Wedding Cakes Ashford

Not less than four to six months ahead of your special day, you'll want to start looking for wedding cake makers in Ashford, Kent, and if you are aiming to hire a top notch professional, maybe even sooner. You could initially try asking relatives or friends who have recently got married to determine which wedding cake makers they used and whether they would recommend them.

You may also want to check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should be able to see photographs of their wedding cakes on their own websites and on social media sites such as Facebook and Pinterest. So as to give you a reasonable choice, it might be wise to get in touch with at least three local Ashford cake makers, so that you can check out their portfolios of wedding cakes and get an understanding of how passionate they are about your important task.

You'll expect a cake that both looks good and tastes good and having a tasting is an important aspect of the process. Ask all of the cake makers on your list for a few samples to try, and have a friend with you for a second opinion. You might then be happy to determine what type of cake you would like, if you haven't already done this.

There will be numerous choices to be made, like the cake style ie pillow shaped, circular, square, scalloped, single tiered, four tiered, three tier, heart shaped or 2 tiered, and kind of cake ie chiffon, gateau, fruit cake, cupcakes, sorbet, ganache, sponge cake, cheesecake or marble cake.

A further consideration is the flavour of your cake, pick from carrot, chocolate, lemon, coconut and lime, white chocolate and raspberry, banana and walnut, vanilla, red velvet, apple spice, pink champagne and almond. Following this you might choose the wedding cake filling, perhaps you would like lemon sorbet, marshmallow fluff, hazelnut buttercream, vanilla mousse, fresh strawberries, chocolate banana, chocolate ganache, white chocolate, lemon curd, raspberry mousse, pastry cream, chocolate mousse, Belgian chocolate or chocolate cherry.

Wedding Cake Sizes - Working out a size for your wedding cake will likely be tough for you to do by yourself, thus you will need to have a talk with your chosen cake maker concerning this and they can help you through the process. Once the style of the cake and the amount of guests is confirmed, the cake maker will proceed to work out the tier sizes so that you get the necessary amount of portions.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Standing proudly on the top of your wedding cake in Ashford, will be your chosen wedding cake topper, and again the assortment of these is mind blowing. Pick any you like from funny cake toppers, diamante wedding cake toppers, personalised wedding cake toppers, novelty wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs wedding cake toppers, acrylic diamond spray wedding cake toppers, word wedding cake toppers, butterfly wedding cake toppers, ring wedding cake toppers, pearl bead cake toppers, flower cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, white dove cake toppers, crystal cake toppers and bell and bow wedding cake toppers.

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