First of all let me tell you about my experience with London Wedding Cakes. I got married in London and it was fantastic.
My wedding planner told me that London Wedding Cakes are beautiful but required a lot of preparation.
I really didn’t want to spend lots of money but I wanted it to look the best I could get.
London Wedding Cakes can be very expensive if you let your imaginative creation fly.
First of all I recommend you to get real.
There is no point in going to all the bakeries and asking for all the cakes available when you know for sure that you won’t be able to afford the most expensive one.
As soon as you walk in you should tell the baker what is your budgets. According to that budget then the baker will suggests ideas.
I totally recommend that you take pictures of how your dress is going to look like and how the reception area is going to be decorated.
If you do so, your cake decoration will follow the same style pattern and everything will looks harmonious.
I was lucky enough to meet a good baker that helped me even thought I had a low budget.
Bakers normally have tasting session that possible customers can join in order to have a little piece of every single cake that is available for wedding occasions.
It seems like an easy task but it isn’t. There are so many good cakes that you really cant make up your mind on your own. Take your husband to be with you, believe me, it feels better to have your loved one to support your decision.
It is also important to consult with the baker about the possible alcoholic drinks that you can serve while guests are enjoying your cake. It really makes a difference to serve a drink that goes according to the cake flavor.
As I mentioned before I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on the cake so my baker suggested that I had the base cake with no decoration stored in the kitchen. It was a wonderful idea. Decoration is very expensive. I did as he suggested. I pretended I was going to slice all the cake but we really put a knife on it for the picture and then the cake was taken away.
Nobody saw that I had pre sliced plain cake inside the kitchen.
If you want to can have cake tins decorated as if they were cakes just to put in the table for decoration purposes. These decorated tins are white and you can put flowers in them to make them look pretty.
As you can see you don’t need to spend a fortune in cakes.
Bakers London and Their Wedding cake tips.
I am getting married in London and visited many Bakers London. I have also done some research online but there are some tip that I was given that I think are worth to write down.
I will start from my favorite. I didn’t know you could store cakes for long periods of time!
Bakers London recommended celebrating my first month anniversary eating the same cake we ate at our wedding day. What a wonderful idea!
In order to do this you need to be aware of freezer burn. You don’t want your cake to get ruined so careful measures should be taken. It is not recommended to use metallic foil at all. This will not protect the cake from freezer burn. Instead use plastic foil to wrap the cake and then put it in a zip bag in order to keep air away. I totally recommend this idea to celebrate your first month together.
Bakers London also told me that they needed to talk to my florist and my decorator. I was surprised when they suggested this. But remember everything has to match your dress so you need to pick up a style to be the central theme of the whole event. Looking at magazines helped me a lot and gave me lots of idea. I couldn’t really decide because there were so many beautiful option that I had to consult my wedding planner assistant.
Remember that delivery a wedding cake is not like delivering any cake. Bakers need time to set u the whole scene. Make sure you make time for this and avoid the embarrassment of having your guest there while they are doing their job.
I chose a very tall cake and believe me it was the best option. The photos of us near the cake are just beautiful. It is not that expensive.
If you are running low on budget you have two options: The first one is getting a beautiful cake prepared and decorated and add some extra fake cakes. These fake cakes are just cardboard in the shape of a cake that has been decorated in the similar way as the original one.
Another option is to buy a perfectly decorated cake and then purchase some not decorated cakes that you will keep in the kitchen and you will use to feed your guests. This way if your proper cake is small you can take it home after pretending you cut it. I know it sounds funny but it is very helpful. You may combine both money saving tips. It will be cheaper anyway.
Finally remember to do everything long time before the wedding and to coordinate the most infamous detail. Good luck!
written by Tyrone
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