Everyone looks forward to the highlights of the wedding reception like the couple’s first dance and the bouquet toss, but you can guarantee that all your guests will be most excited about the main event: the cake. Whether you’re going all out with a six-tier cake or you’re keeping it low-key with something simple, you’ll have to work with a professional baker to design the cake and get it delivered to the venue.
In order to get the sugary sweet wedding cake of your dreams, you’ll need to effectively communicate with your baker about what you want and what your budget is. But because most of us have never designed and ordered a cake with a professional baker to feed a group of 100+ people, it’s helpful to know what to expect throughout the process. Thinking about hiring a baker soon" Here are five things your wedding cake baker wish you knew?and tips to get the sweetest design of your wedding fantasies.
1. You Should Start the Planning Process Early
Great things take time?and cake is one of the greatest things of all. You may think that ordering a wedding cake is one of those things you can do fairly last-minute, but you’ll need to give your baker several months of advanced notice, especially if you plan on doing something highly customized or intricate. Basically, as soon as you know where the reception will be and what kind of aesthetic you’ll have, you need to contact local bakers to give them enough time to design and...