Your Devon and Cornwall Wedding - July/August 2020 (Issue 26)

54 Sweet Temptations Claire Potts is an award-winning luxury wedding cake designer based in North Cornwall. She has recently unveiled a few new designs with the latest trend for micro weddings in mind that look set to become much more popular over the coming months. Small weddings can still have a stunning cake as a showpiece and there’s plenty of scope to inject personality into the design, like this pressed-flower creation featuring edible blooms. Having a dummy bottom tier is also a good idea for intimate celebrations. The design still makes an impact and offers the wow-factor of a large wedding cake but including dummy tiers is a great way to have a multi-layered design even if the wedding itself is small. Claire’s new floating cake adorned with sugar flowers is a real talking point for guests and almost looks too good to cut! 07816 288 626, www.clairessweettemptations.com Photography of blush and gold cake decorated with foliage by Sweet Temptations courtesy of www.courageanddash.com with the remainder by www.helenchapmanphotography.co.uk The West Country Cheese Co Adding a wedding cake of cheese or slabs of different varieties to a dessert table is another popular idea and the new Glorious Cake on the menu is ideal for this. It’s made with produce from Cornish and Somerset-based farms and one of their most popular offerings for weddings are their cheese and pork pie cakes that are all handmade to order. 01271 379 944, www.westcountrycheese.co.uk Insta-piration www.instagram.com/ westcountrycheese The Cornish Bakery Why not arrange a selection of your favourite cakes and sweet treats on decorative stands and let your guests help themselves to them as part of a dessert table? Old-fashioned favourites including custard tarts, muffins and brownies can be served alongside croissants, scones and carrot cake. 01761 414 891, www.thecornishbakery.com Insta-piration www.instagram.com/cornishbakery