The quality of the cake is as important as the decoration. Four types of cakes are offered and different types of cake may be requested for different layers of a Wedding cake even if the cakes are stacked.

All cakes are home-made with the finest ingredients and Madeira, Carrot and Chocolate cakes are made a few days before the occasion. Caterers often comment how well these cakes cut in to finger portions.

Samples of fruit, carrot, Madeira and chocolate cake are available at your consultation.

Rich Fruit Cake

After marinating the fruit in sherry, the cake is made at least three months in advance of the occasion and liberally fed with brandy whilst maturing to ensure a rich moist cake with a home-made flavour. Coated in a generous layer of marzipan the cake can then be covered in sugarpaste or royal icing.

Chocolate Cake
This cake is made with Belgian couverture chocolate, ground almonds and fresh orange juice. The cake may be laced with Cointreau or a liqueur of your choice to make it extra scrumptious. Filled with a rich chocolate filling, the cake is then thinly covered in marzipan ready for a top coating of sugarpaste or chocolate.
Chocolate Wedding cakes are becoming increasingly popular, and may be used as the dessert at the wedding feast, perhaps with cream or a fresh fruit coulis.

Madeira cake
Delicately flavoured with almonds or oranges and filled with a rich butter cream filling, this cake can also be alcoholic if requested! Covered in a thin layer of marzipan, the cake is then coated in sugarpaste.

Carrot Cake

This moist, spicey cake, filled with orange buttercream, is a favourite amoung guests.

Portion Guide

For additional cake slices consider a ‘kitchen cake’ made to the same high standard and coated to match the other cakes. This is then given directly to the caterers for cutting.

For an aesthetically pleasing 3 tier Wedding cake, 10”, 8”, 6”, or 11”, 8”, 5” is usually suitable, though 12”,9”, 6” gives more portions for a larger number of guests.

All cake recipes contain ground or chopped almonds. On request these can be omitted, though there is a possibility that traces may be present.