Wedding Cakes Hertford

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in Hertford, Hertfordshire, needs to begin no less than four or five months ahead of your planned wedding date, and perhaps sooner than this if you would like to use one of the really renowned bakers. If you know of relatives, friends and acquaintances who've recently got married, you can as a first option try asking them if they can recommend the wedding cake makers who they used.

Looking online is another great method, with local cake designers in Hertford promoting their creations on social networks like Facebook and Pinterest, as well as on their own websites, by publishing images of their wedding cakes. You shouldn't settle for the first Hertford cake maker that you come across, it is usually best to get hold of at least three or more individuals so you can guage their enthusiasm for the project and get an idea about their proficiency from seeing a portfolio of their work.

You will expect a cake that both looks good and tastes good and having a tasting is an important aspect of the process. It is good to have a second opinion, therefore take somebody with you when you want to taste some samples of their cakes. If you've not by now come to a conclusion about what kind of cake you would like, this tasting ought to help you make a decision.

The choices will be countless and as well as the kind of cake ie gateau, cupcakes, fruit cake, sorbet, sponge cake, cheesecake, chiffon, marble cake or ganache, you'll have to choose a design ie round, two tier, single tiered, scalloped, three tier, four tier, heart shaped, pillow shaped or square.

Another decision will be the flavour of your cake and you could choose from vanilla, chocolate, coconut, carrot, almond, lemon, white chocolate and raspberry, champagne, red velvet, banana and apple spice. Following this you are able to pick out a filling for the cake, maybe lemon curd, lemon sorbet, pastry cream, chocolate banana, fresh strawberries, chocolate mousse, raspberry mousse, German chocolate, chocolate ganache, white chocolate, vanilla mousse, marshmallow fluff, hazelnut buttercream or chocolate cherry.

What Size Wedding Cake do You Need? - One rather confusing part of arranging a wedding cake is the size, and before establishing this it is advisable to speak to the cake maker, as they all use detailed cake charts that help them figure out the amount of portions can be cut from certain measurements of cake. The cake maker will then be in a position to estimate the dimensions of each tier based on your choice of design and the proposed volume of guests.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Picking out a wedding cake topper should not be an afterthought, because what you end up choosing is going to be crowning glory of your wedding cake in Hertford. Pick from personalised cake toppers, funny cake toppers, pearl bead cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, flower cake toppers, word cake toppers, dove wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, butterfly cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, bell wedding cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers and horseshoe cake toppers.

Hertfordshire Wedding Cakes: Rickmansworth, Potters Bar, Cheshunt, Royston, Hertford, Watford, Bishops Stortford, Hatfield, Bushey, Hoddesdon, Welwyn Garden City, Harpenden, Broxbourne, Hitchin, Hemel Hempstead, Letchworth, Tring, Borehamwood, Stevenage, Ware, St Albans, Berkhamsted and Abbots Langley.