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Q. What are the sizes of the tiers on your wedding cakes.

A. All our wedding cakes are a standard size, just the same as you would find in any other High Street wedding cake shop.

Here's our size guide.

Two tiers - 8 & 10 inch cakes - approx 80-90 portions
Three tiers - 6, 8 & 10 inch cakes - approx 100-120 portions
Four tiers - 6, 8, 10 & 12 inch cakes - approx 180-200 portions
Larger sizes are available on request.

Q. What areas do you deliver to?

A. We deliver wedding cakes all over the UK, we have a personal delivery service to ensure your wedding cake reaches you or your venue in perfect condition. We will also set up your wedding cake to display it to it's full potential if you require at no extra charge.

Q. Do you supply cake bases or stands?

A. We can supply cake bases and stands free, a deposit of £50 is required for bases and £75 for stands but this will be returned to you when the base or stand is returned to us and is undamaged.

Q. Can I have any tiers of my wedding cake made in sponge?

A. Your wedding cake can be all fruit, all sponge or a combination of both. Any sponge tiers can be plain, lemon, chocolate sponge or carrot cake.

We recommend that any sponge tiers be used on the day and not kept, we don't add any preservatives or additives to our freshly baked sponges.

Q. Do you create wedding figures on their own?

A. Yes we do, we create personalised figures, they can be added to your wedding cake or purchased separately for collection, local delivery or delivery by courier. Our figures are created from coloured modeling clay if transporting them by courier or can be created from sugar paste if added to your wedding cake.

Some of our personalised figures can be viewed at

http://www.cakesbyann.co.uk/figures large.htm

Q. How long have you been creating wedding cakes?

A. For over twenty years, The first sixteen were for another employer where we also created celebration cakes and a lot of our designs can still be seen in Asda, Sainsbury's, M&S etc.

Q. Do you use a cake mix for either your wedding fruit cake or sponge?

A. No we never use any prepared mixes, we mix each cake individually , whether fruit or sponge and use separate ingredients. Our wedding fruit cake is actually our own secret recipe.

Q. I don't like certain ingredients in wedding cake, can some of these be left out?

A. Yes as our wedding fruit cakes are mixed individually and are not prepared mixes we can add or omit anything you do or do not like.

Q. How far in advance do I need to order a wedding cake?

A. We prefer at least three months notice for ordering a wedding cake which contains any fruit tiers, one month notice for all sponge tiers. We understand that sometimes people get let down by their cake decorator so we keep a supply for short notice orders also.

Q. Do I have to order one of the wedding cake designs from your web site?

A. Not at all, we pride ourselves on designing unique wedding cakes and can create the wedding cake of your dreams incorporating your colour scheme, ideas and wishes, just call to discuss details with no obligation, one of our highly trained staff will be delighted to discuss your wedding cake with you.

Q. I like a wedding cake on your web site but would like it a different shape, Is this possible?

A. Yes your wedding cake can be any shape you wish, round, square, diamond, heart, oval or even a combination if you wish.

Q. How long can I keep my wedding cake, I would like to hold onto the top tier.

A. Any fruit tiers can be kept for twelve weeks, we don't recommend keeping it any longer than this but it's totally up to you, we have re-covered fruit cake over seven years old

Any cakes created in sponge should be consumed on the day, there are no preservatives added to any of our cakes to prolong shelf life.

Q. Can you make bride and groom figures that look like me and my future husband?

A. Yes to a certain extent, Our figures are not sculptures but can be made to look similar in, build, hair/eye colour and clothes etc.

Q. What are your personalised figures made from.

A. We can create your personalised figures from either sugar paste or clay, sugar paste personalised figures are attached to your cake and are edible, personalised figures created from clay can be kept as a memento of your wedding day.

Q. Do you send cakes by courier?

A. No, we never send any of our cake by courier, we want you to have a cake in perfect condition and prefer to deliver our cakes personally, wedding cakes are delivered by a fully qualified wedding cake designer.

If you have a question you would like to ask, you can phone or email me, we will be able to turn your ideas into reality and create your dream wedding cake. Why not have a look at our wedding cakes and see if there is a design you like at http://www.cakesbyann.co.uk

Call us now:- 01698 336448

"You deserve the Wedding Cake of your dreams"