Just when you think you’re all done planning the wedding you remember there’s always a special part of any reception or wedding that you have to take into consideration, and that’s the wedding cake. Everyone knows that all wedding cakes come in many sizes and shapes and can be designed to accommodate most any taste or any budget. This budget item shouldn’t be a problem with any wedding couple.
You have to know that wedding cakes are certainly a natural and necessary part of any wedding festivities and require a great deal of thought and consideration to your theme. Traditionally there are many people out there who still think of the tiered cakes when they think of weddings, however, there are many ways that you can accommodate your own creativity into making your cake stand out all on its own.
Keeping your cake costs down will require knowing a few tips of the trade:
• Make your own wedding cake creations
• Serve cupcakes and a smaller cake for the cake toppers
• Ask a guest with a baking passion to make the cake for you instead of giving you a gift. Just remember to buy the ingredients and toppers yourself.
• Have a baker make the cake but you can put it together yourself
• Buy your own cake toppers and other decorative additions
• Pick up the cake rather than have it delivered.
• Use your own decorations like flowers, autumn leaves as accents rather than theirs etc.
• Use extra candies and Hershey’s kisses as accents
Don’t forget to incorporation those extra cake accents and dividers that can easily be made at home for the cake by you and your wedding party. Make it a fun night at one of your family’s home and get the job done. It should be a memorable evening.
Examples of some nice homemade dividers might be the oversized brandy glasses that you can accent with ribbons tied around the bottom flute of the glass. After you’ve done that you flip the glasses upside down in order to allow room for your cake sections.
Know that those glass bottoms will also make a nice sturdy separator for the cake layers to sit on.
One of the best part about this type of decoration is that you can also place some neat candles or other nice things inside of the flipped upside down glass as an added accent. It should be a delight to view during the reception.
You can also use rhinestones or anything else that you might think would make your cake stand out and make it more beautiful and elegant. Many people have the idea that they can always take these decorations and use them later for another occasion or for someone else’s wedding at a later date.
If you happen to order your cake from a real professional, you better be sure to do the following check list of items to make sure you have the smoothest transition possible and without any hassles:
• Order your cake at least 6-8 weeks ahead of time
• Be prepared to leave a deposit when you place your order
• If you don’t know much about the cake that you want is ready to make an appointment for a taste test of different samples. If this is required, you might need to give yourself a larger amount of time for the cake like 6 months or more
• Know that you will be paying for the decorator’s time as well as the baker’s and the reserved time for your cake
• Think seasonal when it comes to your cake, for example, you can’t get a mousse cake in the summer months because it will go bad
• Remember that the simpler your cake design is the cheaper it will be
• If you are planning an outdoor wedding, remember that the heat will melt the icing, flies loves sweet stuff etc. think of this before choosing your cake
Also Remember:
• Have a big enough cake to serve all of your guests
• Try to be mindful of allergies and tastes of your guests when choosing your cake
• Choose ornaments that are not misplaced on your cake
• Don’t forget to confirm later
• If you have to cancel the cake, do it sooner rather than later or you might get stuck with the bill anyway
