Wedding Cakes Craigavon

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, ought to start at the very least four to six months before your planned wedding date, and perhaps sooner than that if you want to use one of the really popular bakers. As your first option when looking for wedding cake makers, you could ask for recommendations from family, friends and acquaintances who have just recently been wed.

Searching online is another great method, with local cake designers in Craigavon promoting their products on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as their own individual websites, by publishing images of their wedding cakes. In order to give yourself a reasonable choice, it's best to get in touch with at least 3 or more local Craigavon cake makers, so you're able to check out their portfolios of wedding cakes and get an understanding of how enthusiastic they are about this project.

Remember to also taste several of their cakes because you'll need to ensure that your cake both looks awesome and also tastes wonderful. Ask all the bakers on your shortlist for a few samples to try, and have a friend or relative with you for a second opinion. If you've not by now come to a conclusion about what kind of cake you would prefer, this tasting might help you decide.

The choices will be many and varied and along with the cake style ie square, pillow shaped, two tiered, scalloped, 4 tier, single tiered, circular, heart shaped or three tier, you'll need to decide on the composition of the cake ie gateau, marble cake, sponge cake, chiffon, cheesecake, cupcakes, sorbet, ganache or fruit cake.

Another decision will be the flavour of your wedding cake and you might pick from chocolate, coconut and lime, white chocolate, banana and walnut, carrot, lemon, apple spice, red velvet, pink champagne, almond and vanilla. Then you should contemplate the filling for the cake, perhaps you fancy white chocolate, lemon curd, chocolate banana, vanilla mousse, marshmallow fluff, lemon sorbet, fresh strawberries, hazelnut buttercream, chocolate mousse, raspberry mousse, pastry cream, Belgian chocolate, chocolate ganache or chocolate cherry.

Wedding Cake Size - One puzzling aspect of ordering a wedding cake is the size, and before you decide this you will need to meet with the cake maker, since they use detailed cake charts which help them calculate what amount of slices can be comfortably cut from certain cake measurements. Once the design of the cake and the amount of guests is set, the cake maker will be able to determine the measurements of the tiers to provide the necessary quantity of slices.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Standing proudly on top of your wedding cake in Craigavon, will be your chosen wedding cake topper, and the range of these is amazing. Pick any you like from dove wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, floral wedding cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, word cake toppers, diamond spray cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, funny cake toppers, pearl wedding cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, bow and bell wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, butterfly cake toppers, personalised cake toppers and bride and groom wedding cake toppers.

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