How To Choose Your Wedding Cake

Get Researching

The first step in choosing your Wedding Cake is in the research, get on the internet and see what is around, there will be Pinterest Boards, Posts on Facebook and Instagram and Wedding Cake Makers Photos that you can check out. 

Do not be concerned about the cost at this stage just identify the kind of thing you would be happy to have adorning your cake table on your special day.

Save a photo of anything you like so that you have a collection of the sort of thing that you like the look of, look at the different styles and colours that are grabbing your attention.

Have a good look at what local cake makers can offer, whilst there are loads of different styles it doesn’t mean to say that you will be able to find someone who can make exactly what you want.

When you have collated a few ideas you will be ready to start making some decisions on the Wedding Cake of your dreams!

Style/Theme/Colours

Your starting point has probably been covered when you did your research, at this point you may have identified your Wedding Cake budget and you should have some idea of the kind of thing you are looking for whether you’d like a single tier or multi-tiered cake, the general theme and style and the colours that you would prefer.

This might all be in keeping with your Wedding theme for example if you are looking for something Rustic, Traditional or Modern like the rest of your day or something that matches your colour scheme.

You might be happy with a standard shop bought design, in fact some supermarkets offer a Wedding Cake Service and can even include Personalised icing on the top made from photos you supply.

Your Wedding Cake can make a huge statement if you want it to, normally a Wedding Cake has it’s own table and this can be as big or as small as you choose. 

You may prefer a more subtle Wedding Cake rather than be too extravagant but that does not mean you necessarily have to compromise on what you want.

Cake Shapes

The number of Wedding Cake types are endless and it would be easy to get carried away so start with the shape of the Wedding Cake you would like.

The most common shapes for Tiered cakes would be Round or Oval Shaped, Square or Rectangular Shaped, Heart-Shaped or something different like Hexagonal or a mixture of shapes.

Each one of these types will give a different look to your Wedding Cake and can reflect your theme so if you wanted a more traditional shape you could opt for a scalloped edge cake or a more modern square shaped cake.

Choosing Something Completely Different 

Rather than have just one Wedding Cake some couples choose to have two, one for cutting during the Cake Cutting Ceremony and another that is used to cut up and feed the guests. 

There are even couples that choose to have a cake for every table at the Wedding Reception rather than one main cake and they walk around and cut several cakes rather than just one.

Cupcake Mountains are more commonplace nowadays but there are also things like Cheese, Fruit, Chocolates and Macaroons with many other exciting options out there.

Remember to choose a Wedding Cake that reflects your personality so if you are mad about Pork Pies have a Pork Pie Cake!