Book the Cake Designer
Congratulations you are engaged and you have booked your venue. Once you have confirmed your wedding venue get in it touch to check my availability for your date. I work exclusively with one couple per week to create that extra special wedding cake experience, popular months can be booked up 2 years in advance. If you know already that you want to have a Madame Spoons Cake Design wedding cake, even if you are not sure on designs yet, you can secure your wedding date with a 100€ deposit which is deductible from the final wedding cake price and non-refundable.
Inspiration
The inspiration for your wedding cake can come from anywhere. I’ve made cakes inspired by the bride’s dress, the interior design of the venue, the wedding stationary, their cultural heritage, their favourite colour, their favourite flowers, or even their hobbies. Create a pinterest board or mood board with what you like, and this does not need to be the cakes you like!
Tasting & Ideas
When have you ever, and when will you ever again, have an excuse to sit and eat lots of cake?! This is the fun part! Two weekends a year, I host wedding cake tastings and consultations. You visit my cake workshop in Brabant Wallon, and we sit for 1 hour talking about all things you and your wedding, to create a wedding cake design that is exclusive to you… and you get to taste a selection of my signature wedding cake flavours! The tasting & consultation costs 30€- (for 2 people), or free if you have already paid a 100€ deposit to block your date and is redeemable to the price of your cake if you choose to continue with me. Get in touch to find out when the next tasting & consultation session is!
If your wedding is before the next Tasting session, don’t worry, I still do consultations- (for free) either at my workshop or online, on a Monday or Tuesday during the day or in the evening, aswell as Saturday mornings. Due to the time required to make the cakes for the tasting, these consultations are without cake., although there is often something sweet to help the process!
The design
I’ll design the cake with your ideas and inspiration in mind, as well as thinking about the overall size of the cake and number of portions. I’ll create a rough sketch, and work on this sketch until you are completely happy. I will send the order to you for you to confirm.
The Preparation
Once we have signed off on your agreed design, and the first payment is made to confirm the booking, I will start the preparation of the cake. This includes ensuring I have all the correct tools, equipment, and in some cases correct colour ribbon etc. It can sometimes take time to get the deliveries, as they often need to come from abroad. All Wedding Cake orders should be paid in full 5 weeks before the event. Then, I will start to prepare the decorations, and closer to the date buy all the ingredients and confirm the arrangements for delivery and set up.
Baking and Decorating
The first step in actually creating your wedding cake is baking it. I’ll bake your wedding cake in the flavours you have chosen and ensure it caters for the number of guests you will be expecting on the day.
Next it is the decorating! I first prepare all the cakes I have baked to make sure they are level for stacking and cover them in a layer of dark or white chocolate ganache. Once I have finished this off with sharp edges, then the fondant or decoration layers can go on and any final details can be applied to the cake.
Delivery & Set Up
Woohoo, its your wedding day. I will personally deliver your wedding cake at the agreed time, having coordinated with you, your venue or wedding planner beforehand. I do not travel with the cakes stacked (in order to avoid disasters), so I stack the cake at the venue on the table prepared for it and finish the styling (approximately 1 hour).
Enjoy
It’s finally time for you to enjoy your wedding cake. With pride of place in your wedding venue your wedding cake will create a talking point for your guests and later in the day a delicious treat to give your guests that sugar rush for all those moves on the dance floor.