Your Wedding Cake and Venue
When it comes to choosing a wedding cake it can be more complicated than it sounds, especially with the wide variety of shapes and styles available these days. But how does your wedding cake fit in with your venue? If you are looking for cake inspiration why not view your chosen wedding venue and take inspiration from there? Using your wedding venue can be a great starting point for the design of your wedding cake.
The Practicalities of your Chosen Cake
There are many practical concerns to consider when determining the suitability of a cake in your chosen wedding venue. It might be possible for your venue to store the cake for you in a refrigerated unit until it is needed at the wedding. It is also worth checking to see whether they will cut and serve it once your cutting ceremony is over. If you want your cake to be sliced and served in front of your guests, you will need it to be able to withstand slicing without crumbling and sticking to the knife. If you feel as though your cake maybe difficult to cut neatly, you can always ask to have the cake sliced up in the kitchen.
Outdoor venues and summer weddings may need to avoid a number of tasty ingredients such as;
Chocolate
Ice Cream
Butter Cream
Other ingredients which may melt
If you have an unusual venue, such as a boat for example you will need to make sure your cake is robust and able to withstand any potential movement. Should your function centre be air conditioned, however, you can relax and choose almost anything you like.
Why Size Matters
You can never under estimate the impact the size of your room will have on the appearance of your wedding cake; therefore it is important to scale your wedding cake to your wedding venue. Smaller wedding cakes can seem dwarfed in large venue such as ballrooms and function suites, especially if the display table is too large. However small cakes will work beautifully for an intimate venue such as a restaurant or boutique hotel. Grand rooms such as ballrooms or function halls require bigger cakes, with those with high ceilings needing cakes with multiple tiers to make an impact.
Matching the Style of the Cake and the Venue
It’s important to check that your wedding cake and your venue work together in a practical way. When considering wedding cake designs, bear in mind the style of your venue, this can be the perfect place to start those cake deliberations. If you venue has a more bold and elaborate interior, you may want your cake to have a more simple and minimal design. Equally if your venue has more of a neutral decor could be offset with a more expressive, design-heavy wedding cake. An outdoor reception will be a vast source of inspiration for cake decorations, the simplest being to adorn plain white cakes with fondant foliage and flowers. If you are having your wedding reception in a more contemporary venue, find inspiration with ‘kooky’ and quirky cakes that have a highly-elaborate pattern of polka dots or stripes could complement your venue perfectly. On the other hand, classic white cakes with lace effect icing and ribbons are a must if you are holding the reception in a historic stately home.
