Wedding Surprise Cake

Planning and making a wedding cake for your own wedding is a great idea to surprise everybody and your husband or wife. Cakes are always the most delicious way to share your joy and express your happiness. Girls always love eating different cakes like chocolate, strawberry, and coffee. But some people enjoy baking the cakes as much as just eating them.

I helped my cousin bake her wedding cake and it was really delightful to see the cake and to eat it as well. We started our plan for the cake 2 months prior to her wedding, and we practically started baking it a month before her wedding. It takes time because there are many important aspects and the most important for all the girls is shopping. But Jane, my cousin was very eager to make her wedding cake by herself because she wanted to surprise her husband and give him the best wedding cake with all her love. The most beautiful part wasn’t baking process but when decorating it with different colors of chocolates and watching the cake become even more beautiful.

Below is a recipe for a wedding cake that you can make your own

Wedding Cake Timetable: 

2-3 months before: Make the cake. When cold, prick at intervals with a fine skewer and spoon some brandy evenly over the surface. Wrap the cakes in greaseproof paper and then in double thickness foil. Store it in a cool dry place.

14-20 days before: The baked cakes should have an even top but if not, they can be leveled with a sharp knife. Cover each cake with almond paste and store loosely covered with greaseproof paper in a cool dry place for 4-5 days before applying the first coat of icing.

10-15 days before: Apply the first coat of Royal Icing and leave to dry for 1-2 days.

8-12 days before: Apply the second coat of Royal Icing if necessary and leave to dry for 1-2 days.

7 days before: Complete all further decorating a week before the cake is to be served. Do not assemble a tiered cake until the day.

Choosing Tier Sizes: Choose the size of your tiers carefully, avoiding a combination that looks too heavy. 

Suggested proportions are: 

For a three-tier cake - 30, 23, and 15cm (12, 9 and 6in)
For a two-tiered cake - 30 and 20cm (12 and 8in)
28 and 18cm (11 and 7in) 
25 and 15cm (10 and 6in)

Bottom tier : It should be deeper than the upper ones.

25-30cm (10-12in) cakes are generally 7.5cm (3in)deep
18-23cm (7-9in) cakes are 6.5cm (2½in) deep
15cm (6in)diameter cakes are 5cm (2in) deep

There are some points you want to keep in mind; that are, the size of the cake should not be larger unless you have an oven to cope up with it, because you have to give about 1” space between the oval space and tin. It is suggested that the two tier cakes should be baked separately.

So, if you want to try something new and surprise everyone in your wedding, a homemade wedding cake is one of great idea. It is a perfect combination of love and surprise which can give a sparkling start to your married life. However, it is very important that you give a form of proper plan and enough time if you don’t want to rush the process and make something that no one wants