Wedding Cakes Winchester

A minimum of four months ahead of your special day, you'll want to begin searching for wedding cake makers in Winchester, Hampshire, and if you are expecting to hire a top professional, possibly even sooner. Speaking with family members or friends who've fairly recently got married is generally really useful as a first option, you can ask about the wedding cake makers that they used.

Searching online is another excellent option, with local cake designers in Winchester advertising on social media websites like Facebook and Pinterest, together with their own websites, by publishing photos of their wedding cakes. It's not advisable to settle for the very first Winchester cake maker that you track down, it is always best to get hold of at least three or four bakers so you can guage their enthusiasm for the project and get an idea about their expertise from seeing a portfolio of their cakes.

Tasting a variety of cakes is also vital since you want a cake that both looks great and tastes great. Ask all of the bakers on your shortlist for some samples to try, and have a friend with you for a second opinion. You should then be happy to decide about what type of cake you want, if you've not already done so.

Your possible choices are countless and in addition to the cake design ie heart shaped, square, scalloped, pillow shaped, round, single tiered, four tier, 3 tier or two tier, you'll have to decide on the kind of cake ie sponge cake, marble cake, cupcakes, ganache, chiffon, sorbet, fruit cake, cheesecake or gateau.

Another decision will be the flavour of your wedding cake and you could choose from lemon, white chocolate and raspberry, apple spice, red velvet, carrot, chocolate, coconut and lime, pink champagne, banana, vanilla and almond. Following this you should contemplate a wedding cake filling, perhaps you fancy chocolate fudge ganache, raspberry mousse, lemon curd, German chocolate, chocolate mousse, chocolate banana, pastry cream, marshmallow fluff, strawberries and cream, white chocolate, lemon sorbet, vanilla mousse, hazelnut buttercream or mango.

What Size Wedding Cake do You Need? - One puzzling part of arranging a wedding cake is the size, so before deciding this you will need to speak to your cake maker, as they all use detailed cake charts which help them calculate exactly how many servings can be cut from certain cake dimensions. When the cake design and the number of guests is settled, your cake maker can determine the measurements of the tiers to provide the required number of slices.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Lastly, you've got to pick out a wedding cake topper, and once more you will find a vast selection of wedding cake toppers on offer for your wedding cake in Winchester. Among the many kinds are novelty wedding cake toppers, floral wedding cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, silver ring cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers, dove cake toppers, crystal wedding cake toppers, word cake toppers, butterfly cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, funny cake toppers, diamond spray cake toppers, bow and bell cake toppers, pearl cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers and personalized cake toppers.

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