If you want to have a wedding cake that will be as talked about as your reception then keep in mind certain questions you have to ask your cake designer before engaging him to create your wedding cake.
Here are a few questions that will enable you to understand what you need to know before you make your choice of a wedding cake designer.
Can i view your previous work?
Can i taste the variety of wedding cake flavors and fillings?
Can you provide at least three references whom i can contact?
Will you be able to create a custom wedding cake or are there a variety of designs and styles from which i can choose?
What price do you charge and how flexible is it? Can you show me the price list that I can consult?
Does the cake price include items like cake toppers, stands, tiers, fountains and cutters or are they charged separately? If I change flavors or fillings will that change the price as well?
Are you willing to contact my florist if my cake requires fresh flowers, or you have a florist of your own or i will have to provide you with the flowers myself?
The ingredients that you use in the preparation of cakes? What kind of icing do you use?
Do you make peanut-free or other allergen-free (eggs, milk, gluten, etc) cakes?
Will you prepare the cake on the wedding day or before hand?
If you are preparing it beforehand, then how long before the wedding will it be prepared and how will that affect the taste of the cake?
Though the cake should be prepared close to the wedding day as it remains fresh, however be careful of wedding cake designers who say that they bake the wedding cake on the wedding day. Wedding cakes require several days of preparation and anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or inexperienced. Most cakes take three to five days to prepare.
How much charges for delivery? Will the delivery person be able to make emergency frosting or decoration repairs and arrange the cake table?
It is always best to have the baker deliver the cake as then they will be responsible for any accidents that might occur along the way.
So after making a thorough inquiry from the wedding cake designer about the cake you will be in a position to employ a good designer and thereby have the perfect cake for the most special day of your life.