Wedding Cakes Buckingham

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, needs to begin at least four or five months prior to your wedding date, and perhaps sooner than that if you want to use one of the really sought after bakers. Speaking with friends or relatives that have recently been wed is always really useful as your first option, you can ask about the wedding cake makers who they used.

You may also want to check online for websites promoting local cake designers, you should be able to find images of their wedding cakes on their individual websites and on social networking platforms such as Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. In order to give yourself plenty of choice, you need to speak to at least 3 or more local Buckingham cake makers, so you can check out their portfolios of wedding cakes and get an understanding of how passionate they are about your task.

You will want a cake that both looks good and tastes good and doing a tasting is an important element of the process. Ask for a few samples to taste and have someone else with you for this, so that you can get a second opinion. If you've not already made up your mind about what kind of cake you want, this tasting might help you to come to a decision.

The choices will be countless and in addition to the cake style ie square, four tiered, circular, 2 tier, pillow shaped, 3 tiered, heart shaped, single tiered or scalloped, you'll need to decide on the type of cake ie sorbet, cupcakes, sponge cake, fruit cake, chiffon, ganache, gateau, marble cake or cheesecake.

You'll also want to decide on a flavour, so get creative choosing from lemon, vanilla, chocolate, apple spice, banana and walnut, almond, coconut, white chocolate and raspberry, carrot, red velvet and champagne. Following this you should select the filling, perhaps you would like lemon curd, raspberry mousse, chocolate banana, lemon sorbet, pastry cream, chocolate mousse, chocolate ganache, white chocolate, Belgian chocolate, marshmallow fluff, fresh strawberries, vanilla mousse, caramel buttercream or chocolate cherry.

Wedding Cake Sizes - One bewildering element of ordering a wedding cake is the size, so before establishing this you need to consult with the cake maker, as they usually use cake charts which help them determine what amount of slices can be cut from certain cake measurements. Equipped with a figure for your number of guests and your cake design, the tier sizes to provide you with the needed amount of portions can be estimated by your cake maker.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Picking out a wedding cake topper should not be just an afterthought, since what you choose is going to be crowning glory of your wedding cake in Buckingham. Choose from word wedding cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, floral cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, dove cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, pearl bead cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers, personalised cake toppers, bell cake toppers and funny cake toppers.

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