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Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! Like most freshly
engaged couples, you probably feel like you’re floating
on air, with not a care in the world. You are so excited
for your big day, when all of your family and friends will
come together and witness your union. You have a lot of
planning to do to make your special day perfect, and we
would like to help you along every step of the way.
Having an amazing cake is essential to a successful wedding
reception. As you decide on your cake’s color, decoration,
and flavor, we’d like to help you avoid the classic
wedding cake accidents that we all hear about. Here are
a few tips to keep your cake safe so that you can be free
to enjoy the ceremony.
Keeping Your Cake in One Piece
Your first item of business is to ensure that your cake
is strong enough to survive until it’s time to be
eaten. Many wedding cakes don’t survive transportation
due to the car’s vibrations and the cake shifting
in its box, causing the cake to crack and frosting to smear.
Once it gets to the wedding, it stands a good chance of
melting in the heat of the sun or the ballroom.
The transportation issues shouldn’t be a problem if
you hire a professional cake baker- they have special boxes
for the car and will usually come to the venue and assemble
the cake, as well as patch up any mishaps in the icing.
Also, if your baker is good, they’ll keep the moisture
level down in the preparation process so that the cake won’t
melt from the inside out. Take care to keep the cake out
of the sun or away from any heat sources that might melt
the icing or make the cake sweat.
Safeguarding Against a Falling Cake
Many wedding cake disasters occur when the structural integrity
of the cake is compromised. For instance, you’re clumsy
Uncle Dave might bump into the table as he’s dancing
and cause the top tier of the cake to fall into the punch
bowl.
To avoid problems like this, make sure that your cake is
on a stable, secure table, and placed away from high traffic
areas, such as doorways. Try to keep the cake away from
the dance floor where dancers or even the loud speakers
might jostle it. Collapsing cakes are never fun, especially
when it’s your own wedding, so be sure to check out
your cake display site before the cake is delivered.
Avoiding the Messy Issues of an Outside Wedding
If you are having your wedding outdoors, consider taking
a defensive stance against Mother Nature. It’s quite
possible that your perfect wedding day will be spoiled by
rain, wind, humidity or hot, hot weather. Even if conditions
are perfect outside, you might also have to deal with bugs,
birds, dogs, dust or falling leaves.
We suggest setting up a tent or screen around the cake
to protect it from weather, insects, and even small children.
Or, if possible, conduct your cake ceremony indoors, where
you only have to deal with Uncle Dave and his unsure footing.
You may want to assign someone to casually guard the cake
to ensure its safety from animals, bugs, Uncle Dave or whatever
else might potentially harm it.
We hope that your wedding goes great and that your cake
is amazing. Good luck with all the planning and don’t
forget to refer to BestforBride.com for all your wedding
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