When you imagine a wedding cake, what do you see? Three tiers of fruit cake covered in thick white icing, decorated with piped white flowers? A ceramic bride and groom perched on top?
Wedding cakes have come a long way since that was the norm. They can be any flavour, any sponge, any shape or size, and they can be decorated in countless and ever more beautiful ways. And with the huge array of designers posting their cake creations to social media, brides and grooms can drool over dreamy bakes to their hearts’ content.
Cake maker Alessandra Estrada worked at Ladurée and for Alain Ducasse before setting up her west London based company Cake Me Baby and is beloved of the fashion industry for her...