Wedding Cakes Swanscombe

Your hunt for wedding cake makers in Swanscombe, Kent, should start not less than 4-6 months before your planned wedding date, and possibly sooner than that if you want to use one of the really popular bakers. Chatting with relatives, friends and acquaintances that have just recently got married is generally a good idea as a first option, you can ask them about the wedding cake makers who they used.

You can also check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should certainly be able to get examples of their wedding cakes on their own websites and also on social media sites for example Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. You should not settle for the first Swanscombe cake maker that you find, it's normally better to get in touch with at least three or four people so that you can assess their enthusiasm for the task and get a concept of their ability from reviewing a portfolio of their work.

Tasting a range of cakes is also vital as you want a wedding cake that both looks incredible and tastes nice. It's good to have a second opinion, so take someone along with you when you go to taste samples of their cakes. If you haven't as yet done so, this should help you in coming to a conclusion regarding what type of cake you favour.

There will be various choices to make, like the kind of cake ie fruit cake, sponge cake, gateau, chiffon, marble cake, sorbet, cupcakes, cheesecake or ganache, and the design of cake ie scalloped, pillow shaped, 4 tier, three tier, square, heart shaped, round, single tiered or two tier.

The flavour of the cake is another matter you'll need to decide, possibilities might be vanilla, chocolate, white chocolate and raspberry, lemon, red velvet, apple spice, banana, pink champagne, coconut and lime, carrot and almond. Then you are able to choose a filling for the cake, perhaps you would like chocolate banana, dark chocolate ganache, marshmallow fluff, buttercream, fresh strawberries, white chocolate, vanilla mousse, lemon sorbet, raspberry mousse, pastry cream, lemon curd, German chocolate, chocolate mousse or fresh fruit.

Wedding Cake Size - Your cake maker will be able to guide you on the subject of wedding cake size, and they can easily determine exactly what size of cake is needed by using a nifty chart which they have for this specific purpose. Furnished with a figure for your number of guests and your cake style, the tier sizes to provide you with the necessary amount of servings can be calculated by the cake maker.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Standing conspicuously on top of your wedding cake in Swanscombe, will be your carefully chosen wedding cake topper, and the assortment of these is extensive. Take your pick from word wedding cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, crystal wedding cake toppers, personalised cake toppers, bell and bow cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, pearl bead wedding cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, dove cake toppers, funny wedding cake toppers, flower wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers and diamond spray wedding cake toppers.

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