The Wedding Cake Co.
The Wedding Cake Co. create beautiful wedding cakes, based in Clitheroe but covering Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester as well as throughout the Lake District. They only ever use the finest ingredients to make their bespoke cakes. More info
Blueberry Hill Cakes
Exquisite and affordable wedding cakes More info
MonAnnie Cakes
Contemporary, bespoke cakes created in Reading. More info
The CakeWay
Cakes As Cakes Should Be!...The CakeWay can create any cake you can dream about, at competitive prices! North London wedding cake specialist. More info
I Do Cakes
Based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire I can design and create your dream wedding cake. Your free no obligation consultation will give you the chance to choose the colours, flavours & style of your bespoke cake made just for you. More info
Cakes By JG
Wedding cakes made to your personal requirements using only the very best ingredients based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Bespoke cakes made for your wedding in Evesham, Tewkesbury, Stow on the Wold, Gloucester, Stroud & throughout the Cotswolds. More info
Sticky Fingers Cake Co.
Sticky Fingers Cake Co offer a personal service from start to finish. Wedding cakes made to order based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. More info
Allaways Sweet Carts
Sweet cart/wishing well and cake cart hire Hand made from solid wood and painted in antique cream. Provided with jars and scoops for your special day. More info
Truly Loving Cakes
Handcrafted wedding cakes. Beautiful cakepop & cupcake favours all made by hand with the finest ingredients. More info
Wedding Cakes Today
Luxury wedding cake business based in North London & covering surrounding areas. More info
Wiggle Cakes
Wiggle Cakes offer delicious bespoke wedding cakes using the finest ingredients. Based in Midhurst, West Sussex. More info
Laura Urschel's Kitchen
Laura Urschel is a wedding cake designer and food stylist based in Witney, Oxfordshire. She creates beautiful designs in many different flavours. Please get in touch with her to discuss prices and portion guides. She'd love to hear from you. More info
Sweet Hollywood
Luxury Wedding Cakes for your special day, based in London. Each of our cakes are carefully crafted by our team of artists to create beautiful edible works of art for your wedding. More info
Pat-a-cakes
Homemade wedding cakes including wedding cupcakes, fruit wedding cakes to quirky or just the classic wedding cake More info
Rosewood Cakes
Breathtaking wedding cakes perfect for your wedding day. Bespoke wedding cakes based in Glasgow. More info
Calley's Cakes
Calley's Cakes Create a stunning centrepiece for your wedding that tastes as beautiful as it looks. Winner of the wedding cake designer of the year Sussex and we are the recommended cake maker of some of the top venues in Sussex. More info
The Cake Parlour
The Cake Parlour creates stunning tiered wedding cakes and cupcakes with beautiful handmade confectionery. They truly taste as good as they look! They can create a wide range of wedding cakes in various designs and flavours, from experienced bakers. More info
Cut Above Cake Co.
Wide range of styles & flavours for your bespoke designed wedding cake. A choice of semi naked cakes, marbled, chalk board, gold leaf, copper, naked, reveal, buttercream, royal icing & sugar paste flowers all created just for you. More info
Just Because CaKes
Just Because CaKes have been making brides and grooms happy since 2011. We design cakes that are perfect centrepieces for your special day, beautiful, individual and delicious. Free consultations and quotes. More info
Daisy Cake Company
Bespoke and Couture Wedding Cakes, designed and baked from scratch for your exact requirements. Each and every wedding cake is special to us and we endeavour to design, bake, decorate and deliver the exact cake for your day. Wedding cakes Hampshire More info
Gray's Cakes & Bakes
Fareham wedding cakes, bespoke designs for Hampshire weddings. More info
Choosing your Wedding Cake
Your wedding cake is a main feature of your wedding reception and plays many roles. Not only does it add a centrepiece to your wedding venue, it can also act as a pudding or late evening snack, and is an important part of your wedding traditions. According to superstition, eating wedding cake ensures good fortune and fertility for the married couple, and if a bridesmaid sleeps with a slice under her pillow she will dream of her future husband.
The moment that you cut the cake is a favourite photo opportunity for guests and is usually straight after the speeches. The wedding cake is then taken away to be sliced before being served on platters.
Choosing your wedding cake can be a subject close to your heart, and is one of the tasks that grooms often get involved with. There are now so many types of wedding cakes that the possibilities are endless.
Whether wedding cupcakes take your fancy or a chocolate fountain fills your dreams, the difficulty doesn't come in imagining your dream wedding cake but finding someone to make it!
Traditional wedding cakes
Some people have dreamt about their wedding cake their whole life. They have an image of a large, multi tired, white fondant cascade of cake beauty surrounded by roses. If this is you then a traditional wedding cake is the way forward. Cutting your wedding cake is a momentous part of your wedding and something you will remember for the rest of your life, so make sure you get the cake of your dreams. If you are looking for something different, there are lots of different types of wedding cake!
Chocolate wedding cakes
A very popular choice of wedding for many couples is the chocolate wedding cake. It is always guaranteed to be popular with your guests! White Belgian chocolate curls and fresh flowers can give a traditional wedding cake look, or a smooth glossy dark chocolate ganache forms the base for many contemporary cake designs. The most recent chocolate wedding cakes designs incorporate chocolate transfers to add a very modern twist.
Wedding cupcakes and individual cakes
Wedding cupcakes are becoming one of the most popular types of wedding cake. They are growing bigger and bigger with elaborate designs. The bigger American style wedding cupcakes with a swirl of buttercream and a simple decoration are popular, or for those with a bigger budget, individually iced individual cakes, generally displayed with a larger top tier for ceremonial cutting.
Choosing wedding cupcakes means that each guest could take home a cupcake in a special wedding cake box, as a keepsake from your wedding.
Croquembouche
A wedding croquembouche or “piece montee” is a stunning cascade of choux pastry and crème patisserie surrounded by delicate caramel strands to provide a spectacular centrepiece for your wedding reception.
They can vary in size according to the number of guests and can be dramatically cut using a sword. This masterpiece can also double up as a pudding and means that each of your guests gets a taste of the wedding cake while they still have space. Croquembouche are not suitable for anyone with a gluten, egg or dairy intolerance.
Macaroon wedding cakes
The latest trend in wedding cakes, little macaroons are built into a pyramid similar in shape to a croquembouche. They can also be used around the side of traditionally shaped cake tiers as edible colourful cake decorations. The macaroons can be made in virtually every pastel colour and many different flavours. They contain ground almonds so are not recommended for anyone with a nut allergy.
Cheese wedding cakes
If you don't have a sweet tooth, if a wedding cake just is not for you, or if you want a separate wedding cake to cut for the evening guests, a cheese wedding cake may be the answer. It can be made up from a selection of you and your groom’s favourite cheeses and is a lovely way to finish your wedding breakfast. For a cake made from English cheeses we would suggest using a Cheddar or White Leicester for the bottom tier, a Stilton or double Gloucester for the middle tier and a Wensleydale with cranberries or apricots for the top tier. Soft cheeses can be used but it is best to add them at the last as they have a short shelf life.
Chocolate fountains
Everyone's fantasy, and a great idea to entertain and feed evening guests - a chocolate fountain with dark, milk or white chocolate - or even pastel coloured chocolate to match your colour scheme. Most chocolate fountain companies will supply a selection of dips and an unlimited amount of chocolate, with the fountain typically running from the beginning of the evening reception until the disco is well under way.
Cake stands, swords and cake boxes
Cake stands can give your wedding cake the finishing touch, lifting it up from the table and turning a cake into a centrepiece. Most venues have their own round or square silver coloured cake stand to hire but if not, or if you want a more unusual cake stand such as a spiral, swan or cascade stand, or a special stand for cupcakes, you will need to hire from a cake supplies shop.