Each vendor you choose can make your wedding extra special, but only one gets to make it extra sweet: the baker! Choosing someone who will design, bake, and build your wedding cake is a big decision, so think about these questions before you make the final choice. The process of choosing can be quite delicious itself though, since many bakers will offer for you to taste the wedding cake options before you purchase one!
What Kinds of Cakes Do You Make, and How Much Can You Customize"
It is important to know the range of the cakes available from your baker. If, for instance, they make amazing sheet cakes but don?t specialize in multi-tier cakes, you want to know that at the beginning. The best place to start is asking to see a portfolio of some of the other cakes they?ve made before, since that will give you a good chance to figure out your own vision for your cake as well. Once you?ve seen what they can do, discuss how much they are willing to venture away from their typical cake types. If you want something truly unusual, you?ll want to run those ideas by the baker and get an honest impression of how likely they are to be able to complete them. At the same time, if you are in the market for a good deal, ask what kinds of cakes tend to look beautiful but are common enough that they aren?t very difficult to assemble: cakes that still look very beautiful can sometimes be easier to make and thus less expensive. This applies to materials too: talk through frosting and dec...