Wedding Cakes Harrogate

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ought to start no less than four or five months prior to your planned wedding date, and perhaps sooner than that if you want to use one of the really sought after bakers. As your first option when looking for wedding cake makers, you could ask for recommendations from friends, family and acquaintances who've recently been wed.

A second good option is to have a look round online, as a lot of local cake designers post pictures of wedding cakes they have created, and use this up-to-date technology to push their cakes. You will want to locate someone who will be confident about making your wedding cake, so it is a good idea to get in touch with at least 3 local Harrogate cake makers, and don't forget to ask to see a portfolio of their wedding cakes.

Having a taste of a variety of cakes is also important since you want a cake that both looks great and tastes great. It is nice to have a second opinion, therefore take someone else with you when you need to taste some samples of their cakes. If you have not by now made up your mind about what type of cake you would prefer, this tasting may help you come to a decision.

There'll be many choices to make, including the cake design ie three tiered, 2 tier, heart shaped, square, 4 tiered, pillow shaped, scalloped, round or single tiered, and composition of the cake ie fruit cake, ganache, cupcakes, sponge cake, cheesecake, gateau, sorbet, chiffon or marble cake.

The flavour of your cake is another detail you'll have to decide, possibilities may be pink champagne, banana and walnut, lemon, white chocolate, carrot, chocolate, coconut, vanilla, red velvet, apple and almond. Then you can contemplate a cake filling, possibly vanilla mousse, lemon curd, pastry cream, German chocolate, lemon sorbet, chocolate mousse, chocolate banana, dark chocolate ganache, hazelnut buttercream, white chocolate, marshmallow fluff, strawberries and cream, raspberry mousse or coconut cream.

Wedding Cake Sizes - One rather confusing element of arranging a wedding cake is the size, and really before deciding on this it is advisable to meet with the cake maker, as they all use detailed cake charts which help them figure out how many slices can be comfortably cut from certain measurements of cake. Furnished with a figure for your amount of guests and your chosen design of cake, the tier sizes to provide you with the needed quantity of portions can be estimated by the cake maker.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Standing conspicuously on the top of your wedding cake in Harrogate, will be your meticulously chosen wedding cake topper, again the variety of these is mind blowing. Pick any you fancy from personalised cake toppers, bell and bow wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, flower wedding cake toppers, funny wedding cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, ring cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, message cake toppers, pearl bead cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers, dove cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers and butterfly wedding cake toppers.

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