We all know what a crucial piece the wedding cake is to a planning a wedding. But what if you’re not a huge fan of cake? What if you’d prefer a cheese and fruit platter to a piece of chocolate cake any day? Well, you’re not alone! Plenty of brides-to-be are opting for a more unique wedding cake to suite their taste perfectly: a cheese wedding cake.
Check out the ladies on Brides on a Bus getting there hands on some Chedder:
There are numerous companies that we at WeddingTV have discovered who make wedding cakes out of cheese. Cheese wedding cakes come in an array of sizes and fall into many price ranges, suitable for any wedding. You can have your cake maintain its cheese look, or decorate the cake with fruit, flowers, feathers, ribbon, or candles. Cheese wedding cakes can have colour schemes, taste schemes, or maybe even be themed around the wine you’ve chosen for your wedding day.
Cheese wedding cakes are made of numerous tiers, just like regular wedding cakes. Each tier has the possibility of being a different type of cheese, including if you decide to have pillars in between each tier. Just as taste testing a flavoured cake is important, trying out the different cheeses is also a pertinent part to getting the cake of your dreams.
Cheese wedding cakes can be made with all sorts of different kinds. Cheeses like cheddar, gruyère, Stilton, goat’s cheese, and brie are just a mere few of the options at your disposal. (Craving cheese yet?) Whilst some cheeses are better as a sturdy, large tier, cheese shops will do whatever they can to make sure you get the right amount of the right cheese you desire.
A fun way to make a cheese wedding cake even more unique is to personalize the cheeses based on the backgrounds of the happy couple. Did the bride grow up in Devon? Did the groom go to university in Oxford? Are the in-laws of Scottish decent? Then why not make your cake layers of Devon Garland, Oxford Blue and Caboc Cheese? You can have a cake that is appreciated by many of your guests in addition to one that just tastes fabulous.
Some cheese shops are particularly proud of certain cheeses they carry, so be sure to ask what they would suggest and what their favourites are. Of course you should still taste their suggestions to be sure you agree! But take this opportunity to try new cheeses or cheese combinations – you may be pleasantly surprised and end up with a fantastic, sophisticated, unique cake that impresses all of your guests!
Some cheese shops will create the entire cake for you, complete with layers and decorations. Others, however, will sell you the wheels of cheese. This allows you to have your caterers to decorate the cheeses in a way t hat will match your theme perfectly. You could also even have your favourite bakery decorate the cheese, or maybe even decorate it yourself – a wonderful money-saving idea.
Here are some of our favourite cheese stores around the UK who make impressive cheese wedding cakes:
And a wonderful cheese shop downtown London who will sell you wheels of cheese to create your cheese wedding cake is Rippon Cheese: http://www.ripponcheese.com
The possibilities for a wedding cake are endless, and even so if you choose to make it out of cheese! Now go ahead and start taste testing… it’s one of the best parts of choosing your winning cake!
