Wedding Cakes Portslade

At the very least 4 or 5 months before your special day, you should start looking for wedding cake makers in Portslade, East Sussex, and if you are aiming to hire a top professional, maybe even sooner. You could initially try asking friends, family and acquaintances that have just recently been wed to find out which wedding cake makers they used and if they'd recommend them.

Searching online is another good method, with local cake designers in Portslade advertising on social network platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, as well as their own websites, by publishing images of their wedding cakes. It would be a good idea get in touch with at least three local Portslade cake makers at first, to give you lots of choice, get an understanding of how passionate they are and examine their portfolios of wedding cakes and other creations.

Having a taste of a range of cakes is also vital because you want a cake that both looks good and tastes good. It is good to have a second opinion, so take someone along with you when you want to taste samples of their cakes. This will also help you in deciding what sort of cake you would like, if you've not by now made up your mind.

There'll be various choices to be made, including the cake design ie square, heart shaped, 4 tiered, pillow shaped, two tier, 3 tiered, scalloped, single tiered or round, and kind of cake ie cheesecake, chiffon, gateau, sorbet, sponge cake, ganache, marble cake, cupcakes or fruit cake.

The next thing to decide will probably be the flavour of your wedding cake, some of the countless choices include vanilla, pink champagne, banana, red velvet, lemon, apple, coconut, chocolate, carrot, white chocolate and almond. Next you could pick a filling for the cake, maybe you would like dark chocolate ganache, white chocolate, German chocolate, strawberries and cream, chocolate banana, chocolate mousse, lemon curd, buttercream, vanilla mousse, lemon sorbet, raspberry mousse, marshmallow fluff, pastry cream or raspberry almond.

What Size Wedding Cake Will You Need? - Deciding on precisely what size wedding cake is needed can be a bit bewildering, but this is easily sorted by speaking to your cake maker, who'll no doubt have a convenient chart for working out cake sizes based upon different factors. When the design of the cake and the volume of guests is settled, the cake maker will be able to calculate the dimensions of each tier to provide the requested amount of slices.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Picking a wedding cake topper shouldn't be simply an afterthought, as what you choose will end up being crowning glory of your wedding cake in Portslade. Choose from crystal wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, funny cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray cake toppers, pearl bead wedding cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers, bell cake toppers, word wedding cake toppers, white dove cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, ring cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, floral wedding cake toppers, personalised wedding cake toppers and butterfly wedding cake toppers.

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