 For wedding cakes (or cake orders over 100 servings), you may opt to schedule a design consultation appointment. This is an opportunity to sample several of our popular cake flavors and discuss the design of your special cake. To get the most out of your time, we ask that you come prepared with some knowledge of the cake designs that appeal to you. In addition to our own photo galleries, please take advantage of the links provided on our links page to browse through photo galleries on other sites for inspiration and ideas as well. The more informed you are, and the more you know about the kinds of cake designs that you like, the better we will be able to collaborate throughout the creative process. If you find a picture online, it can easily be emailed to us ahead of your appointment. You can browse our gallery, the links on our links page, bridal magazines, or cake books for ideas, then email us pictures and we can replicate a cake or change it to suit your theme, or we can craft something completely unique to you. If a traditional wedding cake isn’t your speed, we can do decorative cupcakes on tiered stands, or our new trendy deconstructed wedding cakes! Prices vary based on design. |
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Inspiration can come from the tiniest detail about your event, from floral decor, to bridal attire, to the invitation design or the season of the wedding. Remember, your cake, like your wedding is a reflection of who you are as a couple. Your family heritage, how you met, what you like to do together, even how the groom proposed could contribute to the design of your cake.
These consultations are available by appointment only to ensure that your design time goes uninterrupted. This allows us to focus on creating the perfect cake for your wedding or large event. The appointment lasts about 30 - 45 minutes. If you should need to reschedule, or cancel, we ask that you contact us no later than 48 hours in advance. If you have a planning folder, have it available. We'll draw inspiration from the attire, the floral, the ceremony and reception sites, and other details from your day. We've found cake designs in the most unlikely of places, so don't be afraid to bring in whatever you have!
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You will have time to look through our recent cake designs and several cake catalogs for ideas on cake basics and to get a feel for the shape, layout, and other design features you like. If you have seen any cakes online or elsewhere, have pictures printed out for us to view or email them to us before the consultation. From there, we combine things from your wedding with elements from cakes that you've seen and liked to create an original design for your wedding cake. Your wedding is unique, your wedding cake should be one of a kind!
Sizing... We'll determine the best size for your cake based on the number of guests, your budget and the look of the cakes that you like.
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We understand how hectic planning a wedding can be. We also know that many brides plan their weddings while working or even living out of state. We can help you design your wedding cake all via the Internet through emails at your convenience. We can exchange emails back and forth to work out the details. This way you can save time and reply to us at whatever hour you find available! That simple! It's one of our little perks - your time is precious, and we'd like to help! |
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Surely one of the greatest pleasures of planning a wedding...sampling wedding cake. During the initial email consultation, you can opt to schedule a tasting with us. You choose eight selections from our flavors list that you'd like to sample. Then, we bake each flavor you select and have the samples ready for you at the design/tasting appointment. Our tastings are $40 for 8 selections: 4 cake and 4 fillings/buttercreams, or 6 cake and 2 filling/buttercreams, or whatever combination you choose. We always provide Vanilla Buttercream for each tasting, so this does not need to be counted as a choice. If you place a cake order with us after the appointment, $20 will be deducted from the total cost of your cake. |
Cancellations for appointments
If you set up a tasting appointment and fail to show or cancel less than two days in advance, you will still owe the $40 tasting fee. If you set up another tasting appointment, you will be charged $40 for the second tasting without any refund. If you do not book another appointment, yet place an order with us, the $40 will be added to your total cake order.
Please understand the reason for our cancellation policy and the need to charge for our tastings. Each cake flavor you choose must be baked in a full layer to represent the proper consistency and quality of what your wedding cake will truly be. Each filling or buttercream is also made fresh to order so that you experience the same result as you will on your special day. This fresh baking of each cake flavor and filling costs us. So we do not want to throw away the cake or the money if at all possible. Thank you for understanding.
Slowly (quality can't be rushed) your cake becomes a delicious reality. We limit the number of cakes that we'll take in any given week. They are baked fresh with pure ingredients.
Decorating
The average decoration time on one of our wedding cakes is 15-36 hours! That doesn't include baking, or any of the frosting items made in advance (see below). Why so long? First of all, we do not have mass-produced stock designs, each cake is a unique creation. We meticulously copy lace and embroidery details onto the fondant with a stylus or pin prick technique. We custom match all of our colors to swatches supplied by our clients (no standard supermarket bakery mint greens or bubblegum pinks here). Our cakes are often hand-painted or lustered.
Details
Our bow loops, sugar flowers and sugar paste details are all created in-house a week in advance of the wedding to ensure ample drying time. We can even make edible cake toppers.
Delivery and Set-up
Cakes are delivered to the reception/event site by Heavenly Confections staff. We stack the tiers as necessary on site and add the finishing touches.