'We are now firmly entrenched in 2010, and for those of you with a wedding coming up this year, where do you start with your wedding cake?
You can look through wedding magazines, visit wedding fayres and search the internet for inspiration, but don’t let yourself get too bogged down. The choice of different styles of cake is endless and before long you may feel even more confused.
Here are some hints and tips to help you on your way:
Think about the number of people you would like to feed with the cake and what flavours would be most popular. Remember you don’t have to have traditional fruit cake for your wedding cake these days. Most of the wedding cakes I make have each tier as a different flavour. It's nice to be able to offer your guests some variety.
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How many tiers would you like? What shape do you want them to be? What colour would you like the cake covered in? You could have a different colour for each tier! Then the decoration…flowers? bride and groom toppers? chocolate spirals? monograms? The list is endless…
Make sure you book your cake designer as soon as you choose them. Good bespoke cake designers get booked up fast.
Bespoke cakes are 'one offs' and need a bit of time to be designed and priced up. They will vary considerably depending on the amount of work that goes into them. It is tempting to go for a low price, but remember the old adage…'if you pay peanuts, you often get monkeys’. Make sure you go for someone you trust, whose work you admire. If you have a budget in mind, let them know so they can work with you.'
Next week, Sherry enlightens us as to current trends in wedding cakes...
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