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" ... the attention to detail was extraordinary. The final result was amazing – a work of art." lady Holmes
"... thank you so much for the most beautiful wedding cake that I have ever seen ." Liz & Peter
" ... everyone at the wedding commented on the cake, not just the classy design but the taste, so fresh and simply gorgeous ." Mandy & Alex
Background
Annie is recognised as one of today's top UK Wedding Cake Designers, a reputation underpinned by the highest quality of cake covering, finish and attention to detail. A perfectionist by nature, Annie also has a strong background in Art & design. She has learned from the very best, amongst them leading sugarcrafter, Paddi Clark and top Royal icing expert, Eddie Spence, maker of Charles & Diana's wedding cake and the Queen's Golden Wedding Anniversary Cake amongst many others. Annie has many years of cake making experience, and has spent considerable time perfecting recipies to produce cakes of exceptional eating quality and fllavour that also work perfectly as decorated celebration cakes.
Process
Annie will always take time, however long is neaded, to discuss your personal requirements for your wedding cake. Her aim is simple: to provide you with the perfect cake to compliment everything else about your wedding day. In Annie's terms your cake has to fulfill three very important criteria:
- It has to be designed to work perfectly with your wedding theme and in your chosen venue
- It has to be totally professionally finished: from covering to flower work to piping detail, every skill must deliver the very best in terms of quality
- it has to taste so wonderful that it comments from your guests are almost guaranteed ...
Scattercake Wedding Cakes are all made exclusively by Annie. They are baked in top of the range WOLF ovens in a professional 'cake kitchen' set up. There is no 'mass production', no 'bought in' or collectively manufactured parts.
From the outset, Annie will discuss your requirements via email or telephone, in order to help you decide on the basic size and structure of cake for your wedding. After discussing some decorative ideas, Annie will be able to give you a basic idea of cost and you can then decide if you woudl like to discuss things further.
A consultation will give you an opportunity to try some cake samples and discuss your ideas in detail, after which annie will work up several ideas and designs to suit your special day. Once you are settled on the design, this will be confirmed via email.
Pricing
Each cake is fully bespoke and they are priced individually, but as a general guide - mid-size and large Wedding cakes of three or more tiers start from around £700. Please ask for information on smaller Wedding Cakes.
With information from you about the number of guests and the style of cake you like, Annie will be able to give you an idea of price for your Wedding Cake.
For reasons of design integrity and health and safety, Scattercake only makes fully decorated cakes and we will only decorate our own cakes. We regret that we are not able make 'blank cakes' for other people to decorate.
Booking
A non-refundable* deposit of £100 is required to book your Wedding cake. This will enable Annie to reserve the date and turn down further booking requests. At this stage Annie will offer you an initial consultation and begin working on design ideas for your cake.
*except at our absolute discretion.
Cakes may be booked up several years in advance, but design ideas and pricing can only be discussed up to a year in advance. Your final cake design may still be changed until two months before the wedding.* The final balance will be calculated once the cake design has been finalised. You do not have to be 100% sure of your design in order to book your cake with Annie.
*except for commissioned jewellery pieces made in advance.
You will be asked to pay 50% of the balance for your cake two months prior to the wedding, with the final balance due on or before delivery.