Saturday, March 29, 2008

Wedding Cake Designs

Your wedding cake will be the center of attention at your wedding reception. Wedding cake are designs in many types. There are many wedding cake designs that you have to choose, but most will cost you expensive. After you have decided on a wedding cake shape your next step will be to select how many tiers you want your wedding cake to have. The size of your cake and the number of tiers that it will have will need to reflect how many people the cake needs to serve, as well as your budget. If you are on a budget, there are many wedding cake designs and tips that you can use to save money for your wedding. The wedding cake should fit in the theme of the wedding reception. Its actual price usually depends on the material that the cake knife and server is made from, the material of its handles, the design that you prefer and the vendor you buy the cake serving set from.The two most commonly used wedding cake shapes are round wedding cakes and square wedding cakes.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Birthday Cake - Wedding Cake

Cake is a type of baked food that is usually sweet. Cake is often the dessert of choice for meals at ceremonial occasions like weddings, anniversaries and birthdays. Cakes normally combine some kind of flour +Cream+ sugar +egg though gluten or starch are often used by vegetarians and vegans), fats (usually butter, shortening, or margarine, although a fruit purée such as applesauce is sometimes substituted to avoid using fat), a liquid (milk, water or fruit juice), flavors and some form of leavening agent (such as yeast or baking powder), though many cakes lack these ingredients and instead rely on air bubbles in the dough to expand and cause the cake to rise. Cake is often frosted with butter cream or marzipan, and finished with piped borders and crystallized fruit. There are literally millions of cake recipes (some are bread-like and some rich and elaborate) and many are centuries old. Cake making is no longer a complicated procedure; while at one time considerable labor went into cake making (particularly the whisking of egg foams), baking equipment and directions have been so perfected and simplified that even the amateur cook may easily become an expert baker.

Varieties of cake: There are number of Varieties of cake some are listed below:
  • Vanilla Cake
  • Strawberry Cake
  • Fruit Cake
  • A decorated birthday cake.
  • German chocolate cake.
  • Beer Spice Cake
  • Swedish Apple Cake
  • Sponge CakesLemon Cake