There are many factors that affect the price of a wedding cake. Whatever your budget, you need to be realistic about what you expect for your money.
Wedding Cake Tips
Your wedding cake will probably be the most expensive cake you'll ever buy, so make sure you get it right. Our wedding cake tips will help you choose the perfect centrepiece for your wedding day, with ideas and advice from top wedding cake makers on everything from wedding cake designs to choosing flavours.
Sugar Wedding Keepsakes and Special Treats
A special cupcake or keepsake in addition to a main wedding cake is great if you want to give a small treat or sugar keepsake to someone special.
5 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding Cake
Wedding cakes can be pretty expensive. However, here are five ways you can save money on your wedding cake without losing the wow factor.
How to Preserve the Top Tier of a Wedding Cake
The tradition of preserving the top tier of a wedding cake for a christening or first anniversary is still a popular choice for newlyweds.
Wedding Cake Icing Ideas
Zoe Clark looks at different icing techniques and ideas used to create both elaborate and simple wedding cake designs.
Types of Wedding Cake — What to Serve When
Cakes are food and all food has seasonality. Here are some tips for what type of wedding cake to serve depending on the time of year.
Coloured Wedding Cakes
Usually asked to make classic white or ivory wedding cakes, Zoe Clark loves it when a bride chooses a coloured wedding cake instead of following tradition.
Seasonal Wedding Cakes
The design of a wedding cake is a great way to really celebrate the season, to complement the flowers and create a seasonal centre point.
2011 Wedding Cake Trends
The wedding cake trends for 2011 see couples going back to more traditional wedding cakes, sticking to softer colours and simple yet elegant decoration.
Serving Wedding Cake as Dessert
Serving wedding cake as dessert: why you might want to and why you should think twice.
Tiered Wedding Cakes or Mini Cakes?
Some of the reasons why you might want to consider having mini cakes rather than a tiered wedding cake at your wedding reception.
Choosing Nude Colours for Your Wedding Cake
Instead of ivory or white go for a soft nude colour for your wedding cake. There are many shades of ‘nude’, and your cake maker can mix icing in any colour.
Classic or Novelty Wedding Cake Design?
When choosing your wedding cake you could go for a novelty design themed on a hobby, or opt for a classic design with a subtle nod to your personality.
Choosing Your Wedding Cake Flavour
When it comes to wedding cakes the choice of flavours is vast. Nowadays your choice of wedding cake flavour is far more extensive than just fruit cake.