Wedding Cakes Ilkeston

Your search for wedding cake makers in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, ought to start not less than four or five months ahead of your wedding date, and possibly sooner than this if you would like to use one of the really sought after bakers. You may firstly try asking family members or friends who have recently been wed to find out which wedding cake makers they used and whether or not they'd recommend them.

You might also check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should certainly be able to get pictures of their wedding cakes on their own websites as well as on social media sites for example Instagram and Facebook. So as to give yourself lots of choice, it would be wise to contact at least three local Ilkeston cake makers, so that you can have a peek at their portfolios of wedding cakes and also get a feel for how enthusiastic they are about the project.

To be sure you will also want to taste their cakes since 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 a friend or relative with you for a second opinion. You should then be happy to determine what sort of cake you want, if you haven't already done this.

There'll be various choices to make, like the type of cake ie ganache, cupcakes, chiffon, gateau, fruit cake, sponge cake, sorbet, cheesecake or marble cake, and the style of cake ie pillow shaped, four tiered, scalloped, square, circular, heart shaped, three tier, single tiered or two tiered.

The flavour of your wedding cake is another detail you'll have to decide, choices might be champagne, apple, white chocolate and raspberry, chocolate, almond, banana, coconut, vanilla, lemon, red velvet and carrot. Then you should select the filling, do you fancy marshmallow fluff, lemon curd, white chocolate, vanilla mousse, German chocolate, pastry cream, chocolate mousse, lemon sorbet, dark chocolate ganache, hazelnut buttercream, chocolate banana, raspberry mousse, strawberries and cream or cookies and cream.

Wedding Cake Size - Calculating a size for your wedding cake will probably be tough for you to do by yourself, therefore you will need to have a discussion with your chosen cake maker regarding this and they can guide you through the process. Once you've settled on the design of cake, the cake maker can easily work out the measurements for the tiers based on your predicted number of guests and the actual number of servings you are wanting to pass out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Last of all, you'll want to choose a wedding cake topper, and again there are countless of wedding cake toppers on offer for your wedding cake in Ilkeston. Amongst the many types are horseshoe wedding cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, floral cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, funny cake toppers, bell and bow wedding cake toppers, personalized cake toppers, message cake toppers, dove cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, diamond spray wedding cake toppers, gold ring wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers, butterfly cake toppers, pearl bead cake toppers and diamante cake toppers.

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