Wedding Cheese Cakes
A Cheese Wedding Cake - something completely different from
the traditional idea of a wedding cake. Surprise and delight your wedding
guests with your own choice of whole cheeses, tiered in the traditional form.
Davidsons will ensure you have cheeses in their prime. But why restrict this
wonderful idea to wedding cheese cakes - why not also special birthdays,
anniversaries, in fact, any significant celebration where you'd like to do
something different and appealing for your guests.
Find someone artistic to garnish it in an attractive manner. We do not
provide fruit or other garnishes as everyone has their own personal
ideas.Foliage, cherry tomatoes, green/purple grapes, flowers, and even some
figurines all seem to work well. If you are worried about cut flower or leaf
stems touching the cheese, wrap the stems in a little clingfilm or foil.
Where a soft cheese is chosen for one or more tiers, internal (invisible)
pillars are inserted to offer support and ensure that your "cake" retains its
form. See further notes on construction and
decoration below.
We are accumulating a number of photographs of cheese wedding cakes which can
be viewed in our gallery below. Hover your mouse over an image to display a
slightly enlarged version or click on an image to load a larger version to
view in more detail. You will then have to use the browser "Back" button
(left hand arrow) to return to this page and view more images.
Photo Gallery
Construction and Decoration
Our Cheese Wedding Cakes are delivered carefully packed and
with silvered boards to separate the layers. Where a cheese is not coated,
and there is likely to be some seepage of fluid between layers, we will
recommend some form of partial wrapping such as clingfilm or waxed paper.
We recommend a portion size of 2 to 3 oz of cheese per person. However, rest
assured that any surplus cheese need not be wasted. If your guests do not
keep returning for more, virtually all cheese freeezes well.
There is no restriction on the number of tiers other than sheer size and
stability. We have delivered cheese wedding cakes of up to six tiers in size.
Most types of cheese may be used, although care will need to be taken where
softer cheeses are included. Dowelling pillars can be inserted into the
softer cheeses to give structural strength to support additional layers
above; decorative wrappings can be retained around softer cheeses to prevent
them losing shape as they warm in the atmosphere of a Wedding Breakfast or
other celebration. Simon or his manageress, Georgie, will happily advise on
the selection and suitability of cheeses.
As mentioned in our introduction, you have complete flexibility with
decoration, needing only to wrap items which may affect flavour in clingfilm
or foil before insertion in cheeses. Herbs and fruits are favourite types of
decoration for many people, the green leaves contrasting well with the
cheeses and cheese coatings and providing a contrasting setting for brightly
coloured fruits or flowers. You can choose the colours of your fruits or
flowers to match the colour tone of your wedding.
The Cheese Wedding Cake will form a wonderful display centrepiece at your
celebration. For those on a tight budget, it can admirably replace one course
at your wedding breakfast and at the same time provide the "wedding cake".
Our Photo Gallery, covering both our Cheese Wedding Cakes and Cheese
Celebration Cakes above has four sections, two including examples of
decorated cheese cakes (one being just the cakes themselves and the other
including the couples with their cakes), another showing the construction and
with some close-ups of different types of decoration and the fourth with some
other associated photographs.
Wedding Fair
At a recent Wedding Fair, Simon showed two examples of how
cheese wedding cakes may be configured.
The smaller "cake" will serve around 100 people with a portion size of 2-3 oz
and can be configured with both mild and stronger flavoured cheeses to suit
all tastes.
Special Occasion Bottles
Something unique and different – why not have the first bottle opened at the wedding reception flattened by us, leaving a lasting memento. Our bottles can also be used for chopping and presenting lemons, oranges, for a small cheeseboard, for serving sushi or even as an hors d’oeuvres tray.
