Wedding Cakes Belfast

It is advisable to begin your search for wedding cake makers in Belfast at least 4 months prior to your big day, maybe earlier if you want to use the services of a top notch pro. You can at first try asking relatives, friends and acquaintances that have recently got married to determine which wedding cake makers they used and if they'd recommend them.

You may also want to check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should be able to locate shots of their wedding cakes on their personal websites as well as on social media sites such as Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. In order to pick out a local Belfast cake maker who is confident about designing your cake, its advisable to contact at least three or four people, and have a look at their wedding cake portfolios.

Remember, you expect your cake to be tasty as well as look good and asking all your would be cake makers for a taste is crucial. Ask for some samples to taste and have someone with you for this, so as to get a second opinion. You should then be happy to determine what sort of cake you really want, if you have not already done so.

You'll have several choices like the cake design ie four tier, square, heart shaped, single tiered, scalloped, two tier, pillow shaped, three tier or round, and the kind of cake ie fruit cake, sponge cake, marble cake, chiffon, sorbet, cupcakes, gateau, cheesecake or ganache.

You'll also want to pick out a flavour, so knock yourself out choosing from chocolate, banana, coconut, white chocolate, carrot, apple spice, vanilla, almond, lemon, red velvet and pink champagne. After that you might decide on a cake filling, perhaps Belgian chocolate, lemon curd, vanilla mousse, marshmallow fluff, hazelnut buttercream, raspberry mousse, white chocolate, chocolate ganache, strawberries and cream, chocolate mousse, pastry cream, chocolate banana, lemon sorbet or Bailey's Irish cream.

Wedding Cake Sizes - One puzzling part of ordering a wedding cake is the size, and really before you establish this it is best to check with the cake maker, as they usually use cake charts that help them to determine the amount of portions can be cut from certain measurements of cake. When you've decided upon the cake design, the cake maker can easily calculate the sizes for the tiers based upon your predicted number of guests and the actual number of helpings you're going to give out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Lastly, you'll need to pick out your wedding cake topper, and once again you will find a huge range of cake toppers on the market for your wedding cake in Belfast. Among the numerous designs are funny cake toppers, personalised wedding cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers, pearl wedding cake toppers, flower wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers, message cake toppers, white dove wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, bell wedding cake toppers, diamond spray cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers and butterfly cake toppers.

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