Wedding Cakes Dover

It's recommended to start your search for wedding cake makers in Dover at the very least 4-6 months prior to your big day, maybe earlier if you intend to employ the expertise of a top pro. If you know of friends, relatives and acquaintances who've recently got married, you can as a first option try asking them to recommend the wedding cake makers who they used.

Many cake designers make use of the internet to promote their products, so make sure you check online for bakers who may have posted photos of wedding cakes they've created. You will want to find someone who will be confident about designing and creating your wedding cake, so it is a wise idea to get hold of at least three or four local Dover cake makers, and don't forget to ask to see a portfolio of their wedding cakes.

To be sure you'll also need to taste their various cakes because you will be expecting your cake to taste nice as well as look good. Ask all of the bakers on your shortlist for some samples to try, and have someone you can trust with you for a second opinion. If you have not already decided, this could also help you in making up your mind regarding what type of cake you want.

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

You'll also need to decide on a flavour, so get creative choosing from carrot, chocolate, pink champagne, white chocolate and raspberry, vanilla, red velvet, banana, apple, lemon, almond and coconut. After this you could contemplate a filling, perhaps strawberries and cream, chocolate mousse, lemon curd, Belgian chocolate, chocolate banana, chocolate fudge ganache, vanilla mousse, buttercream, pastry cream, marshmallow fluff, lemon sorbet, white chocolate, raspberry mousse or mango.

What Size Wedding Cake? - One puzzling aspect of arranging a wedding cake is the size, and really before establishing this you need to talk to the cake maker, since they all use cake charts which help them work out exactly how many helpings can be comfortably cut from specific sizes of cake. Once you've decided upon the style of cake, your cake maker can easily estimate the tier measurements based on your expected number of guests and the quantity of servings you're intending to hand out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Lastly, you can pick out a wedding cake topper, and yet again there are hundreds of wedding cake toppers available for your wedding cake in Dover. Amongst the numerous designs are diamante wedding cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, diamond spray cake toppers, gold ring wedding cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, personalized wedding cake toppers, pearl cake toppers, bell wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, dove wedding cake toppers, flower wedding cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, message cake toppers and funny cake toppers.

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