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FAQ for WEDDING CAKES

You’ll find answers to all the most commons questions below, if you’d like to check availability, please get in touch here.

Rica x

When do we need to reserve our Wedding Day with you?

To ensure your Edible Centrepiece gets the creative focus you deserve, I only work with a select few couples who adore what I do each year, so availability is limited.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch as soon as you know your date to see if I am available. Reservations can take place up 12-18 months in advance, but sooner weekends are often available, just ask.

How do we reserve our Wedding Date with you?

Once you know your date and have a location, you can get in touch to check availability. To secure your date a £200 reservation fee is required (no dates are held without), tastings and consultations are also available here.

What Areas do you cover?

Primarily London and the South West, but occasionally I can be available across the UK or internationally with enough notice. You can check if I’m available for your date and location by getting in touch here.

Can we Taste your Cake?

Yes! Tasting Boxes are available for delivery directly to you, with 6 slices of the most popular signature flavours. To book your consultation and tasting please see here. If you’d just like to taste the cake and have your consultation at a later date, please choose the appropriate option.

Don’t forget to check availability for your Wedding Date before you order, you can get in touch to ask here.

Cake Tasting Box delivery

Do we have to come to you for a Consultation?

Absolutely not, tasting boxes can be delivered directly to you and consultations are available by video call. To book your consultation and tasting please see here.

Contemporary Ethereal Wedding Cake London

Contemporary wedding cake, white simple elegant

Will you liaise with the venue, deliver and set up the Cake for us?

Of course! Bespoke luxury cakes are very delicate and need to be treated with care and expertise to ensure they are looking their best throughout your day.

Do you do additional flavours / free from / vegan?

Additional Flavours

The Signature Menu is a carefully selected collection of our most incredible flavours. If you’d like to enquire about another flavour, please do ask.

If you’d like your own bespoke flavour created for you (that isn’t currently within my repertoire) it is £100 for development.

Free From / Vegan

The majority of our Signature Menu is available as Vegan / Eggless* / Dairy Free* – please read note on allergens below.

*ALLERGENS: All Alchemy Cakes are prepared in an environment that regularly handles nuts, eggs, dairy and gluten. Whilst the majority of Alchemy Cakes can be prepared without them, trace amounts may remain and wouldn’t be suitable for those with allergies (particularly severe allergies).

We'd love multiple flavours, is that possible?

Absolutely. Multiple flavours are available across different tiers of the same cake, or, on separate cakes.

Could we have 3 or more separate cakes, instead of one large one?

Yes! I love creating a whole collection bespoke to your day.

We really want to make our Cake/s a feature, for some gorgeous photographs, can you help?

Yes! Not only can I make your Cake/s an incredible stand out centrepiece, styling for the setting of the cake is also available. Cake styling is an art to itself. From transparent plinths, to aged oak side tables with flowing tulle and gorgeous art deco drink karts, I can help create a beautiful space to display your edible art.

Do you have Cake Stands available?

Yes, a variety of stands are available for hire – from white marble, to silver, to glass.

We'd love a Dessert Table and Favours, can you do that?

Monogrammed White Wedding Cookies London Aged stone fondant cookies with initials, circle cookies with royal icing and pearls, square cookies with glitter and monogrammed. Wedding Cookies Favours and Dessert Table, London

Yes! To find out more about what’s available please have a look at the Sweet Treats here. If you’d like to request something additional, please do ask.

Can we have Real Flowers on our Cake?

It entirely depends on which flowers they are: whether they are toxic to humans and if a food-safe source is available at that time of the year (you don’t want flowers that have been chemically treated or grown in manure, on your cake).

I also create beautiful sugar and wafer flowers like the below throughout the year, which I can take you through at your consultation.

Sugar Flowers, Wafer Flowers, Peony, Peonies, White, Edible

Do you do Buttercream Cakes?

Yes! I do Buttercream covered Cakes as well as Wedding Cakes covered in fondant. Swiss Meringue Buttercream is used to fill all Alchemy Cakes due to its luxurious texture and not too sweet taste. Traditional buttercream (far sweeter) is available on request.

When we discuss your day in detail at your consultation I can best advise you on the materials to use so your cake looks it’s best throughout your day.

Do you do Dummy Tiers?

Dummy tiers are faux tiers, typically with polystyrene underneath the icing instead of cake which sadly can take up to 500 years to decompose.

For couples who love a dramatic cake larger than would feed their guests, I always recommend a simple sponge which can be gifted to a charity/shelter after.

Alternatively, we can add more drama and height to your cake with a variety of spacing structures, which we can discuss at your consultation.

If you’d like to understand Alchemy’s policies on sustainability, please see here.

I love this Cake, can you make it?

If it’s an Alchemy Cake, of course! However, I won’t copy other artists as I know how much love and work goes into every design. Happy to use pics for inspo though!