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Tips For Choosing a Wedding Cake

Your wedding cake should be a work of art. You will stand around it for pictures and the ceremonial cutting of the cake and it will be displayed all evening. Choose something beautiful and extravagant or elegant and simple. Your cake should tie into your wedding décor. Themes that are present in the rest of your ceremony should be carried on in your wedding cake.

So where are you going to get this cake? Many catering companies or event facilities will be able to provide you with an adequate cake, but we recommend going to a baker that specializes in custom wedding cake design. Here are a few tips to ensure that your cake is baked to perfection!

Get More For Your Money
Once the ceremonial cutting of the cake is over the cake is taken to the food preparation area, where the kitchen staff will cut it. Save money by ordering sheet cakes of your cake and having them cut up and served. Your guests wont know the difference and you can use the money you save to make your ceremonial cake more ornate, or use it elsewhere in your budget.

Sample, Sample, Sample
Although the look of your cake is important your guests will be eating it, so you want it to taste good. When choosing a cake sample a few different types, and remember, you can have a cake with layers of different flavours. When designing your cake ask to see photographs of cakes your baker has designed in the past. It is nearly impossible to create an exact reproduction of a cake

Don’t Forget Your Theme!
Try and keep the colors or floral scheme of your wedding going in your cake. With all the beautiful cake options available today it is easy to fall in love with a cake that is beautiful, but not appropriate for your wedding. Choose a cake which is distinct, but in keeping with the theme of your day. Custom cakes are expensive, so for many brides it is reasonable If you are ordering a cake which is standard, ask your baker if they would be willing to tweak some small details to make it better suited to your theme.

Don’t forget to save some for later!
If you want to save the top tier of your cake, and many couples do, then make sure to instruct the kitchen appropriately. Saving and freezing some of your wedding cake and eating it on your one year anniversary is a time-honored tradition and you don’t want to miss it because of a small oversight!

The bottom line is this: make you cake memorable, unique, and tasty! Guests remember the wedding cake and you will too. It is an important part of the wedding ceremony. Make sure that you choose something you will enjoy looking at, eating, and seeing in your wedding pictures for years to come. Here are a few questions to consider when choosing a baker:

1. How early must I order my wedding cake?
2. How much of a deposit do you require?
3. What type of ingredients do you use?
4. Can you provide referrals from past couples happy with your services?
5. What type of cancellation policy do you have?
6. May I sample a few types of your cake?
7. Can you provide a photo portfolio of some cakes you have completed in the past?