The cake is an essential part of almost any wedding. His choice depends on personal sympathies, wedding scenario, as well as financial capabilities. There is a wide variety of cake shapes, there are several factors to consider in order to make the right choice.
Think about ordering in advance
If you already know exactly what kind of cake you need, go through the pastry chefs in advance and look at their suggestions. Choose a specific manufacturer, prepare and distribute money at all stages of cake making. In advance, start looking for additional accessories and decorations that you will need to decorate the finished cake. Keep in mind that good candy makers are in high demand and tend to be busy for weeks or even months in advance.
If you are planning a summer wedding, start choosing a cake and its maker as early as winter or spring.
Cake idea
Quite often, the shape of the cake is determined by the scenario of the wedding for which it is being prepared. However, this is not always the case, it happens that you need to come up with an idea for a cake from scratch, relying only on your own taste. If you have not decided what kind of cake you need, visit specialized Internet sites, read the relevant magazines that cover this topic. Go around the local pastry chefs and see what they have to offer you. Look at the wedding photos of friends and family, maybe you can get ideas for your cake from them.
Cake shape
Having chosen the general idea for the cake, you need to decide what shape it will have. There are a number of traditional wedding cake shapes that are most common. However, depending on your wishes, the cake can have absolutely any shape.
A tiered cake is a classic wedding cake with several "floors". It suits those who are very conservative about the wedding.
Croquembush is a traditional French wedding cake. It has a conical shape made from toffee balls (balls of butter and sugar), often seasoned with almonds, chocolate and decorated with all kinds of ribbons.
A non-traditional cake based on your idea. If you are a fan of any movie, sports or anything else and want to reflect your passion in cake, this can be done by almost any professional pastry chef. Such cakes are most often ordered by those who want to hold a unique and unlike anything wedding.
Fresh flowers are often used as decorations to add freshness to the cake.
Choosing a pastry chef
Having made the final decision on the shape of the cake, find a pastry chef who will take on the implementation of your idea. Go around a few manufacturers, take a look at what they currently offer, take a look at photos of their previous work and read reviews about them, if any. Find out what ingredients the cake is made from, order a tasting if offered. Do not refuse it, even if this is not the first order from this pastry chef. Having made the final choice, discuss with him the necessary details, for example, how many people will be at the wedding, the cost of making the cake, as well as the possibility of delivery of the cake by the manufacturer. If you are on a budget, pastry chefs are usually ready to advise you, in any case they will find a suitable option for you.
