Wedding Cakes Peterborough

It's a good idea to begin your search for wedding cake makers in Peterborough at the very least 4 or 5 months before your big day, maybe even earlier if you would like to hire the expertise of a top notch professional. You may initially try asking family members or friends that have fairly recently been wed to find out which wedding cake makers they used and whether or not they'd recommend them.

A lot of cake designers use the internet to advertise their creations, so be sure to check online for local bakers who may have posted pictures of wedding cakes they've produced. It would be best to contact at least 3 or 4 local Peterborough cake makers to start with, to provide you with lots of choice, get a feel for how confident they are and have a good look at their portfolios of wedding cakes and other creations.

You will also need to taste their cakes since you will be wanting your wedding cake to taste as great as it looks. Ask all the cake makers on your shortlist for a few samples to try, and have a friend or relative with you for a second opinion. If you have not by then decided, this could also help you make up your mind about what type of cake you want.

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

The next aspect to decide will be the flavour of your cake, some of the various choices include carrot, vanilla, banana and walnut, chocolate, lemon, almond, pink champagne, white chocolate, red velvet, apple spice and coconut and lime. Next you are able to pick out a wedding cake filling, perhaps fresh strawberries, lemon curd, Belgian chocolate, dark chocolate ganache, lemon sorbet, vanilla mousse, marshmallow fluff, raspberry mousse, chocolate banana, white chocolate, pastry cream, buttercream, chocolate mousse or raspberry almond.

Wedding Cake Sizes - Your chosen cake maker will be able to guide you on the question of wedding cake size, and they will be easily able to determine what size of cake is needed employing a nifty chart which they've got for this particular job. Once the style of the cake and the amount of guests is established, your cake maker can easily estimate the measurements of each tier to provide you with the necessary volume of portions.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Last but not least, you can choose a wedding cake topper, and yet again there are a huge choice of wedding cake toppers on offer for your wedding cake in Peterborough. Among the various kinds are flower wedding cake toppers, word cake toppers, funny cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers, diamond spray cake toppers, pearl cake toppers, bell and bow cake toppers, white dove wedding cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, personalised wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers and silver ring wedding cake toppers.

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