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Wedding cake bakeries all have a wedding cake portfolio to inform you what styles of wedding cakes they make. This wedding cake portfolio will help you decide if that bakery is able to make the wedding cake you want for your special day.

First you'll have to have an idea of how many guests that will be attending your wedding reception, this will help determine the amount of wedding cake you will need or number of cupcake wedding cakes. The pastry chef/cake decorator may ask how many invitations are being sent to how many people and how many are from out of town or from more than a certain number of miles away. The pastry chef/cake decorator will use this information to calculate how many people will actually show up at the reception and how many of those will actually eat a piece or more of cake.

During your visit to a wedding cake bakery, be clear about the date, time, and location of the wedding and receptions; set deadlines for changes to the cake design and size and for delivery; provide the address of and a map to the reception. Make sure that the cake can be delivered at a time convenient to you or whomever you will have to receive and inspect the cake. There should be a written contract with the wedding cake bakery to specify the size, shape, flavor, color, decorations, delivery day, delivery time, delivery place, and price of wedding cake. Such a contract, of course, does not need a special form or a lawyer to draw it up. It can be a simple list with this information. The list should be dated and signed by both the baker and you, and you should each have a copy.

Bring swatches of material to match the wedding cake to your wedding colors because colors in pictures are often slightly off and a picture’s colors can fade with time. (But again, don’t forget the picture of the wedding cake if you have one.) Don't be afraid to ask questions of your selected cake decorator. If they don't have time to answer questions you certainly don't want them baking your wedding cake.