Naked cake, fondant or ganache? The room has a say.
Barn: naked cake. Manor house: fondant. Garden: buttercream in the shade. The cake belongs to the room it is cut in, and the room also decides the technical side.
- Naked cake: thin buttercream, visible sponge layers, berries and fresh flowers. For barn, garden and heath
- Fondant: perfectly smooth for lace, gold and delicate flowers, from €5 per tier. For manor house and hall
- Ganache: dark and calm, drip on request, from €6 per tier. For loft and evening party
You can choose a wedding cake on gut feeling, and most of the time it works. If you're unsure, the best thing is to go by the venue. A cake never stands alone, after all. It stands on a table in a room, under a certain light, next to the flowers that were arranged there. What looks right at home in a field barn looks lost in a manor house, and vice versa.
The venue determines two things: the style, meaning how the cake looks, and the technical side, meaning what the cake has to withstand. In a garden in July the technical side counts for more than the style. In an air-conditioned hall the cake can be anything. We talk through both at the tasting, and you can try out both beforehand in the 3D configurator.
Style and surface compared
The basis is always the buttercream cake (28 + 20 cm €110, 40 + 28 cm €195, 40 + 28 + 20 cm €240). The surface comes on top as an extra.
| Style | Surface | Suits | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naked cake | Buttercream, thin | Barn, garden, heath | €0 |
| Smooth | Buttercream, thick | Registry office, café, restaurant | €0 |
| Clean | Fondant | Manor house, hotel, hall | €5–19 per tier |
| Dark | Ganache | Loft, evening party, winter | €6–24 per tier |
| Drip | Buttercream + chocolate glaze | Celebrant ceremony, young crowd | €6–18 per tier |
| Flowers | real or made of sugar | any style | by arrangement / €4 per rose |
Six venues, six cakes
This is how the couples who come to us celebrate, from Soltau to Walsrode and from Schneverdingen to Munster. And this is what we then recommend to them.
Wooden beams, long tables, fairy lights. The cake can be rustic: visible sponge layers, thin buttercream, berries and the flowers from the table decorations. Two tiers, 40 + 28 cm.
Stucco, chandeliers, parquet. Here the cake should look immaculate: fondant, three tiers, sugar roses in the colour of the bridal bouquet, perhaps a little gold. The higher the room, the taller the cake can be.
A celebrant-led ceremony under the trees, coffee and cake in the garden. The difficulty here is the heat. So buttercream instead of cream, one 40 cm cake instead of three tiers, and cutting the cake as soon as everyone has arrived. Flowers: real, from the garden.
Ceremony in Soltau, then coffee and cake with a small group, at our café too if you like. Two small tiers give you the wedding picture without half the cake being left over in the evening. €110.
The cake is cut in front of everyone, then served with coffee or as dessert. The hall is cool, so the cake can be tall: 40 + 28 + 20 cm, €240. For more than 60 guests we set our regular cakes alongside.
Candlelight, brick, a DJ. In dark rooms a dark cake really comes into its own: ganache on the outside, chocolate drip, a few bold flowers. It is cut after the meal, as dessert.
What the venue demands of the cake
Cooling. Ask the venue about a fridge or a cool room. We deliver the cake chilled and fully assembled, but until it is cut it has to stand somewhere cold. If in doubt, we ask the venue ourselves.
The table. A three-tier cake weighs several kilos. It needs a sturdy table, ideally a little away from the dance floor, and light that doesn't glow down hot from above. Candles look lovely, but don't belong right next to buttercream.
The flowers. Real flowers on the cake should come from the same hands as the bridal bouquet. Then the colour matches, and the florist knows which flowers are allowed on food. We place them on site. Sugar roses (€4 each) work without a coordination appointment too.
The journey. We deliver up to 40 km from Soltau: €5 in town, then €6 more for every further 5 km or part of it. Schneverdingen, Munster and Bispingen cost €23, Bad Fallingbostel and Visselhövede €29, Walsrode €35. Anything beyond that we discuss. More on this under Collect or have it delivered?
The cake doesn't have to be the most beautiful thing in the room. It has to look as if it was made for exactly this room.
That's why at the tasting we ask first about the venue and the flowers, then about the style. If you already have a direction in the configurator, bring it along. Then we see straight away whether it suits the room.
FAQ
Which cake style suits a barn wedding?
Naked cake or semi-naked: thinly spread buttercream, visible sponge layers, fresh berries and flowers. The style picks up the rustic feel of the barn without trying too hard. And buttercream copes with summer air better than cream.
What is a naked cake?
A cake where the sponge layers stay visible: the buttercream is spread only thinly between and around the layers instead of covering the cake completely. It looks natural and light and is usually decorated with fresh flowers or berries.
Which cake for a wedding in the garden or on the heath?
Buttercream or fondant, one or two tiers, shade and cutting the cake early. In the heat, cream stays in the fridge. For outdoor celebrations we also recommend a sturdy table and someone to receive the cake.
What do fondant, ganache or real flowers cost extra?
Fondant or a marzipan covering €5 to €19 per tier depending on size (28 cm: €8), ganache €6 to €24 per tier (28 cm: €10), real flowers by arrangement (usually €20–50 per cake), hand-modelled sugar roses €4 each. The base prices: 28 + 20 cm €110, 40 + 28 cm €195, 40 + 28 + 20 cm €240.
Do you deliver to venues in the Heidekreis district?
Yes, up to 40 km from Soltau: €5 in Soltau, €29 up to 25 km, €47 up to 40 km. From two tiers up we always deliver ourselves, and the cake arrives fully assembled. Schneverdingen, Munster, Bispingen, Walsrode and Bad Fallingbostel are all within that radius.
Can we see the cake beforehand?
Yes. In the 3D configurator you see the cake from every side as you design it, along with the guide price. At the tasting in the café we then settle the details together.
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