Return to homepage

Simple, Stunning Wedding Cake

by Samantha Carter
(UK, Hull)

We had a very tight budget of £3k for my wedding so I wanted to cut costs on the little things. My friend is on a cake decorating course, so I kindly asked her if she could make me 2 plain white iced round cakes for my wedding, one larger than the other with the larger one being fruit and the smaller one sponge.

We didnt have tiers, we simply stood the smaller cake on the larger one and tied a wide organza white ribbon with a big bow round the middle. It looked stunning, it really did. We also put a few white rose heads on the top.

It cost us nothing for the cake and then a few pound for the roses and ribbon. So ask local colleges which are doing cake decorating courses - you could even offer to give the student a few pounds for their time and they'll be glad of the opportunity I'm sure.


Comments for
Simple, Stunning Wedding Cake

Average Rating starstarstarstarstar

Click here to add your own comments

Oct 27, 2008
Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		How about cupcakes?
by: carol2k2

I have decided on baking and decorating 170 individual cup cakes for my wedding reception as an alternative to a wedding cake, as I can't afford £300plus!

I have tried out 4 flavours, lemon, vanilla, caramel and chocolate, and 8 diffrent toppings based on butter cream icing (lemon, vanilla, coffee, chocolate, white choc, caramel, strawberry, orange).

I plan on doing simple sugar flowers to decorate,which can be purchased really cheaply (try eBay) and presented in silver cases on old fashioned cake stands (also purchased on eBay).

I have costed the lot and it works out at about £35 for everything. I will bake the cakes in batches and freeze running up to the wedding (June 20th) and decorate on mass a day or 2 before (with help!!). They stay fresh for a few days as I have experimented with this also. This way everyone will get their own cake of choice, and I will have lots of fun!

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Do It Yourself Wedding Projects - Generic


Get expert advice Be a case study Wedding negotiation eBook

What the press say

| Cheap Wedding Success Home | Site Policies | Terms and Conditions | Blog | Forum | Directory | About This Site | Sitemap |

Copyright © 2010, Modern Media Limited, All Rights Reserved.

Modern Media Limited, 18a Madiera Road, Clevedon, BS21 7TJ
Modern Media is a registered company in England & Wales. Company Reg No: 07121345.
VAT registration number: 987062091.

Return to top