Wedding Cakes Hartlepool

At least four to six months before your special day, you need to begin hunting for wedding cake makers in Hartlepool, County Durham, and if you are seeking to hire a top notch professional, possibly even earlier. Chatting with relatives, friends and acquaintances who've fairly recently got married is always a good idea as your first option, you could ask them about the wedding cake makers who they used.

Several cake designers use the internet to promote their services, so do not forget to check online for local bakers that have posted examples of wedding cakes they have created. It would be wise speak to at least three or four local Hartlepool cake makers to begin with, to give you plenty of choice, get a sense of how enthusiastic they are and have a look at their portfolios of wedding cakes and other creations.

Having a taste of an assortment of cakes is also crucial as you want a wedding cake that both looks great and tastes great. Therefore, take somebody else with you, so as to have a second opinion, and ask for some samples of cakes which they have made. If you have not by now done so, this should help you to come to a conclusion in regard to what sort of cake you would prefer.

You'll have many choices for example the cake design ie square, heart shaped, scalloped, two tier, circular, four tier, pillow shaped, 3 tier or single tiered, and the kind of cake ie sorbet, marble cake, cheesecake, ganache, sponge cake, fruit cake, chiffon, cupcakes or gateau.

Another thing to decide will be the flavour of the wedding cake and you might select from lemon, white chocolate, carrot, champagne, coconut, red velvet, chocolate, apple spice, almond, vanilla and banana and walnut. After this you are able to decide on the cake filling, possibly raspberry mousse, pastry cream, marshmallow fluff, chocolate mousse, dark chocolate ganache, white chocolate, caramel buttercream, lemon curd, lemon sorbet, strawberries and cream, Belgian chocolate, chocolate banana, vanilla mousse or Bailey's Irish cream.

What Size Wedding Cake? - Establishing what size wedding cake you will need can be a bit bewildering, but this can be easily resolved by speaking with your chosen cake maker, who'll use a nifty chart for working out cake sizes according to different factors. The cake maker will then be able to estimate the tier measurements based on your chosen style and the projected amount of guests.

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

County Durham Wedding Cakes: Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Durham, Bishop Auckland, Peterlee, Newton Aycliffe, Seaham, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Stanley and Darlington.