If you are thinking about getting married, if you are engaged or even helping a friend plan their own wedding, then this is the article for you. I will teach you how to find the perfect cake for your wedding. I will also teach you how to make it affordable.
I know that weddings are expensive and stressful. I am here to help you save money and lower your stress. If you listen to my advice, you will know exactly how to find the perfect cake. Let’s get started.
Step one: Discover what you want
I am sure you have looked at hundreds of wedding cakes. I am also certain that you have come to understand that you have many options. It is hard to find the perfect cake and stay within your budget. My personal advice is to forget your budget and choose the wedding cake of your dreams. This does not mean that you will spend a crazy amount of money.
I am the only suggesting that you forget your budget for step one. You do not have to settle for a cheap looking wedding cake. Look at pictures online, and find the perfect cake for your wedding. Now that you have selected your cake, let’s move to step two.
Step two: How to have what you want for the price you want
You may be looking at a picture of your cake, thinking to yourself, how can I afford this. Like I said before, you don’t have to settle for a cheap cake. My first suggestion is this. Open your mind to friends and loved ones. You may know somebody who has previous experience making wedding cakes. There is a good chance you can find somebody to make your cake for free, simply because they love you.
If you do not know any one who has experience in making any type of cake, I have another suggestion. More and more often brides are choosing to have fake cakes. You might be thinking, how can I have a fake wedding cake? The answer is simple. Go online and find a styrofoam wedding cake. Instead of frosting are real cake, use real frosting to frost to the styrofoam cake.
If you want to follow the tradition of cutting the cake and saving the cake for your one year anniversary, use styrofoam for the bottom layers of the cake and real cake for the top layer only. The reason I suggest this is because it’s cheaper and easier to make.
If you choose to make a fake wedding cake, you’re still going to want to serve cake to your guests. Simply makes sheet cakes for the purpose of serving to your guests. I promise, they will enjoy it just as much, and you will enjoy the price.
A few more thoughts
In the past year, I have attended several weddings in Salt Lake City
and I’m starting to see fake wedding cakes more and more frequently. If you have to do this, don’t sweat it. In attending weddings and eating wedding cake, I have come to learn that beautiful wedding cakes generally do not taste good. I would much rather eat a sheet cake. Your wedding is about you and does not have to stick with every old tradition. Feel free to make any changes you would like.
The biggest reason we have beautiful wedding cakes is to use them as decoration. I hope this advice lessons your stress and saves you money as you plan your wedding. Best of luck and I hope that your experience is memorable.
