrot cake, or lemon cake and of course, everyone’s favourite, chocolate! You could even opt to have a different filling for each tier.
The bigger the better! Try and get a cake that’s slightly bigger than what you need so you can share it amongst people who were unable to attend the wedding and of course save some for when you get back from your honeymoon! You need to enjoy it too!
Make sure that you cater for any of your guests that have nut allergies. Perhaps a small cupcake or a cookie for them to take home from the wedding.
You could even serve your wedding cake as part of the dessert or as part of the buffet in the evening. That way it won’t go to waste and you can enjoy a slice too!
Get creative! Why not try tiers of fairy cakes or muffins for people to take throughout the night. Or even a pavlova tower! Your options are endless.
Ask how the cake will be transported to your venue and when. Fresh patisserie needs to be made the day before so it doesn’t go stale.
Useful websites for cake designers
Taste the dream
Cooks Wedding Cakes
Marks & Spencers wedding cakes
Choccywoccydoodah
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