Traditionally, no one will leave your wedding reception before you cut the cake. From this you will know how important your wedding cake is. The wedding cake is also the focus of your wedding. As a result, you will need to choose your cake carefully. You will consider the size of cake, design of the cake and the flavors of it when you are selecting it.

You will need to consider the size of the cake firstly. You will determine the size according the number of guests. As a result you will need to create your guest list before determining the size of your cake. One mistake couples usually make is that they forget to count the number of guests who cannot come to the reception. You have to count these guests because you may send a piece of cake to a guest who cannot come to the wedding. Of course you can just count the number of guests who will attend your reception if you are not planning to send the cakes to guests who cannot come. You will try to determine the size as accurate as possible since it will be just a waste if you order a cake which is too big. This will on one hand be wasting money and on the other hand not environmental friendly.

Another thing you need to consider, and possibly the most important thing, is the design of the cake. You will first do some research on the internet. You need to gather photos of cakes so that you can have a rough idea what kind of style you will probably order. Then you will ask the baker for the photos of cakes they have made before. From these photos you will know what kind of cakes your baker can do. You may also show the pictures you get from the web and discuss with the baker to see if they can do it.

When you have an idea about the style of the wedding cake, you can start trying to visualize the final design of the cake. You can use cake design software to do that. You can try to compose and test different ideas and concepts about the wedding cake. You can design your cake in a way that it match the style of your wedding.

Regarding the cake design software, you have to bear in mind that the software only makes a computer drawing of the cake. Without any surprise, the drawing will not be identical to the cake you will get. It only gives you an idea about the final design of the cake. You will be disappointed if you rely on the software too heavily.

The flavors of the cake is also very important. The cake is for the guest to eat and it will be nonsense to make a beautiful cake which tastes badly. You can have tremendous choices on the flavors of the cake. Fruits, chocolate and ice-cream are some common choice. However, ice-cream cake may not be suitable for a beach wedding in summer.