Wedding Cakes Dorking

It is a good idea to start your search for wedding cake makers in Dorking a minimum of 4 or 5 months ahead of your big day, maybe even earlier if you intend to employ the expertise of a top pro. If you know of friends or relatives who've recently got married, you can as your first option try asking them if they can recommend the wedding cake makers that they used.

Make sure you search online for local cake designers, quite a few of them use the internet to promote their creations and you should be able to check out several images of wedding cakes that they've made. So that you can get a local Dorking cake maker who's enthusiastic about completing your cake, it's best to speak to at least three or four people, and examine their wedding cake portfolios.

Remember to also taste several of their cakes since you'll need to ensure that your cake both looks great and tastes great. It's nice to have a second opinion, so take someone along with you when you need to taste some samples of their cakes. If you have not as yet decided, this might also help you in making up your mind about what kind of cake you want.

You'll have numerous choices like the type of cake ie marble cake, sponge cake, cheesecake, gateau, chiffon, ganache, sorbet, fruit cake or cupcakes, and the style of cake ie square, pillow shaped, 2 tiered, scalloped, four tiered, heart shaped, circular, 3 tier or single tiered.

You'll also have to pick out a flavour, so get creative choosing from pink champagne, vanilla, apple, carrot, white chocolate, lemon, red velvet, coconut, almond, banana and chocolate. Following this you could decide on the filling for the cake, perhaps you fancy lemon curd, lemon sorbet, marshmallow fluff, Belgian chocolate, chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse, buttercream, white chocolate, fresh strawberries, raspberry mousse, vanilla mousse, pastry cream, chocolate banana or mango.

What Size Wedding Cake? - Your chosen cake maker will happily guide you through the question of wedding cake size, and they will easily be able to work out exactly what dimension of cake you will need employing a nifty chart that they've got for this task. Once you have decided on the style of cake, your cake maker can determine the dimensions for the tiers in accordance with your expected number of guests and the actual number of servings you are looking to pass out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Last but not least, you have got to choose your wedding cake topper, and once again you will find a lot of wedding cake toppers available for your wedding cake in Dorking. Among the various types are Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, dove wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, pearl bead wedding cake toppers, butterfly cake toppers, gold ring wedding cake toppers, bell and bow wedding cake toppers, personalised wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, flower cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, funny cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers and word wedding cake toppers.

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