Your Cheshire and Merseyside Wedding - January/February 2021 (Issue 55)

Local experts offer some stellar wedmin advice HOT TOPIC Wachadoin Events SEASONAL STYLE What are your suggestions for styling a wintry wedding celebration? Winter brings a wonderful opportunity to add rich, warm colours and tones to your wedding dressings. Be it the rich reds we associate with the festive season, dark sumptuous blues and greens to give a luxurious feel, or crisp winter whites to reflect the scenery around us. Accentuating the base palette with metallic golds and coppers can build structure, but will also add warmth and opulence to the look, while beautiful winter foliage can soften the dressings to create a wonderful, welcoming setting. Whether your styling is grand or intimate, small details such as berries, pine cones and foliage in silvery tones can add to the wintry feel, while the use of candles and fairylights will reflect the magical sparkle this season brings. Amanda Nelson, www.wachadoin.events  WARMING BAKES There are so many delicious wedding cake flavours available now, that it’s hard to choose! Which would you recommend for our winter wedding? The colder months are the perfect time to enjoy something a little richer and more decadent than you’d perhaps choose during the summer. One of my most popular winter flavours is sticky toffee pudding, a rich and sticky sponge, sweet with brown sugar and Medjool dates, layered with a homemade sticky toffee sauce and a deliciously smooth vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. The best bit is, I can also provide extra jugs of sticky toffee sauce to be heated and served alongside – the perfect winter warming sweet treat! If you want something that captures the spices associated with the wintertime, then how about a carrot cake? Full of cinnamon, ginger and cloves, it’s packed full of crunchy walnuts and layered with a deliciously zesty orange buttercream for a real taste of the season. Nicola Thomas, www.boutiquebakery.co.uk EXPERT ADVICE 53