Wedding Cakes Bishops Stortford

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, should start at the very least four months prior to your planned wedding date, and possibly sooner than that if you would like to use one of the really popular bakers. If you've got relatives, friends and acquaintances who've fairly recently been wed, you can as your first option try asking them to recommend the wedding cake makers that they used.

Many cake designers utilize the internet to showcase their services, so make sure you check online for bakers that have posted pictures of wedding cakes they've produced. You ought not settle for the first Bishops Stortford cake maker that you find, it is generally best to make contact with at least 3 bakers so you can guage their enthusiasm for the task and get a concept of their proficiency from viewing a portfolio of their cakes.

To be sure you will also need to taste their cakes as you want your wedding cake to taste nice as well as look good. Ask all of the wedding cake makers on your list for some samples to try, and have someone you can trust with you to get a second opinion. If you have not as yet done so, this should help you come to a conclusion regarding what kind of cake you would prefer.

You will have various choices such as the cake style ie heart shaped, round, 4 tier, pillow shaped, square, 2 tier, 3 tiered, scalloped or single tiered, and the type of cake ie cheesecake, sorbet, ganache, sponge cake, cupcakes, gateau, chiffon, fruit cake or marble cake.

You will also want to decide on a flavour, so get creative choosing from banana and walnut, red velvet, almond, champagne, coconut, carrot, lemon, vanilla, white chocolate, apple and chocolate. After this you should select the wedding cake filling, maybe you fancy chocolate banana, raspberry mousse, dark chocolate ganache, lemon sorbet, German chocolate, hazelnut buttercream, lemon curd, marshmallow fluff, chocolate mousse, pastry cream, white chocolate, strawberries and cream, vanilla mousse or raspberry almond.

Wedding Cake Sizes - Establishing just what size wedding cake is needed may be rather bewildering, though this can easily be resolved by meeting with your cake maker, who will have a simple chart for working out cake sizes based on various factors. Armed with a figure for your volume of guests and your chosen style of cake, the tier sizes to give you the needed quantity of portions can be estimated by the cake maker.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Picking out a wedding cake topper ought not to be simply an afterthought, as what you end up choosing will be the crowning glory of your wedding cake in Bishops Stortford. Pick from Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, message wedding cake toppers, flower wedding cake toppers, personalized cake toppers, white dove wedding cake toppers, crystal wedding cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers, funny cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, pearl bead wedding cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers and bell cake toppers.

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