The Wedding Cake

Make your own cake and get a professional to decorate it.

Go one step further and make and decorate your own cake.  Books available from your local library can get you started with basic decorating techniques, and edible and non-edible embelishments can be bought from homeware and speciality food shops.  You can even buy gorgeous pre-made edible decorations from ebay!

Have a small cake for decoration with a larger and non-decorated cake to actually serve to your guests.  No one will ever know!

Polystyrene cakes have just started doing the rounds.  These are display cakes (like the above point) and decorated so professionally that no one will ever know they difference.  Because they are not made of food stuffs they can be used over and over again, and are therefore cheaper than a real cake.  Then your only expense is the actual cake that you serve your guests (which can be anything, from anywhere, and made by anyone because how it looks doesn’t matter!).

Ring the cake decorators association in your state (you can find them in the yellow pages or on the internet) for a list of people who decorate as a hobby.  You can get a lovely cake for a fraction of the cost.

I didn’t have a cake at all.  I have never understood the cake cutting tradition and doing this was not important to me (or my husband).  Of all the weddings I have been to I have either not eaten the cake I have been served because I’ve been too full, or they’ve given it to me in a little bag to take home, and that ends up sitting on the kitchen bench for a week before it goes all hard and crusty and I throw it in the bin.  We mentioned the missing cake to a few of our guests after the wedding and they said they didn’t even notice.  The time we saved by not cutting a cake was spent on the dance floor partying.

More:

The Bridesmaid Dresses
The Groom & Groomsmen’s Attire   
The Shoes  
Hair, Makeup & Jewellery    
The Ceremony    
The Reception Venue    
The Catering    
The Drinks    
The Cake    
The Bonbonniere    
The Music    
The Flowers    
The Photos    
The Transport    
The Bridal Shower, Hen’s Night & Buck’s Night    
Invitations    
The Gifts    
The Honeymoon 





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