You might not know much about wedding cakes despite they are delicious. In fact, there are quite a few points that you should consider if you want to make the right choice. Help you to pick your perfect cake we have listed for you’re the important bits:

Choose the right Baker

The wedding cake selection process begins with choosing the right baker. Some bakers can be highly specialized in a certain style or approach while others offer a wider variety of options.

To get a sense of which baker to choose search through their social media posts and look at their work to get a better idea of types of cake they specialize in, what they’ve done in the past, and what they seem to excel at. But don’t be fooled by the photos – read testimonials and reviews as well to see what actual customers say and if they are satisfied with their work and service.

Make the most of Cake Testing and meet the Baker

Going on a cake tasting is an excellent opportunity to meet bakers, connect with them and fully understand the range of their abilities.

Choosing the right baker is a big deal. You want to make sure that the baker is same excited about your wedding as you are and have passion for producing the cake that would blow your mind. 

Cake tasting will help you to understand which flavours, frosting, and design elements you would like to have in your cake.  Whichever design you choose your guests will care more about the taste.

When you chose a flavour, you might also think about the season, if it’s a winter wedding you might want to go with heavier combinations like red velvet cake and cheesecake fillings, whereas for summer you might prefer lighter vanilla cakes with fruits or preserves. 

Also don’t forget to consider the weather. If you're having an outdoor wedding in a hot climate, stay away from whipped cream, meringue and buttercream that will melt. In that case you might want to consider a fondant-covered cake, which doesn’t even need to be refrigerated.

Choosing the Design of the Cake should be the Last thing to do

Don’t think too much about the style or type of wedding cake you want until you’ve made decisions on your dress style, the reception décor, the venue, and the flowers. You may love a rustic semi-naked cake, but if you're hosting a black-tie ballroom wedding, that style may not jive. The cake should be part of the wedding, not a glaring sideshow.

Finalise the number of guests and size of the space first

Before deciding on the size of the cake first look at how many guests you are inviting, as it will have an impact on the look of your cake.

The general rule of thumb is that three tiers can serve between 50 and 100 guests while five layers will serve 200 guests or more.
The reception size also matters - If it’s in a grand room with high ceilings, consider increasing the cake's stature with columns between the tiers.

Choose the right frosting

When choosing the frosting your main decision will be whether its buttercream or fondant? Buttercream is often much more delicious, but if you are more concern with the design fondant can be much more effective.

If you want to have both you might want to consider frosting the cake in buttercream first and then adding a layer of fondant over the entire confection.

You can also go for ganache—a decadently rich frosting with a fudgy texture made from chocolate and cream. Even though it's dark brown in colour, you can add fruits and other colourful decorations to make it wedding worthy.  Adding swiss meringues can be also a good idea. Though they are less popular for weddings they are worth of considering with their light fuzzy appearance that will add a whimsical and romantic touch, while airy marshmallow flavour will be a perfect fit to a fruit-based cake and fillings like lemon, raspberry or strawberry.

Don’t put your expectations to high

Keep in mind that food magazines and beautiful perfect adverts do not reflect a real look of cakes. It is in reality a hard work of have food stylists, editors and assistants working nonstop to keep the cakes looking perfect. These people spend hours fixing the sweating, dripping, leaning or sagging that can happen to a cake after it's been sitting for a while. They also focus on the look not on the actual taste, hence some of the products they use for the decoration are not even eatable – you wouldn’t want that for your wedding cake, would you? And don’t forget about the Photoshop work that is used a lot on every product that goes on a magazine paper. Its indeed a great source of inspiration but be aware to not put unrealistic expectations. At the end of the day – taste is what your guests will remember the most.

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