Ann Pickard of The Icing Centre has been making wedding cakes for more than 20 years. She uses sugarpaste and royal icing to create traditional, contemporary and novelty cakes that are instantly recognisable. Based in the South West she also delivers to venues in the region.

A wedding cake is the centrepiece of the wedding breakfast and Ann meets every couple to make sure she creates the cake of their dreams. Using the couple’s ideas, photographs and colour themes she can turn their design into edible art. They’re delicious inside too (fruitcake, chocolate or vanilla, even carrot or lemon cake and more).

The possibilities are endless; cakes that show places a couple met or went on holiday, fantasy cakes from a favourite film or novelty cakes depicting a shared hobby or interest; contemporary cakes based on favourite art or colour schemes; or a more traditional cake in cream, white or pale shades with subtle flowers and piping.