Wedding Cakes: Tips and Advice
Wedding cakes that are a cut above... here we present tips and advice for choosing the perfect wedding cake...
Choosing your Wedding Cake should be as exciting an experience as choosing your dress. Find and book your supplier in the early stages of your planning, perhaps a year in advance, and try to find someone who can give you the opportunity to experiment with different shapes of cake and ways of displaying them, as well as tasting a variety of flavours of their products.
These days most Brides prefer different flavours of sponge cake, but remember your older guests will appreciate a more traditional fruit cake, so think about having at least the small tier in fruit for them. After all, you're not eating the whole cake yourself!
Check if any of your guests have a food allergy if so try to find a cake designer who can supply small individual cakes to meet their requirements. Your guests will be appreciative that they have included in the cake ceremony.
An intricately designed cake with hand made sugar flowers can take as long to make as your dress and this will be reflected in the cost, so if you want something elaborate be generous with your cake budget; around £500+. However, plain and simple cakes can look stylish and elegant and should be available at a reasonable price.
Plan a cake which is suitable for your venue. If you are having your reception in a marquee you need to be sure the floor will be stable and firm if you want your cake on pillars. A chocolate cake in a marquee on a hot summer day can have wow-factor for all the wrong reasons!
When deciding where your cake table is to be located, check its surroundings to see what will be included in the photographs. Fire extinguishers, radiators or the bar do not make a good background!
Your wedding cake is one of the most important features of the day. It should combine the colours and themes of the day and be a masterpiece created and designed specifically for you and your Bridegroom. By choosing the right designer and building a relationship with them throughout your planning you will not only have a cake that looks wonderful, but tastes delicious too.
Carol Dixon is a cake expert with her own business, Celebration Cakes by Carol
