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Modern loft? hen maybe it’s a tall a wedding cake design that falls average cake. Top designers are

cake with thin ribbon trim and a within your budget.
working with complex lavorings

few orchids. As you’re deciding on
such as coconut and Key lime,
Step 4. Search For he
a look, browse tons of cake photos blood orange and mango, and
and save your favorites to show your chocolate-hazelnut and mocha.
Perfect Cake Mate
baker.
(Are you drooling yet?) You might
Once you have a sense of cost and a
rough idea of the type of cake you’re also go for lavors based on the
Step 2. Learn the Basics
season, with heavier combinations
looking for, it’s time to ind a baker.
Let’s start with cake shapes. Beyond like chocolate cake with mocha-
Start your research online: Read
the traditional round cake, there’s
praline illing perfect for winter
reviews, search heKnot.com/cakes
a slew of other options. Square for bakers in your area and ask weddings and lighter sponge cakes
cakes are hugely popular -- and a with fruits, curds and preserves
around. Also, your caterer will most
great way to showcase a modern more ideal for summer afairs.
likely have recs. Once you have
wedding style. But those are just
the beginning: We’ve also seen your top three bakers in mind, set Step 6. Book Your Baker
up appointments to meet in person
hexagonal, oval, petal-shaped
When you think you’ve met your
and look at their portfolios. You’ll
and even triangle wedding cakes! match, book your baker. Often, a
discuss the time and place of the
When it comes to icing, you’ll have wedding, the degree of formality, deposit is required at this time,
a number of choices. Buttercream and you’ll also be asked to sign a
the colors and what your gown is
(made from butter and sugar) is contract. Before you sign, there are
like. You also should bring pictures
smooth and creamy, and it stays soft a few important points to tackle:
-- so it’s easy to cut, color and lavor. of cakes you like or even swatches of Find out how far in advance the
fabric from your table linens.
Fondant is another popular option;

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cakes is that

Be prepared to pay anywhere
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from $1.50 all the way up to $20 a
to look good
slice and beyond. And the more but taste less

complicated the cake, the more than fabulous.

you’ll pay. Fondant is generally Far from the Beautiful
more expensive than buttercream,
cake being just
Outdoor
and if you want elaborately molded a showpiece, it’s

shapes, vibrant colors or handmade what’s inside that Setting

sugar lowers, you’ll pay for the cake counts. When
designer’s time and labor. One cost- you meet with
Available
cutting option is to order the cake of your prospective
June-September
your dreams made on a small scale bakers, be sure
for a price you can comfortably
to taste lots of
aford, and then order sheet cakes samples (forget Ample room/parking
up to 300+ guests
of the same lavor to be cut in the the diet—this

kitchen (some but not all designers is “research”).
will do this). Bottom line: Once
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you ind your baker, you’ll want to surprised to Mountain View Weddings

work with them to come up with
discover it isn’t

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