Wedding Information
Your Dream Wedding Cake
Let your imagination run riot! Whether your dream wedding cake is something simple and classical, or a fun modern colourful affair - we can make your dreams come true. We have many wonderful resource books and magazines for you to browse, or just send us a picture of a design you like. We can cater for small or large weddings, and there's sure to be a cake that will suit you and your wedding style. All our cake flavours are suitable for stacking and decorating, and you can even have a different flavour for each tier at no extra charge! From one tier to several tiers, stacked or separated - let us create your dream wedding cake. Our quality wedding cakes start at €5,50 per serving and are priced upon design.
What to consider
1. Budget - decide on your cake budget (wedding cakes are priced per serving), this will help us to find the designs to recommend for your price range. For those having a large number of guests, we can provide supplementary plain iced kitchen cakes providing the main wedding cake ordered serves at least 75 servings. These kitchen cakes are kept out of sight and can be sliced and plated shortly before serving to save time - once plated the main cake & kitchen cake will appear the same. Kitchen cakes are available in many sizes starting at 24 servings, and are available in all of our flavours. Kitchen cakes are priced at €4 per serving (excluding rich fruit cakes).
2. How much cake do you need? - If your wedding cake will serve as the dessert for your wedding meal, or be used for the champagne toast before the meal, you will probably require a slice for every guest you have invited. If it is part of a larger buffet or being served after a meal that has included another dessert, you can work with needing about 75-80% of your guest count. A standard size serving is defined as 2.5cm x 5cm x height (usually between 10-15cm for sponge cakes and 7cm for fruit cakes, depending on chosen design). This is a nice size to serve at the toast or as dessert. You may also choose to serve 'finger portions' or 'coffee portions', which are half the size quoted above, but please note that as our cakes are very moist (and in a few layers in the case of sponge cakes), it can be very difficult to cut nice neat portions of this size. If you wish to save your top tier, or have bigger slices then this needs to be taken into consideration when deciding on cake size. Knowing this information will help us determine the size/tiers of your cake. If you are considering cupcakes in lieu of a traditional cake, it is highly recommended that you order cupcakes for 125-150% of your guest count, because there are always people who will take 2 (or 3!) cupcakes, especially if there is more than one flavour on offer!
3. Flavours - what are your favourite flavours? You may choose from our existing cake flavours, or request a favourite not listed. We want you to have your dream wedding cake, whatever it takes, and we can easily make a different flavour for each tier if you like (at no extra charge)! Also consider the time of year you are getting married, some flavours are best suited to certain seasons. We recommend vanilla, strawberry, lemon, orange & coconut for spring & summer weddings, and chocolate, pumpkin, carrot, banana & rich fruit cakes for autumn & winter weddings.
4. Shape/s - whilst round cakes are always popular, we have many other eye-catching, beautiful shapes available. You can keep your tiers to a single shape, or mix and match for a unique look.
5. Colour/s - what are the colours of your wedding, and what are your favourite colours in general? Flowers, butterflies and other accents can add colour to a white iced cake, or you may choose for the cake to be different shades of one colour, two colours or whatever your dream cake is!
6.Style of wedding - if you having a themed wedding, you may wish to tie the look of your cake in with that theme. If you are having a beach wedding, then a very formal cake design may look out of place, so consider the location of your reception too when choosing your cake design.
7.Season - maybe your design could be inspired by the season you are getting married in, for example pretty pastels in spring, glorious blooms in summer, autumnal leaves, or winter snowflakes.
8. Serving the cake - is your venue familiar with cutting & serving English/American style wedding cakes? If not, then you may wish to consider having us cut your wedding cake. The cost of having us serve your cake is determined thus: €1 per serving, plus €25 per hour for waiting/travelling time, and travel costs (if applicable) - please ask us for a quote if you are interested in having this service provided by us. Most venues charge anywhere from €2,50 per serving and up to cut your cake, and often do a horrible job of it!
9. Children - if you are having several children at your wedding, and you wish to choose rich, adult-taste orientated cake flavours for your wedding cake, you may want to consider ordering child-friendly cupcakes in addition to your wedding cake. These can be decorated to co-ordinate with the main cake, or just decorated with a pretty swirl of buttercream. Cupcakes are available by the dozen and in many flavours. Please see our cupcake/cookie page for details.
10. Size - our tiered wedding cakes are available from 18 dessert servings, again depending on the shape/s chosen. We can usually provide you with several shape/size options once we know the servings (and whether wedding /dessert size), you require. You can also look at our serving charts for more information.
Wedding Consultation & Tastings
Wedding cake consultations are free of charge. If you wish to meet face to face, the appointments last approximately 1 hour. During the meeting, we will discuss the design of your cake, so please have available pictures of cake designs you like, invitations, colour swatches etc, that may help us come up with something perfect for your event.
Tastings - If you choose to have a tasting, these cost 40 euros, payable in advance of the appointment (or they maybe collected at another time). If you then choose to place an order for your wedding cake with us for 60+ servings or for a cake costing €400 or more, this fee will be applied to the the cost of your cake. You may choose up to 3 cake flavours and fillings to sample. The purpose of a tasting is mainly to demonstrate the quality of our baking, rest assured that, whatever you finally choose as the flavour/s for your cake, they will all be as equally delicious (we have had couples love what they have sampled, yet still chosen other/additional flavours for their cake that they didn't taste, and many couples who chose not to sample our cakes before ordering - and they were all thrilled with their cakes).
If you should need to reschedule or cancel your appointment, we ask that you contact us ASAP.