Sunday, 28 February 2010

Purple and Red

This tiny three tired wedding cake is our new size cake which serves 50 guests - nothing screams wedding like a three tiered cake!
Combining bright scarlet flowers with the deep purple 2010 signature wedding colour this cake sparkles and shines like amethyst with it's sugar crystal covering.
The cake stand regrettably, however pretty it is, isn't suitable for a real wedding cake.  When you are choosing a cake stand for your wedding cake, be sure to remember that real cakes are very heavy and fake cakes are styrofoam therefore very lightweight.  Your cake stand should be able to hold the weight of a small child, be perfectly flat and have a wide neck to hold the centre of the cake (the heaviest part).
The cake stands that we recommend are designed especially for us by Lou Hanson of Handmade Cake Stand
To avoid disappointment (we have sometimes been obliged to not use the cake stand supplied by our clients because they are just not strong enough for the cake!) make sure that your cake stand is a wedding cake stand not simply 'any old cake stand'.  If you buy your cake stand at Winners, Homesense, Bowring or one of the other mall type stores, the chances are that it won't be strong enough for your cake.  What a shame to spend your money on a cake then not show it off correctly.
We offer our clients a huge discount on store or on line prices for these cake stands.