Choosing A Wedding Cake In Surrey
So, you're progressing well with your wedding preparations and get around to the choosing the wedding cake time...
Most small firms making cakes will have a very limited availabilty so if you opt to use a smaller firm, book early rather than late to avoid disappointment. Six months before your chosen date should be ample, but it's worth checking with your cake designer to see if he/she needs more than this.
Bakeries tend to have more staff and can normally cater for late requests, but still check to be sure. The choices of wedding cakes are quite endless these days; Long gone are the days of nothing but fruit cake with crusty Royal icing that your parents would have had on their big day. Nowadays, most wedding cakes are coated with soft fondant icing, unless you choose to have chocolate or one of the chocolate derivatives that now exist. Worth noting is the fact that summer dates can be a nightmare for storing chocolate cakes, you really don't want a melted heap as the showpiece of your event!
So, what can you have inside your cake?
Again, the market is full of wonderful variations, with some of the most popular still being rich fruit, vanilla, chocolate fudge or lemon sponges. If you're having a stacked or pillared cake it's advisable to have fruit cake as a base tier if fruit is needed, add fruit at the top of sponge tiers and the whole lot could collapse down if not assembled correctly. A lot of websites will carry a very useful portion guide to help you choose the correct sizes for you, some also provide a pricing chart to help you budget.
What should you ask your cake designer?
This question is often asked before visiting a cake maker and a few pointers are always helpful to avoid a few pitfalls along the way. It's always advisable to see the designers portfolio and any customer feedback that they can provide, but this is fairly obvious stuff. Ask if you can try the cake that will be used on your design, there should be no reason not to try before committing. What are their booking terms (deposits, balance payment etc), are they fully insured, and do they deliver and set up your cake for you? Can they supply a cake stand? If something should go wrong on the day, what are their back-up plans? It's always advisable to deal with a shop as opposed to a home based business as the shops are all monitored by the local council's Environmental health department, whereas home based businesses are normally un-checked, a far from satisfactory situation.
A lot of couples these days opt to buy the cheaper cakes from their local supermarket to cut costs, but in fact it's false economy as the product they receive tends to be very thin and poorly decorated. It's also worth noting that you will need to assemble these cakes yourself and you have no comebacks if anything goes wrong. Most couples tend to steer well clear as the day can be fraught enough without cake decorating added in to the jobs to be done.
Budgets can vary greatly for different areas, but it's worth allowing at least £250 for a three tiered cake, this being an average figure these days for a standard wedding cake made by a professional. Some cake makers will charge anything up to £700 for the same thing, so shopping around (especially on the Internet) is a must. A simple Google search for "wedding cakes in surrey" should provide ample names to get the ball rolling for you. Wedding fairs are worthy of a visit, as you'll get to see various designs, with the cake maker normally being on hand to ask further questions too.
If you need any special figurines made to adorn your cake, either the cake designer will be able to help you, or recommend someone that can. There are no boundaries to what can be made, same sex couples, nudity and strange hobbies are all very normal requests now, so don't be afraid to ask. Good luck with whatever masterpiece you choose, it really will taste as good as it looks if you research properly before buying.
Debbie and Jim have worked in the bakery field over a number of years. Debbie has worked for two of Surrey's leading manufacturing bakeries as their cake designer and built up a respectable reputation with many customers. They currently deliver wedding cakes all over Surrey and will venture into SW London, Kent, W Sussex and N. Hampshire. For further details, please visit their web site at www.debbiebone.co.uk.
Regards
Roger Mayne
Surrey Weddings
Most small firms making cakes will have a very limited availabilty so if you opt to use a smaller firm, book early rather than late to avoid disappointment. Six months before your chosen date should be ample, but it's worth checking with your cake designer to see if he/she needs more than this.
Bakeries tend to have more staff and can normally cater for late requests, but still check to be sure. The choices of wedding cakes are quite endless these days; Long gone are the days of nothing but fruit cake with crusty Royal icing that your parents would have had on their big day. Nowadays, most wedding cakes are coated with soft fondant icing, unless you choose to have chocolate or one of the chocolate derivatives that now exist. Worth noting is the fact that summer dates can be a nightmare for storing chocolate cakes, you really don't want a melted heap as the showpiece of your event!
So, what can you have inside your cake?
Again, the market is full of wonderful variations, with some of the most popular still being rich fruit, vanilla, chocolate fudge or lemon sponges. If you're having a stacked or pillared cake it's advisable to have fruit cake as a base tier if fruit is needed, add fruit at the top of sponge tiers and the whole lot could collapse down if not assembled correctly. A lot of websites will carry a very useful portion guide to help you choose the correct sizes for you, some also provide a pricing chart to help you budget.
What should you ask your cake designer?
This question is often asked before visiting a cake maker and a few pointers are always helpful to avoid a few pitfalls along the way. It's always advisable to see the designers portfolio and any customer feedback that they can provide, but this is fairly obvious stuff. Ask if you can try the cake that will be used on your design, there should be no reason not to try before committing. What are their booking terms (deposits, balance payment etc), are they fully insured, and do they deliver and set up your cake for you? Can they supply a cake stand? If something should go wrong on the day, what are their back-up plans? It's always advisable to deal with a shop as opposed to a home based business as the shops are all monitored by the local council's Environmental health department, whereas home based businesses are normally un-checked, a far from satisfactory situation.
A lot of couples these days opt to buy the cheaper cakes from their local supermarket to cut costs, but in fact it's false economy as the product they receive tends to be very thin and poorly decorated. It's also worth noting that you will need to assemble these cakes yourself and you have no comebacks if anything goes wrong. Most couples tend to steer well clear as the day can be fraught enough without cake decorating added in to the jobs to be done.
Budgets can vary greatly for different areas, but it's worth allowing at least £250 for a three tiered cake, this being an average figure these days for a standard wedding cake made by a professional. Some cake makers will charge anything up to £700 for the same thing, so shopping around (especially on the Internet) is a must. A simple Google search for "wedding cakes in surrey" should provide ample names to get the ball rolling for you. Wedding fairs are worthy of a visit, as you'll get to see various designs, with the cake maker normally being on hand to ask further questions too.
If you need any special figurines made to adorn your cake, either the cake designer will be able to help you, or recommend someone that can. There are no boundaries to what can be made, same sex couples, nudity and strange hobbies are all very normal requests now, so don't be afraid to ask. Good luck with whatever masterpiece you choose, it really will taste as good as it looks if you research properly before buying.
Debbie and Jim have worked in the bakery field over a number of years. Debbie has worked for two of Surrey's leading manufacturing bakeries as their cake designer and built up a respectable reputation with many customers. They currently deliver wedding cakes all over Surrey and will venture into SW London, Kent, W Sussex and N. Hampshire. For further details, please visit their web site at www.debbiebone.co.uk.
Regards
Roger Mayne
Surrey Weddings
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