Wedding Cakes St Ives

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, needs to begin at least 4-6 months before your planned wedding date, and possibly sooner than this if you would like to use one of the really renowned bakers. Speaking to family, friends and acquaintances who have just recently got married is generally really helpful as a first option, you could ask them about the wedding cake makers that they used.

You may also want to check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should certainly be able to see shots of their wedding cakes on their very own websites and on social network platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. So that you are able to get a local St Ives cake maker who is enthusiastic about completing your cake, you'll want to get in touch with at least three people, and examine their wedding cake portfolios.

Remember, you are expecting your cake to taste nice as well as look good and asking all of your prospective cake makers for a tasting is vital. Ask all the wedding cake makers on your shortlist for a few samples to try, and have someone you can trust with you to get a second opinion. This should also help you to determine precisely what sort of cake you would like, if you have not already come to that conclusion.

There will be numerous choices to be made, including the type of cake ie chiffon, marble cake, gateau, cheesecake, sorbet, ganache, cupcakes, sponge cake or fruit cake, and the design of cake ie pillow shaped, square, circular, four tiered, single tiered, 3 tier, 2 tiered, heart shaped or scalloped.

The flavour of the wedding cake is another matter you will need to decide, possibilities could be white chocolate, lemon, banana and walnut, coconut, red velvet, almond, carrot, vanilla, apple, pink champagne and chocolate. Following this you can choose the filling for the cake, perhaps lemon sorbet, vanilla mousse, buttercream, chocolate ganache, raspberry mousse, fresh strawberries, white chocolate, lemon curd, chocolate banana, chocolate mousse, pastry cream, Belgian chocolate, marshmallow fluff or Bailey's Irish cream.

Wedding Cake Sizes - One puzzling aspect of arranging a wedding cake is the size, and before you decide this you must chat to your cake maker, because they all have cake charts that help them figure out just how many portions can be cut from specific measurements of cake. Your cake maker will then be able to estimate the tier sizes in accordance with your choice of design and the expected quantity of guests.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Standing conspicuously on top of your wedding cake in St Ives, will be your chosen wedding cake topper, and the range of these is amazing. Take your pick from pearl wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, personalized wedding cake toppers, word cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, dove wedding cake toppers, gold ring wedding cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, funny cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, bow and bell cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers and floral cake toppers.

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