Cheap Wedding Cakes

Have you flipped through wedding magazines? Cheap wedding cakes do not seem to exist in them--only beautiful designer cakes costing hundreds of dollars seem to be listed.

The cakes pictured in the wedding magazines are fabulous works of art, but let's not forget they are made out of flour, sugar, milk, eggs, and oil, not precious metals!

Back in 1958, when my mom got married, her mother baked a beautiful wedding cake. It looked great and my mom said it tasted even better. I know this to be fact because my grandmother baked cakes for us all through the year from scratch along with homemade frostings and the cakes were truly works of art and incredibly delicious.

Back then, cakes only cost a few dollars to make. They really don't cost that much more today, certainly not hundreds or thousands of dollars. That is a load of bull and totally unnecessary, unless, of course, they are as huge as the Kuwaiti wedding cakes below.

It seems cake designers and brides are trying to outdo each other on something that will be eaten and forgotten in just a short time. True, the bride will normally have photos of the cake, but do you really want to spend between $500 and over $1,000 for something that will be cut into pieces and eaten in just a few minutes?

With that being said, whatever happened to the plain white three-tiered cake with a pretty bride and groom or a wedding bell on top?

Believe it or not, you can still have a simple cake made at some small bakeries. You can also order a cheap wedding cake at the bakery in your local grocery store or even in Wal-Mart. No kidding. And, guess what? They taste good. But they start around $125 if they are wedding cakes. However, if you just order a plain white cake with some frosting flowers, you can add a cake topper and it becomes a cheap wedding cake for a whole lot less money than you would have paid if you told the baker it was for a wedding.

If you order a plain cake from any bakery, the cost will be much cheaper. Then you can add a topper of some kind or some rose petals or flowers and other decorations yourself.

For your convenience, here is a great selection of wedding cake toppers.

Another way is to find a relative, friend, or neighbor who makes pretty but cheap wedding cakes. Ask around. Chances are that one or more of your coworkers or others you come in contact with have found someone to make an inexpensive yet delicious cake. Word of mouth recommendations are the best kind of advertising around.

Here is a collection of accessories and cookbooks for you to make your own wedding cakes.

You may want to consider baking the cake yourself or getting help from your mom or some other relatives. Get two or three different sized round, rectangular, or square pans. Bake cake layers of different sizes. Then frost them and stack them or put them on three different tiers of a cake holder. Place a topper on the smallest tier and voila! You have made your own beautiful cheap wedding cake.

Of course, if you are going to go this route, you should practice months in advance, making sure you can do this.

***A word of warning: This is not for everyone. Some people bake great and others just can't. If you or your mom can bake a pretty cake, go ahead. If not, find a friend who will do it for cost or a little profit.

Make sure you bake your wedding cake a few days in advance with plenty of time to bake a new layer if it splits or something else goes wrong. Have plenty of extra cake mix or baking supplies on hand if you need to bake a layer again.

Another option is to buy a three tiered cupcake holder and make your own cupcakes. The good thing about this is that you can bake a variety of flavors and frost and decorate them in the colors you want.

Wedding & Birthday Cakes Tailor-made for your special occasion, with a beautiful choice of cake toppers, to add that personalized touch. Cakes can be made for other special occasions including father's day, mother's day, valentines and Christmas too.

Prepare cakes and cupcakes ahead of time and on the morning of the reception, take them to the reception site, hours ahead of time and set them up on their tiers or stands then. Do not do this before transporting or you will have a mess on your hands.

Below are some wedding cakes made in Kuwait and they are not cheap, but they are unique and absolutely gorgeous. My husband spent time in Kuwait and other Middle Eastern countries over the last five years. He said the Kuwaiti government pays its people so only the non-natives who do the majority of the work in Kuwait are not rich. Some of these cakes are taller than a man and are truly spectacular. Enjoy!

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