Planning a wedding cake. Enquire four weeks ahead, pin it down one week ahead.
Date, number of guests and place are enough for the enquiry. Soon after that you taste flavours at the café, and one week ahead colours, topper and time are settled. Shorter notice works too, and on the day itself all you have to do is cut the cake.
- 4 weeks ahead: enquire with date, number of guests and place
- 3 weeks ahead: tasting at the café, then the price is set
- 1 week ahead: pin down colours, topper and time
- Summer weekends: the calendar fills up early
With a wedding cake there is no second attempt. That's why we plan it backwards from the cutting: when do the guests arrive, when is the cake cut, where does it stand until then, and how does it get there? Answer these four questions and you basically have the timeline already.
The dates are meant generously. Technically the configurator needs three days' notice, and a single-tier regular cake can be ordered at short notice too. But a multi-tier wedding cake with flowers and delivery is handwork and needs its place in the bakehouse calendar. In summer the Saturdays go quickly. With six weeks you have room to breathe, four weeks is good, two weeks is often still possible if the day isn't already full.
The timeline at a glance
Counted backwards from the wedding day. The steps on your side are short, we do the rest.
| When | What happens | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 4 weeks | Enquiry with date, number of guests and place via the configurator, WhatsApp or a call | You |
| 3–4 weeks | Tasting at the café: flavours, tiers, surface, flowers, price | You + the boss |
| 2 weeks | Match colours and flowers with the florist, get the topper | You |
| 1 week | Confirm time and place of delivery, name a contact person on site | You + us |
| The day before | Baking and filling, the tiers are chilled separately | Us |
| Wedding day | Delivery fully assembled, flowers added on site; the cake stays cool until it is cut | Us |
The checklist for the tasting
Six things we settle at the table. If you think them through beforehand, you're done in half an hour.
Coffee-and-cake slices: 20 cm for 6–8, 28 cm for 12–16, 40 cm for 25–34 guests. If there's a cake buffet alongside, half is enough. How many tiers? does the sums.
Each tier can taste different (€8 per tier). At the tasting you try the flavours you're considering. Most couples go for one classic and one fruity tier.
Smooth buttercream if it should look natural, fondant (€5–19 per tier depending on size) for a perfectly even surface, ganache (€6–24) for the dark tone. The comparison.
Real flowers by arrangement (usually €20–50 per cake), hand-modelled sugar roses €4 each. You bring the topper along or give it to us at the tasting. We put it on at the venue.
A fridge or cool room until the cake is cut, shade in the garden, a sturdy table. We check with the venue, you don't need to know this.
From two tiers up, we deliver ourselves, fully assembled: €5 in Soltau, €29 up to 25 km, €47 up to 40 km. A single tier can also travel in the footwell.
What counts on the wedding day
The cake arrives cold and stays cold. We deliver it chilled and fully assembled. Until it is cut, the cake belongs in the venue's fridge or in the coolest room, not on the table in the hall for two hours to be admired.
Summer is the test. Cream and buttercream don't like 30 degrees. For garden weddings we recommend buttercream or fondant, shade and cutting the cake early. We tell you that quite openly at the tasting, because heat really can ruin a cake.
One person on site. Give us the name of someone who will receive the cake while you're busy getting married: maid of honour, best man, the venue. We call that number when we pull up, and know where the cake should go.
The rest is easy. The top tier gets cut, the whole cake gets photographed, all of it gets eaten. Whatever is left over, someone takes home. Kept chilled, a cake keeps for two to three days.
The best wedding cake is the one nobody has to think about on the wedding day.
That's why the tasting is the most important appointment: after it everything is settled, and you can forget about the cake until it stands in front of you. The easiest way to start is in the configurator. Then at the tasting we can already see where things are heading.
FAQ
When should we order the wedding cake?
Four weeks before the wedding is a good time: that leaves time for the tasting and for coordinating colours, flowers and tiers. Three days is the technical minimum in the configurator, but on summer weekends the calendar fills up early.
Is there a tasting?
Yes. For the tasting you sit down with Silke, our boss and master pastry chef, at the café in Soltau, try the flavours and settle the tiers, surface and decoration. You get an appointment by calling +49 5191 2110.
What do we need to bring to the tasting?
The number of guests, the date, the place of the celebration and an idea of the style, for example photos from our gallery, from Pinterest or from the 3D configurator. If there are flowers, the florist's colour palette helps.
What does a wedding cake cost?
The tier prices are the sum of the individual sizes: 28 + 20 cm €110, 40 + 28 cm €195, 40 + 28 + 20 cm €240 as a buttercream cake. On top come only the extras you choose: fondant or marzipan covering €5 to €19 per tier depending on size (28 cm: €8), ganache €6 to €24, real flowers by arrangement (usually €20–50 per cake), hand-modelled roses €4 each, flavour mix €8 per tier.
Do you deliver the cake to the celebration?
From two tiers up, we drive the cake to the celebration chilled and fully assembled: €5 in Soltau, €29 up to 25 km, €47 up to 40 km from Soltau. A single-tier cake can also be collected by you, flat in the footwell.
When is the cake cut?
Ideally as soon as all the guests have arrived and the cake comes out of the cool, not after two hours on the table. For outdoor summer weddings the rule is: shade, buttercream instead of cream, cut the cake early in the afternoon.
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