How To Reduce The Cost
Of Your Wedding Cake

Most girls love cake and so your wedding cake is the most special cake you’ll ever have. You’ll want it to look perfect and be absolutely delicious.

With these demands come a high cost and with the average three tier cake being around £300, you may want to find cheaper alternatives. This article should give you some initial pointers to help you cut the cost of your this section of your budget.

Make your own

The easiest way to reduce your costs is to make your own cake, or get a friend or relative to make it for you as a wedding gift.

There are plenty of great recipes out there for wedding cakes, so you can find a recipe you like and try it out, before committing to creating a cake to feed a hundred guests!

Make your base, but get it decorated professionally

The trickiest part of creating your own wedding cake is icing and decorating it. Icing a cake is a specialist skill and if you want a professional looking cake, then leave it to the experts. They will take your cake and ice and decorate it to your specifications. You’ll save a little by making the base, but you may be surprised at the price of decorating it. Before you choose this route, investigate the prices thoroughly.

One friend of mine decided to decorate her own cake and went on a sugar icing course in the spring before her wedding. Her mum made the cake and she decorated it - it looked fab (see the pic here).

An alternative here is to get the florist to provide you with small flower arrangements for your cake. I did this for my wedding and the cake looked great!

Go local for the best quotes

By using local suppliers, you will lower your costs. Local bakeries or local cake makers will often give you a better quote then national suppliers. Don’t forget you won’t be paying hefty delivery charges either.

Try supermarkets for a range of different cakes

Some supermarkets have a range of different types of cakes available. They often offer the base of cakes, such as sponge cakes, chocolate cakes or fruit cakes, which you can then decorate as you wish.

Traditional wedding cake is a rich fruit cake, which is the often the same recipe as a Christmas cake. At Christmas, you’ll easily be able to find a range of sizes and quality cakes without decoration. Just check the best before date, or pop it in the freezer in an airtight container until a couple of weeks before the wedding – rich fruit cakes keep very well.

Marks and Spencer have started selling wedding cakes for under £100, and Waitrose from £150 to £250. Allow time to order!

Think about other types of cakes

Different types of cakes require longer times to cook, more expensive ingredients or more complicated decoration. By asking about different styles of cake such as plain sponge, carrot, chocolate, fairy cakes or fruit cakes, you’ll get different prices. If you can be flexible in your choice of cake, then you can reduce your budget significantly.

Individual cakes for a modern approach

There’s a growing trend towards individual cakes for each guest. For example, piling together lots of fairy cakes or choux pastry is often a cheaper option then a traditional style tiered cake. You can also easily buy plain fairy cakes and choux pastry at the supermarket quite cheaply, then you can decorate them yourself to match your colour themes.

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