Wedding Cake Appointments

Series Summary

Getting married is one of the most important steps a couple can take together, and the wedding day is often filled with joyous, special moments for the bride and groom, including the wedding cake ceremony. This traditional event occurs at the wedding reception, as the groom invites his bride to cut the cake with him. Wedding cakes are traditionally layered cakes, commonly with five or six layer designs. They often have hard marzipan frosting and are decorated in white and other wedding colors. Ordering the wedding cake by choosing from a wealth of options and samples is often a day trip for the bride and her mother or fiancé. In this free wedding cake design video series, professional cake designer Melissa Maggiore teaches explains how to design a wedding cake. Maggiore discusses different wedding themes and how they change cake options. She offers suggestions for garden, classical and polka dot wedding cake themes, including choosing flavors, design elements and final details. Maggiore also explores the process of designing a wedding cake, including whom to bring to the appointment, what steps to follow and how to order and pay for the cake.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I am Melissa Maggiore with Alessi Bakeries in Tampa Florida. I'm here to talk to you today about whom to bring to your wedding cake appointment. It is always most important that you and your fiance can both make the appointment. The wedding cake designing is one of the most important things of your very special day. The wedding cake design and the cake flavors should compliment the two of you and bring the two of you together to make the perfect cake for your perfect day. It is not always necessarily to bring multiple amounts of people. Although you can feel free to bring your mother, your mother-in-law, your sister, your matron of honor, your uncle, your aunt, your grandfather, whom ever you choose to bring. And although in bring multiple people to your wedding cake appointment, it may cause confusion on your part. It's a lot easier to make decisions when it's just you and your fiance making the decisions together. It's a lot more convenient for you to be able to put everything together, to be able to talk one on one with your designer, and to make the decisions you need to make for your beautiful cake. And again, I am Melissa Maggiore with Alessi Bakeries."