Wedding Cakes Ledbury

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in Ledbury, Herefordshire, needs to start at least 4-6 months prior to your planned wedding date, and possibly sooner than that if you would like to use one of the really popular bakers. Talking to friends, relatives and acquaintances who have recently been wed is always really helpful as your first option, you could ask about the wedding cake makers that they used.

You may also want to check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should be able to find examples of their wedding cakes on their very own websites and on social networking sites such as Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. It would be wise speak to at least 3 local Ledbury cake makers to begin with, to provide you with plenty of choice, get a feel for how enthusiastic they are and have a look at their portfolios of wedding cakes and other work.

You will expect a cake that both looks amazing and tastes nice and having a tasting is an important aspect of the process. Ask all of the bakers on your shortlist for a few samples to try, and have a friend with you for a second opinion. If you haven't already made up your mind regarding what kind of cake you would prefer, this tasting ought to help you make a final decision.

There will be quite a few choices to be made, like the cake style ie heart shaped, circular, 3 tier, 4 tier, single tiered, pillow shaped, 2 tier, scalloped or square, and kind of cake ie cheesecake, cupcakes, sorbet, ganache, gateau, marble cake, sponge cake, fruit cake or chiffon.

Another thing to decide will be the flavour of the cake and you could select from almond, carrot, apple spice, chocolate, red velvet, vanilla, banana, champagne, coconut, lemon and white chocolate and raspberry. After that you could contemplate the cake filling, maybe you would like caramel buttercream, lemon sorbet, German chocolate, chocolate banana, dark chocolate ganache, vanilla mousse, pastry cream, chocolate mousse, lemon curd, white chocolate, raspberry mousse, marshmallow fluff, strawberries and cream or raspberry almond.

Wedding Cake Sizes - Determining what size wedding cake you'll need might be a bit baffling, but this is easily sorted by speaking with your chosen cake maker, who'll no doubt have a useful chart for calculating sizes for cakes according to specific factors. Once you've settled on the cake style, your cake maker will be able to determine the tier measurements based upon your predicted number of guests and the actual number of helpings you're aiming to pass out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Last but not least, you'll want to choose a wedding cake topper, and again you'll find a huge choice of wedding cake toppers on the market for your wedding cake in Ledbury. Among the various kinds are crystal wedding cake toppers, floral wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, message wedding cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, dove cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, personalized wedding cake toppers, funny wedding cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, diamond spray cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, silver ring cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, pearl bead cake toppers and bell and bow wedding cake toppers.

Herefordshire Wedding Cakes: Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury and Hereford.