Wedding Cakes Lewes

Not less than 4-6 months ahead of your special day, you should start looking for wedding cake makers in Lewes, East Sussex, and if you are expecting to hire a top pro, perhaps even earlier. Speaking to friends or family members that have recently been wed is generally really helpful as your first option, you could ask them about the wedding cake makers who they used.

Another effective option is to have a look online, as a lot of local cake designers post examples of wedding cakes they've produced, and use this modern technology to showcase their services and products. So that you are able to identify a local Lewes cake maker who's enthusiastic about completing your cake, its advisable to make contact with at least 3 or more people, and examine their wedding cake portfolios.

You will also need to taste their cakes since you will be expecting your wedding cake to taste as great as it looks. Ask all the wedding cake makers on your shortlist for a few samples to try, and have someone you can trust with you for a second opinion. You should then be happy to determine what type of cake you want, if you haven't already done this.

Your choices are countless and in addition to the type of cake ie sponge cake, sorbet, gateau, chiffon, fruit cake, cupcakes, cheesecake, marble cake or ganache, you will have to settle on a design ie single tiered, four tier, pillow shaped, heart shaped, scalloped, square, 3 tier, two tiered or circular.

You'll also need to pick a flavour, so get creative choosing from champagne, chocolate, carrot, banana, coconut, apple, vanilla, almond, red velvet, lemon and white chocolate. Then you could contemplate the filling for the cake, possibly white chocolate, buttercream, marshmallow fluff, pastry cream, dark chocolate ganache, vanilla mousse, chocolate mousse, raspberry mousse, lemon curd, strawberries and cream, lemon sorbet, chocolate banana, Belgian chocolate or orange curd.

What Size Wedding Cake? - One baffling aspect of choosing a wedding cake is the size, so before deciding this you should speak with your cake maker, because they usually use cake charts which help them to determine just how many portions can be comfortably cut from specific cake dimensions. Once you've decided upon the cake design, your cake maker can determine the sizes for the tiers in accordance with your expected number of guests and the number of portions you are intending to hand out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - The last and final confusing choice which needs to be made is your wedding cake topper, of which again there are plenty. To stand proudly on top of your wedding cake in Lewes, pick from white dove cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers, novelty cake toppers, crystal wedding cake toppers, personalised cake toppers, pearl bead cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, funny wedding cake toppers, flower cake toppers, bell cake toppers, gold ring cake toppers, butterfly cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, word wedding cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers and diamond spray wedding cake toppers.

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