The Wedding Cake has long been an icon of the classic American wedding. Your cake will provide a centerpiece for your reception and its beauty will live in your memories and pictures forever. Today, the possibilities are limitless! Through your own creativity and the help of your chosen pastry chef, you can create a truly unique and delicious confectionery treasure.
The best place to begin when choosing your confection-perfection is to define what your “wedding style” will be. Will you want sophisticated elegance, country charm, urban artful? Once you decide this, you will be able to select a cake that properly reflects the style of your event. Magazines are a great place to start your search. Martha Stewart Weddingsoffers a wide array of styles for every bride. InStyle Weddings is another popular source for fresh ideas. Once you have ripped out a few pictures for your wedding planning scrapbook, it is now time to taste! Selecting your pastry chef may be one of your most enjoyable planning tasks if you have a sweet tooth.
Santa Barbara is rich with culinary talents and boasts an extensive community of world-class pastry artists. Begin your search online, of course. This will give you an opportunity to view pictures of each bakery’s work and see how it matches up with your own sweet dream. Once you have decided with whom you would like to meet, inquire about your preferred flavors and arrange for a tasting consultation.
Many local patisseries’ can also create petite fours; beautiful monogrammed cookies or decadent truffles for wedding favors. If you anticipate needing any of these additional wedding confections than you may want to inquire about these services during your initial consultation.
Your Pastry Chef will help you to shape your dream. Once you meet with them you will be able look through many more pictures and clarify exactly what you want. Most wedding cakes end up being a compilation of many different aspects of different cakes, to create something truly unique. If a pastry chef is not willing to work with your unique idea, go somewhere else.
Once you have finalized the style and flavor, you may want to consider how you are going to display it. For an additional deposit and rental fee you can present it upon a glistening, silver-footed pedestal. This is a very elegant way to create a strong presence for your cake within a large space. If your Pastry Chef of choice does not stock such an item, don’t fret: you can easily attain such a treasure from any upscale rental company.
The cost of your wedding cake can range anywhere from $2.50 - $20 per person depending on the degree of difficulty and the expense of certain ingredients. On average you can expect to pay around $3-$4 per guest. If you desire a fondant or marzipan covered cake you can expect to pay a bit more.
Most of all remember to have fun, be creative, and bon apetit!
