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Customised Cakes for Wedding & 21st Birthday Cakes a Growing Trend in Singapore – Things to keep in mind before ordering a custom cake

A custom cake is for all occasions; whether a marriage ceremony, a birthday party or homecoming! With a sheer number of bakeries flooding the market today, you must surely be spoilt for choice. But getting in touch with a professional bakery service is the first step for designing, ordering and purchasing a custom cake for any occasion. Find customised birthday cakes at TemptationsCakes.com.sg.

The following are the key tips that you should keep in mind before you order a custom cake from a bakery of your choice.

Information is the key

Provide as much information as possible to the bakery services when you call them up or visit them. Let them know what exactly you are looking for. A general rule of thumb to follow is providing a theme or idea for the cake and the occasion. Once that is done and dusted you can move on to the flavours and colours. You also need to provide the due for the cake, the date for the event and a total number of attendees at the event. Provide all the information to make your cake as unique as possible.

Baking a custom cake is time taking

You need to understand custom cakes; even the small ones take a lot of time to create. A lot of care and thought goes into the preparation of every recipe. Do not expect your dessert to be on time if you are ordering just a day prior to the event. Your baker will need an adequate amount of time to plan, bake and decorate your custom cake as per your instructions, so you should allow him/her that! It’s a great idea to ask the baker about the time requirements while placing the order.

A realistic budget

Well, this one is a no brainer. Having a realistic budget ensures you do not panic when the quote shows up at your doorstep. The prices of the decorated custom cakes at the grocery store are no marker when it comes to ordering a custom cake from a professional bakery. Your custom cake will be designed and decorated specifically for you, and the charges will include size, garnishes, design and time required to bake the cake. It is therefore essential that you ask about the quote before you sign the dotted line. You won’t get the final price until you communicate directly with the baker, but it is a good idea to shop around to get ideas about a general ballpark figure on the cost of a custom cake.

Transportation

So now you have ordered, designed and purchased your cake, what about the transportation of the cake to the venue? Moving a cake which is tiered, layered, tall and elaborate is a professional job and requires experts to move and manoeuvre. You should ask about the transportation and delivery charges of the cake to the venue beforehand. A professional bakery will also have provisions for that very special midnight surprise but at some extra cost.

The above lists some of the major points of doubts and concerns for individuals looking to order a custom cake. Now that you are in the know about what to look out for and how to go about ordering a custom cake how about giving your baker a call?

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