Wedding Cakes Swindon

It is recommended to start your search for wedding cake makers in Swindon no less than four to six months prior to your big day, maybe earlier if you intend to employ the expertise of a top notch pro. You can at first try asking friends or family members who've recently been wed to see which wedding cake makers they used and if they would recommend them.

Do not forget to search online for local cake designers, a few of them use the internet to promote their services and you should be able to look at several examples of wedding cakes they have created. It would be advisable get in touch with at least 3 or more local Swindon cake makers to start with, to give you lots of choice, get a feel for how confident they are and have a look at their portfolios of wedding cakes and other creations.

Tasting an assortment of cakes is also crucial because you want a wedding cake that both looks incredible and tastes nice. It is good to have a second opinion, therefore take somebody along with you when you go to taste samples of their cakes. You might then be happy to choose what type of cake you want, if you have not already done so.

Your possible choices are countless and as well as the cake style ie square, 2 tier, four tiered, heart shaped, single tiered, scalloped, pillow shaped, three tier or round, you will have to decide on the kind of cake ie fruit cake, cupcakes, sponge cake, gateau, cheesecake, sorbet, ganache, chiffon or marble cake.

Another thing to decide will be the flavour of the wedding cake and you could select from white chocolate and raspberry, apple, red velvet, almond, carrot, lemon, coconut and lime, pink champagne, banana and walnut, vanilla and chocolate. Next you could contemplate a filling, perhaps strawberries and cream, lemon curd, lemon sorbet, marshmallow fluff, buttercream, white chocolate, dark chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse, vanilla mousse, German chocolate, raspberry mousse, chocolate banana, pastry cream or orange curd.

What Size Wedding Cake? - One bewildering element of ordering a wedding cake is the size, and before you establish this you might want to consult with the cake maker, since they all use cake charts that help them to estimate how many servings can be comfortably cut from specific cake sizes. The cake maker will then work out the measurements of the tiers in accordance with your choice of design and the proposed amount of guests.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Last of all, you need to choose your wedding cake topper, and again you will find a vast selection of cake toppers available for your wedding cake in Swindon. Amongst the many kinds are bell cake toppers, funny wedding cake toppers, personalized wedding cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers, crystal wedding cake toppers, word wedding cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, floral wedding cake toppers, horseshoe cake toppers, butterfly cake toppers, dove wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, ring cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, pearl wedding cake toppers and Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers.

Wiltshire Wedding Cakes: Swindon, Melksham, Corsham, Wootton Bassett, Warminster, Calne, Salisbury, Westbury, Marlborough, Chippenham, Amesbury, Tidworth, Devizes, Trowbridge and Bradford-on-Avon.