Fantastic Wedding Cakes

Wedding Cakes: Let Them Eat Cake and Love ItBy Sue Jacksons
Fantastic Wedding Cakes
When guests troop to the reception hall, they expect to see agorgeous wedding cake proudly ensconced where everybody can seeit. They are also pleasantly surprised when it tastes as good asit looks. This should be your goal when you are looking for thewedding cake of your dreams.
Wedding cakes come in wonderful designs and trimmings, andcolors undreamed of. You no longer have to settle for a pristinewhite cake that looks so official with the traditional sugarflowers also in white or the usual hoi polloi of green, blue andpink.
Wedding cakes have fun colors ranging orange to lavender and anassortment of trimmings an inventive and creative baker can dishup. Lace, ribbons, fresh flowers and fruit, candies, gratedcoconut, and swarovski beads and edible fondant pearls are usedfor stunning decorative pieces that would send your greatgrandma to fits of envy.
Fondant and marzipan icing revolutionized cake decorating andnew baking technology allowed the successful baking of weddingcakes in unusual shapes - cubes, triangles, hearts, harempillows, castles, and yes, shoes and bags or your caricaturesfor a touch of fun. Perhaps if you could afford it, you'll havethem all for their stunning looks alone.
How to Find the Right Mix of Looks and Flavour
Planning for a fantastic wedding cake starts month before thewedding because bakers are fully booked months ahead. Your planshould include the cake recipe. Here are some ideas for yourcake:
* White cake recipes * Chocolate cakes * Cakes with fruits and nuts
Wedding cakes may cost $1.50 a slice or $15.00. This is howbakers calculate the cost of the cake and price includes costfor frosting and flavour. For your chocolate or white cake, askthe baker how much he will charge for ganache or fruit fillingsbecause bakers routinely charge more for specialized cakes thatrequire special fillings and frosting. But if flavour is tops inyour requirement, then shell out a little more.
For your cake icing, you can choose one to complement thecake's recipe:
* Cream cheese icing * Cocoa and butter sauce * Traditional butter icing * Meringue frosting * Milk chocolate
Icing for wedding cakes can be made to look like swaths ofsilk, Venetian lace, and feathers. This will all depend on theskill and of the baker who will also present his portfolio ofwonderful wedding cake designs.
Ideally, since it is your wedding, get your favorite cakerecipe. The groom may also want his groom's cake or may want adifferent flavoured cake. If this is so, request the baker tohave a three tiered cake in different flavours.
Before You Get a Baker
Before talking to a baker, prepare to give the followinginformation:
* Date of wedding * Wedding motif * Venue of reception * Number of guests * Number of servings for the cake
Armed with this information find a baker who has the patienceto understand the visions of wedding cakes cavorting in yourhead and who can duplicate the exquisite flavor of your mom'sbutter rum cake. If you find this gem of a baker, sign thatcontract at once before he can say no.
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