Chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, banana, you name it your bakery can make it. Choosing your wedding cake is definitely the tastiest part of your wedding planning. Practically every baker will allow you to taste what they have to offer, i highly recommend you take advantage of this tasty treat.A few things to do when choosing your wedding cake are:
-Always have a budget.
-Always be open about your budget
-Take notes on what you like and do not like
Usually bakers have very ornate cakes on display, far above the average brides budget. This does not mean hands off, but it does mean some negotiating is in order. Keeping note of what display cakes you like specifically, regarding the details will assist you in deciding what you like and dislike. Always be open about what your budget is with the baker because the baker can help steer you in the right direction.
Budget Cak
e Options:
Go for a smaller cake. The majority of guests will not eat your wedding cake. Guests are usually into the dessert buffet table versus the cake.
A great way to get the wow for less is to mix your wedding cake up. This includes having iced pieces of pretend cake layers. When it comes time to serving the cake just disassemble the layers.
Another option is creating a cupcake tree. Cupcakes are easy to make, but expensive to purchase. Making your own cupcakes is easy, cost efficient and can be made 2 days prior to the wedding.
A third option is a cupcake/wedding cake tree. You can purchase a small wedding cake topper from your baker. You can create a cupcake tree by placing the cake as the topper of the tree and the cupcakes below it. Depending on your wedding cake colours, you can match your cupcakes to the colour of the topper.
Further, you do not have to serve the topper, as it is often tradition for the bride and groom to freeze the top layer until their one year anniversary to
gether. Always remember you have options. Keeping the layers down will always keep the cost of the cake down. If require a bigger wedding cake than what you can do is purchase a wedding cake that has a slab cake base and a small round on the top. A slab cake will serve more guests than a round cake would.
Adding to this, you can purchase a smaller wedding cake and than have extra slab cake available that the caters can serve to the guests. No one will notice that these slabs are not from the original wedding cake.
This could save you big dollars because the slap cake will not require ornate detail as no one is going to see it until the eat it.
Budget Cak
e Options: Go for a smaller cake. The majority of guests will not eat your wedding cake. Guests are usually into the dessert buffet table versus the cake.
A great way to get the wow for less is to mix your wedding cake up. This includes having iced pieces of pretend cake layers. When it comes time to serving the cake just disassemble the layers.
Another option is creating a cupcake tree. Cupcakes are easy to make, but expensive to purchase. Making your own cupcakes is easy, cost efficient and can be made 2 days prior to the wedding.
A third option is a cupcake/wedding cake tree. You can purchase a small wedding cake topper from your baker. You can create a cupcake tree by placing the cake as the topper of the tree and the cupcakes below it. Depending on your wedding cake colours, you can match your cupcakes to the colour of the topper.
Further, you do not have to serve the topper, as it is often tradition for the bride and groom to freeze the top layer until their one year anniversary to
gether. Always remember you have options. Keeping the layers down will always keep the cost of the cake down. If require a bigger wedding cake than what you can do is purchase a wedding cake that has a slab cake base and a small round on the top. A slab cake will serve more guests than a round cake would.
Adding to this, you can purchase a smaller wedding cake and than have extra slab cake available that the caters can serve to the guests. No one will notice that these slabs are not from the original wedding cake.This could save you big dollars because the slap cake will not require ornate detail as no one is going to see it until the eat it.
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