Wedding Cakes Staveley

It's advisable to begin your search for wedding cake makers in Staveley not less than 4-6 months ahead of your big day, maybe even earlier if you intend to use the expertise of a top notch professional. If you know of friends, family and acquaintances who have just recently been wed, you might as your first option try asking them if they might recommend the wedding cake makers who they used.

You might also check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should certainly be able to get shots of their wedding cakes on their very own websites and on social networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. In order to give yourself lots of choice, you should speak to at least three or four local Staveley cake makers, so you can have a look at their portfolios of wedding cakes and also get an understanding of how confident they are about the task.

You'll also want to taste their various cakes since you will be expecting your cake to taste good as well as look good. Ask all of the bakers 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 in deciding what type of cake you want, if you have not by now made up your mind.

The choices are countless and together with the cake design ie pillow shaped, single tiered, 3 tier, scalloped, square, 2 tiered, heart shaped, circular or four tier, you'll need to decide on the composition of the cake ie cupcakes, fruit cake, chiffon, sorbet, marble cake, gateau, sponge cake, cheesecake or ganache.

The next thing to decide will be the flavour of your cake, some of the countless choices include banana, red velvet, almond, chocolate, apple, coconut, vanilla, carrot, lemon, pink champagne and white chocolate and raspberry. Then you are able to choose a wedding cake filling, maybe you fancy vanilla mousse, lemon sorbet, buttercream, German chocolate, marshmallow fluff, chocolate mousse, raspberry mousse, pastry cream, white chocolate, strawberries and cream, chocolate ganache, chocolate banana, lemon curd or tiramisu.

Wedding Cake Size - One puzzling element of arranging a wedding cake is the size, and really before deciding this you will need to talk to the cake maker, as they all have cake charts that help them to estimate the number of helpings can be cut from certain cake sizes. Once you have settled on the cake design, the cake maker can determine the measurements for the tiers based upon your projected number of guests and the total number of slices you're wanting to hand out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Standing proudly on top of your wedding cake in Staveley, will be your chosen wedding cake topper, and again the variety of these is extensive. Pick any you fancy from crystal cake toppers, funny wedding cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, ring cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, flower cake toppers, white dove cake toppers, word cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers, personalized cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, bell cake toppers, pearl wedding cake toppers and butterfly cake toppers.

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