Wedding Cakes Blackheath

Not less than four or five months before your special day, you'll want to start hunting for wedding cake makers in Blackheath, West Midlands, and if you are planning to hire a top pro, maybe even earlier. If you've got family, friends and acquaintances who have just recently got married, you might as a first option try asking them if they can recommend the wedding cake makers who they used.

Browsing online is another great method, with local cake designers in Blackheath promoting their products on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, as well as on their own individual websites, by posting photos of their wedding cakes. You should not settle for the first Blackheath cake maker that you find, it is usually better to get in touch 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.

You will want a cake that both looks magnificent and tastes great and doing a tasting is an important part of the process. Ask for some samples to taste and have someone with you, so as to get a second opinion. If you have not already done so, this should help you come to a conclusion with regards to what kind of cake you favour.

Your possible choices are countless and as well as the cake style ie 2 tiered, pillow shaped, round, four tier, heart shaped, 3 tiered, single tiered, square or scalloped, you'll have to decide on the type of cake ie sponge cake, fruit cake, cheesecake, marble cake, ganache, sorbet, gateau, cupcakes or chiffon.

The next aspect to decide will be the flavour of the cake, amongst the countless choices are banana and walnut, carrot, almond, chocolate, red velvet, coconut and lime, pink champagne, white chocolate and raspberry, apple spice, lemon and vanilla. After this you should contemplate the cake filling, maybe you would like dark chocolate ganache, lemon curd, buttercream, German chocolate, white chocolate, fresh strawberries, raspberry mousse, chocolate banana, pastry cream, vanilla mousse, marshmallow fluff, chocolate mousse, lemon sorbet or chocolate hazelnut.

Wedding Cake Size - Determining exactly what size wedding cake is required is often a little tricky, however this can be easily sorted by chatting with your cake maker, who'll use a nifty chart for determining cake sizes according to different factors. Your cake maker can estimate the tier sizes based upon your chosen design and your proposed quantity of guests.

Wedding Cake Toppers - The very last confusing choice that you'll have to make is your wedding cake topper, of which once more there are many. To stand proudly on top of your wedding cake in Blackheath, pick from crystal wedding cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, pearl cake toppers, message wedding cake toppers, funny wedding cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, floral wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, white dove wedding cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers, personalized wedding cake toppers and bell wedding cake toppers.

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