Food & Drinks Tips

Most of the guests of the wedding-aside from the first dance-remember a thing is the wedding cake. The wedding cake is one of the nodes to a special day, and you can guarantee that your cake an appearance in many of the photos will make. Decide on what to have wedding cake can be very difficult; There are so many forms, styles and colors to choose from now. Here are a few things to consider when choosing your perfect wedding cake.

Style of cake

When people photo wedding cakes, is the most common image of a three tiered, cake pillared white or ivory. However, your wedding cake does not need to be more like this-unless you want of course. There are so many options available, you could opt for a traditional pillared cakes, stacked layers, round, square, cupcake towers, or even a novelty sculpted design. Wedding Cakes can now be designed to fit with the theme of your wedding and your personality.

Cake filling

Once again, there is the traditional option of a heavy fruit cake with Marzipan, but more and more people are choosing a Madeira sponge, chocolate cake, coffee cake, Lemon tart or even rainbow colored sponge! A good Cake baker should be able to any type of wedding cake filling you want to create. Please bear in mind that not all layers to be the same so you can always choose to each layer with another type of cake.

Cherry & decoration

White or ivory Royal icing is, of course, the most common type of decoration, but you can let your imagination run wild. Simple and elegant may consist of ivory icing and pipes with a colored ribbon, or maybe sugar roses cascading down the tiers. Many people are now opting for icing and decoration to their wedding theme – perhaps a romantic red cake of the vote.

How many people do you need to serve?

Wedding Cakes are all about making a statement and the actual eating the cake so often affected for the design. If you're looking for a wedding cake for a lot of people, a popular choice is to ask an additional ' cutting pie "to ensure there is plenty to go around. Also, if you have a smaller guest list but still a beautiful cake, ask your baker for dummy layers.

Toppers

There are countless different types of wedding cake topper available today, whether you prefer a standard bride and groom, or a novelty a, there is something for everyone. Most couples choose to search for their own cake topper but you could always requests for your cake decorator.

What type and style of wedding cake that you decide to go for make sure you well in advance as wedding cake bakers books can often get very crowded especially during the summer period.