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Your wedding cake will be a focal point and
highlight at your reception. With the many choices today, there is a
limitless selection in variety, flavor and styles.
The size of the cake will depend on how many guests are invited. It is
normally matched to the color and theme of the wedding. Do remember to
include extra portions for guests who could not attend your wedding,
but who would appreciate being sent a slice.
Your wedding cake will be a focal point and
highlight at your reception. With the many choices today, there is a
limitless selection in variety, flavor and styles.
The size of the cake will depend on how many
guests are invited. It is
normally matched to the color and theme of the wedding. Do remember to
include extra portions for guests who could not attend your wedding,
but who would appreciate being sent a slice.
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You may wish to serve your cake as the dessert, or have it given as a
take-home treat for your guests.
Today's cake does not have to be the traditional tiered cake,
it
could be sculpted, a single layer, round or square, heart shaped or
stacks of cup cakes, or any design that you could think of.
Discuss the style with your baker to see if they can do the designs for
you. There are so many flavors to choose from, so when you go shopping
for your cake, be sure to do a taste test. Some of the flavors on offer
are:
Carrot cake with cream cheese
Pound
cake with lemon filling
Chocolate
cake with mocha mousse
Cheesecake
Genoese
sponge with white chocolate icing
Mud
cake
Sponge
cake with passion fruit
Choc
cherry
Marble
White
or dark chocolate
Coffee
or orange poppy seed
Butter
cream fillings
Continental
tortes
Chocolate
rum truffle
More Wedding Cake Flavors
What Kind?
Your cake
can be
any flavor. Consider the shape and
type of special decorations that you would like. Is the cake to be a
traditional fruit cake? Or a more modern one made of sponge cake,
profiteroles or chocolate?
You can have the cake made professionally or you may choose to have a
friend, relative or yourself make it. If you can't decide on a flavour
why not have them all, ask to have each layer to be a different flavor.
You may wish to go with tradition and keep the top tier. In this case
make the top tier a fruit cake as it will keep longer. The tradition of
keeping the top tier is to cut it on your first wedding anniversary or
for the christening of your first child.
Types of Cakes,
Styles and Flavors
Today there
is a
good choice in styles and designs.
The best thing that I can suggest is to look in magazines that
specialize in wedding cakes, as well as the internet and visit cake
decorators to get an idea of the styles that are available.
See the Wedding Cake Search page for a
list of sites that have wedding cake picture gallery pages. I hope that
this will save you some of your valuable time and help with a wedding
cake idea or two.
Ordering your
Wedding Cake
Organize an
interview with your cake maker. Things to take with you, things to
discuss and to remember:
Picture
of your wedding flower
Sample
of brides dress material
Sample
of reception decor, ceiling height, temperature, lighting
Picture
of any cake you have seen and would like the baker to design
Have
an idea of the flavor of the cake
Take
any special decoration or center piece you have chosen
If
there is anything specific that you would like to have incorporated
into your cake - it may be a family wedding cake decoration - tell the
cake maker
Cake
Size
Number
of tiers
Guest
numbers
Date
of the wedding
Avoid
going over your budget
Cost
Deposit
Amount
Date
and time of pickup, or for delivery give the reception address and time
Budget Tips
Order a small wedding cake to show your guests,
but have
another cake out in the kitchen to serve to your guests, they will
never know.
Have foam layers added to your cake for a
bigger looking cake which costs less
If you have the top tier made in foam and
decorated, you will have a lasting memory of you day
Keep the icing work simple.
If using flowers consider silk flowers these
will cost less and look just as nice.
Ask for butter cream or chocolate icing instead
of the traditional fondant icing
Use your cake as a dessert along with some
fresh fruit it will save you some money.
Instead of cake serve your guests small blocks
of chocolate, or
have a chocolate fountain set up so that guests can pass their own
selection of skewered fruit.
Ask if your reception
venue charges a fee for cutting the cake. This could end up costing
more than the cake itself. Have your bridesmaids do this.
The more intricate the icing work the more the
cake will cost.
Have your cake icing plain and use your bridal
bouquet on top.
Bride Idea
If you want to
cut down on costs, have a baker make
a tiered cake with only plain or pastel icing. Then have someone that
you can trust and count on, to decorate it nicely at the reception,
with fresh flowers (secure the flowers on the cake with tooth picks)
and ribbons, or lace. You could even use your bouquet on the top of the
cake.
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