Your Glos and Wilts Wedding - Dec/Jan 2019 (Issue 18)

 WEDDING CAKES 55 CAKE OFF We unveil what’s trending for 2020 from the region’s finest cake designers Photography of balloon installation cake by Hannah Hickman photographed by evedunlopphotography.co.uk; semi-naked cake photographed by georgimabee.com and textured cake courtesy of benselwayphotography.co.uk HANNAH HICKMAN CREATIVE CAKE MAKERS This wedding cake company located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire creates masterpieces for weddings. The luxurious designs are as classic or elaborate as the couple requests, and include a personal consultation. Hannah is predicting that framed cakes surrounded by balloon installations, decorated hoops, and floral or glitter backdrops will be wowing wedding guests throughout 2020. “Splashes of colour using buttercream in different finishes will also be a popular look for the year ahead,” she tells us. 07966 018 546, hannahhickmancakes.co.uk hhickmancakes THE CAKE ARCHITECT David Waldren is The Cake Architect, based in Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire. He designs elegant bespoke wedding cakes, cupcakes and lifelike sculptures. His technical skill and expertise is outstanding, and no cake is too big or too small. David is seeing a rise in the number of couples ordering personalised sculpted designs with touches that mean something to them. “Couples are also ordering individual cakes making up a larger display and elaborate designs featuring dramatic floral arrangements,” he says. 01225 378 867, thecakearchitect.co.uk cake_architect Photography of The Cake Architect cake with dramatic floral arrangement by ameliaallenphotography.com and photography of personal sculpted cake by jenallanphotography.co.uk VANILLA POD BAKERY Vanilla Pod Bakery located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire offers luxury wedding cakes and cupcakes made using top quality ingredients. Founder Pia Cato predicts that coral and peach shades will continue to shine in 2020. “Cakes designed with rough edges will also become more and more popular,” she tells us. “This trend can be created using buttercream or chocolate ganache and looks fantastic finished with fresh flowers or touches of gold leaf.” 07828 668 932, vanillapodbakery.com vanillapodbakery Peach cake by Vanilla Pod Bakery photographed by elenapopa.com with flowers provided by marchhare.co.uk; cake with gold leaf photographed by capturedbykatrina.co.uk with flowers provided by the-flower-girls.co.uk and styling by weddingcreationsuk.co.uk