Go Wedding: Wedding cake

Most of the time we will just use the dummy cake which is provided by restaurant or hotel during wedding reception. If you have budget, you can have your own wedding cake to match with your theme by ordering from cake house. There are a few things you need to be prepared before you go to cake house: 1. Date of your wedding

If your wedding fall into hot season, you may need to book up at least 3 months in advance. Plan early, no last minutes! Discuss with the wedding cake designer on the color, the design, the material, the flavor and so on. Tell them your design theme; match the wedding cake with your theme.

2. How many servings

This is very important information for cake house. They need to know how many guests you are inviting and how many servings do you need in your cake. Some couples will expect to serve all of their guests while some expect to have smaller cake for cake cutting session only (or even for decoration only). Tell your cake designer, they will give you advise on how big you cake will be. The most important thing is you don't want to run of cake during your big day.

3. When does it needs to be delivered

Most shops will require at least 2 hours for setting up the wedding cake for you.

4. Where do you want to deliver

Cake will need to know where to deliver so that they can estimate the time to deliver. Most of the cake required proper storage in order to prevent it runs out of the shape or even melt before reach to the restaurant or hotel. Therefore, if the cake house is far from the wedding reception venue, they will need to do proper storage. If possible, try to find the cake house which is near to the wedding reception venue as sometimes traffic jam that may cause the wedding cake to be arrived too late. Some of the cake house charge extra if the reception area is far from the area limit.

5. What kind of cake do you want

What flavor would you like? Cakes can be traditional in design to really contemporary. Ask for the photos of their work during visiting to their shops. Taste their cake during visit. Nowadays. more and more people love to have cupcakes as their wedding cake. It can be distributed to guests easily. Depends on what you like and discuss with the cake house.

6. What design you like

Lastly, you need to tell your cake designer the color or theme you have for your wedding. Let them know if you prefer fresh flower or any decorations that you like.