Planning for your wedding cake…

Aug 18, 2010

Marriage.com recently asked to give a few tips on how to plan for your wedding cake.  So we decided to share that information with our readers too.   You can see the full post on their site at www.marriage.com

1. Time & Location of Wedding- Be sure to have your date and location reserved prior to meeting with your baker, they will need to know this information for delivery purposes and planning other events around yours as their dates start filling up.

2. Always take inspiration items to your appointment- Things like embroidery from your gown, a design from your invitation, and color swatches can be a great way to help your designer personalize your wedding cake. Certainly bring pictures of other cakes you like. Most designers don’t like to recreate someone else’s work exactly, but maybe they can make a slight change to make it your own. Besides, what bride wants the same exact cake as another bride? Be creative, be original.

3. Dress your cake table- It is important to use a linen color that will complement your cake. Your designer can likely recommend the best color choice for you. If your cake is all white, you should choose a color that matches your wedding and offsets the all white cake. It is difficult to photograph an all white cake on a white linen. You can also place things on the table to enhance the decor: cake knife serving set, champagne toasting glasses, candles, toss bouquet, rose petals, etc.

4. Don’t save your top tier for your first anniversary- Year old cake doesn’t taste good, not much does! Most bakers will provide you with a freshly baked cake to celebrate with or offer you a discount. So use that to your advantage and skip out on a frost bitten slice or tier in your new freezer.

5. Don’t forget the groom’s cake. This is a tradition that is on the come back. The history of a groom’s cake goes like this: The groom’s cake was not to be served to the guests while at the wedding reception, but rather it was to be sliced up, placed into packages and given to them as favors when they departed. Single women at the wedding would take their pieces of cake home and sleep with it under their pillows in hopes of dreaming of their future husbands. Personally, I think it’s the one thing in the entire wedding that represents the groom. Let’s face it ladies, we all want the wedding of our dreams and most groom’s are willing to give us whatever we want, even if it means pink everywhere. Give him something that represents him. It could be a hobby, favorite sports team, or a work related item, anything that screams “groom.” Check out some groom’s cakes we’ve created below.