I know this is super early, but I can't find the answer anywhere and I would like to have an idea for planning purposes. FI and I are both electrical engineers and it has played a huge role in our lives as well as our relationship. We met because of engineering and became close while working as lab partners. Because of this, we want to incorporate some little touches that reflect our love of engineering without going too over the top (I have seen the Offbeat Bride post; FI and I have no desire to do anything like that). FI and I have been brainstorming and came up with an idea to do a circuit board print on the cake.
I have not seen anything exactly like what we are envisioning anywhere online, and it is a bit of an odd request, so I want to make sure to give the baker enough time to practice the design so that it comes out the way we are hoping. We would have to give them some pictures of the circuit design and work with them to have it transferred onto a cake. The design itself would be using a gold piping/foil technique on a white cake, so I don't think it is extremely hard, but I am not positive. The cake below is the closest thing I can find to what we are trying to do with the gold print.
My question is, would doing something custom take any more time than a more traditional cake, and if so, how early should FI and I start meeting with the baker? We have a cake as part of our catering package, but it is contracted out to a local bakery. Traditional timelines that I am finding say 4-6 months out is when you should order your cake, but I want to make sure we give the baker enough time to do something like this. Thanks!