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| save on cake decorations |
| Amount: $519.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: frugal bride in Santa Clara, CA. | Posted: June 11th, 2007 01:06AM |
| Number of Slices: 100-125 people | Cake Type: 3 layers - stacked |
| Decorations: flowers from my garden |
| The florist was going to charge about $40 per cluster of flowers, and I was looking at 3 clusters for each layer of cake. In the end, my mom decorated the cake with fresh hydrangea blossoms from my garden -- it was beautiful, and I saved $120. |
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| Wedding Cake |
| Amount: $250.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Cindy in Plainfield, IN. | Posted: June 23rd, 2007 08:06PM |
| Number of Slices: 270 | Cake Type: Tiered |
| Decorations: Simple |
| For my daughter's wedding,I purchased white cake mixes for $0.93 & premade Wilton white creamy decorator icing(using coupons from JoAnn Fabrics & Michaels for 40-50% off. I ordered soft premade fondant pearls. I also ordered gum paste flower sprays to top off the cakes. I purchased cake boards, boxes, & accesories from our local cake making store. All these things made for quite a savings! |
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| A Fabulous Cake |
| Amount: $1,200.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Christee in Manassas, VA. | Posted: September 24th, 2007 06:09AM |
| Number of Slices: 218 | Cake Type: 5 Tier Multi Flavor |
| Decorations: Fondant |
| The cake was huge and delicious. 3 Layers were French Vanilla Almond with Raspberry Filling, 2 Layers were Chocolate Cinnamon with Strawberry Filling. Vanilla Buttercream with Homemade Marshmallow Fondant and Royal Icing Decorations. Price included Delivery and Setup. |
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| Wedding Cake |
| Amount: $400.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Rebecca in Wheatfield, NY. | Posted: January 15th, 2008 07:01PM |
| Number of Slices: 110 | Cake Type: Original Design |
| Decorations: Cake Top and Figurines |
| Our cake was an original design from a local vendor. The cost included everything from the consultation to the delivery and setup. We are having a snowmobile wedding with a snowmobile cake topper, with the Wilton Bride Running after the Groom cake topper. The cake is a sheet cake made into a design with mountains, evergreens and a stream running through the mountains down to an iced over pond which will be in front of the actual sheet cake. For the time and amount of detail, this is an amazing price! |
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| Wedding cake |
| Amount: $468.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: GP in Naples, FL. | Posted: January 29th, 2008 07:01AM |
| Number of Slices: 26 | Cake Type: carrot with butter cream |
| Decorations: fresh flowers |
Hi
I am an English Bride getting married in Naples FL in May. I can't help but feel my hotel where I am getting married is taking the mick a little. I am having a 6" and 8" two tiered carrot cake with buttercream icing decorated with fresh flowers. They want to charge me $18 per slice. I think this is a little excessive, thoughts welcome?! |
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| Wedding Cake |
| Amount: $325.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Christy Brown in Kingsport, TN. | Posted: February 7th, 2008 02:02PM |
| Number of Slices: 116 | Cake Type: 3 tiered: Marble/white/choc |
| Decorations: flowers on top |
| If you know local vendors, make sure you price around, they are all different. I heard about my vendor from someone else & she priced my cake at 1/2 what the others wanted to do a 3 tier stacked cake with different flavors and little decoration. Plus, she gave a great deal for the groomscake: $50 to do a sheet cake with a soccer ball on top designed to look like it was breaking through a net!!! |
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| reply to GP in Naples, FL |
| Amount: $0.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: frugal bride in Santa Clara, CA. | Posted: February 11th, 2008 12:02AM |
| GP, $18 per slice sounds awfully steep. Sylvia Weinstock, the superstar cake designer for celebrities and royals, typically charges $17-20 per slice. Unless there's something extraordinary about your hotel cake, I believe they're ripping you off. Can you get the cake elsewhere, or is it a part of the hotel package? Maybe it's negotiable. |
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| Extraordinary Design |
| Amount: $3,500.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Astrid Kipperburg-Liago in Seattle, WA. | Posted: February 22nd, 2008 04:02AM |
| Number of Slices: 400 | Cake Type: 8 Different Cake Flavors, 16 Fillins |
| Decorations: Extraordinary Eiffel Tower Design |
| Mark Caldwell of Everett Washington Created a one of a kind masterpiece for my wedding. Sharing a love for France, Mark was able to artistically re-create Paris' Eiffel Tower to an brilliant likeness. The entire cake was frosted in a light buttercream then overlayed in sculpted white chocolate. The cake was then airbrushed with gorgeous color and then finished with gold leaf. After the cake was assembled on site, Mark spiraled white rununculus, white hydrangea, white roses, white miniature cala lilies, looped beargrass and swarovski crystals. Centered on top of a satin draped round table, his creation towered just over 9 feet tall! We could not have ever dreamed of something ourselves. Our cake creator sat with us and brought our love of Paris and created the very place that my husband Bradley proposed. Thank you Mark! |
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| wedding cake |
| Amount: $125.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Lorianne in Atlanta, GA. | Posted: May 31st, 2008 11:05AM |
| Number of Slices: 3 tiered cake | Cake Type: wedding |
| Decorations: basic with trim |
I went to the local grocery store and ordered 3 indiviual cakes a 6",8" and 12" vanilla with white frosting and red trim.. I then bought a cake stand that holds the 3 cakes on individual levels. I brought the cakes with me to the reception placed the cakes on the cake stand and then put real roses on top of each cake....I saved a bundle!!
here is an example of how to do it yourself. http://www.efavormart.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1361 |
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| nephew's cake |
| Amount: $0.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: CG in Lee, MA. | Posted: October 2nd, 2008 05:10AM |
| Number of Slices: 180+ | Cake Type: 2 flavors |
| Decorations: brushed embroidery |
| four tiers plus cake an extra small cake for cutting in kitchen. MMfondant covered, roayl icing for decorations. chocolate/kahlua and yellow cakes. buttercream flavored fillings. Cake topper was heart inside heart from Michael's. Gorgeous cake, much photgraphed. If you are willing to work hard, you can have a wonderful cake for very little money. |
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| Wedding Cake |
| Amount: $600.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Janice in Santa Clara, CA. | Posted: October 2nd, 2008 09:10AM |
| Number of Slices: 350 | Cake Type: 5 total tiers with 2 on pedestals |
| Decorations: basket weave, water fountain |
| Went to a local filipino bakery instead of a fancy place. The flavors were ordinary, but the cake looked like a million bucks!! |
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| Perfect Wedding Cake |
| Amount: $350.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Fiona in Denver, CO. | Posted: October 14th, 2008 03:10PM |
| Number of Slices: 100 | Cake Type: red velvet |
| Decorations: 3 tier fondant with pearls |
| A Local Bakery called Mermaids Bakery made my red velvet cake and my favors. The cake designer Diana is a rockstar! She is full of wonderful ideas, which helped a lot. I decided on wite fondant with pearls and a tiffany blue silk ribbon and bow at the base of each round tier. I had a very strict budget and I just shopped around because I wanted it to taste great and look pretty too. I got the best of both worlds. I bought my topper from Mermaids too, it was Silver initials. my favors included silver dipped almonds in a pretty little clear box with a tiffany blue ribbon, just awesome! They delivered my cake, I have to say my Mermaids experience was perfect. |
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| To CG in Lee, MA |
| Amount: $0.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Doris in Folsom, CA. | Posted: October 16th, 2008 10:10PM |
| Number of Slices: 180 | Cake Type: |
| The cake was not free. Someone paid to make this cake. Have you checked the cost of ingredients lately? The fondant alone had to be very expensive. Yes, it might have been free to the bridal couple but someone paid dearly to make this cake and you should be extremely grateful for the generosity. |
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| Styrofoam and icing still cost money! |
| Amount: $0.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: SweetResults in Framingham, MA. | Posted: October 27th, 2008 08:10PM |
| The notion that you will save money by having a "fake cake" for show and sheet cakes in the back to serve is ridiculous! It still takes ingredients and TIME and TALENT to create a "fake" cake for show. It takes just as long to decorate a Styrofoam cake as it does a real cake, no price break on that here! You are paying for the artistry. Cheap cakes aren't good and good cakes aren't cheap. :-) |
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| replies to Lorianne in Atlanta, GA. and GP in Naples, FL. |
| Amount: $0.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: SweetResults in Framingham, MA. | Posted: October 28th, 2008 04:10AM |
Lorianne - brilliant and realistic way to have a very nice wedding cake on a tight budget. Props to you!
GP - I would definitely see about being able to get a cake from somewhere else, while there are many places that will charge you that price, that seems a bit high for the style they are promising you. Also a 6" and 8" should feed 34 people, but you can't really make a nice tired cake smaller than that. Also beware of a cake cutting fee (maybe $1.50 per serving) if you get your cake somewhere else, valid cost on the part of the venue, but can sometimes be negotiable. |
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| I spent less on real cake than on Dummies! |
| Amount: $425.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Julie in Salem, NH. | Posted: October 28th, 2008 06:10AM |
| Number of Slices: 150 | Cake Type: 4 tier incl. anniv. layer |
| Decorations: BC, BC swags and lots of roses |
I once was fooled by the whole "fake cake" premise too. Here's my story...
The cake I wanted was 3 stacked layers with the top one on pillars, Gold cake with strawberry preserves and buttercream, clusters of raspberry colored buttercream roses and green ivy vines and white swags. I priced it with a local baker to get real cakes and another baker who does real and dummies...
Guess what? I would have BEEN a dummy to pay $300 for an identical STYRO cake and another $300 for sheet cakes to feed my guests. $425 vs. $600? A NO BRAINER!
As it was explained to me, it costs the baker money to buy styrofoam OR real ingredients. The decorating is going to be the same artistry on either cake, so I'm still paying for someone's time/talent. Then I STILL have to pay for real ingredients and some labor to frost the sheet cakes and add at least SOME decoration to make the slices look decent when they're served to my guests and not something served in the school cafeteria!
I'm so glad I went with REAL cake. The price was better, my guests knew they were getting a slice of my beautiful and delicious wedding cake, and I wasn't left storing a fake cake in a plastic bag in my attic! |
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| classic rose themed |
| Amount: $350.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: red rose cutie in IE, CA. | Posted: December 20th, 2008 10:12PM |
| Number of Slices: 150 | Cake Type: 3 layer |
| Decorations: fondant and rose petals |
| my mom made my cake! the first layer was a white cake with red food coloring and white cream filling, then a globe separater from michaels (we filled with silk rose petals)and then a white cake with rasberry filling and then separated by grecian colomns and topped with a rich red velvet cake with white buttercream filling. all was covered in fondant (expensive stuff!) and plastic pearls draped around and then topped with red rose petals from my garden. the topper was from joann's and it had S with rhinestones red (CUTE!) and each layer was so pretty cut up and guests got a choice of flavors- each of which matched the linens and flowers! |
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| cake |
| Amount: $1,000.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: molly90909090909 in new york city, NY. | Posted: February 22nd, 2009 07:02PM |
| Number of Slices: 89946 | Cake Type: white holly bean |
| Decorations: white with pink and green flowers |
| the cake was huge and everyone got 5 small peices |
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| Cupcakes |
| Amount: $140.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: Beccaanne11 in duluth, MN. | Posted: March 1st, 2009 07:03AM |
| Number of Slices: 250 | Cake Type: cupcake with top tier cake |
| Decorations: buttercream, chocolate seashells |
| For a friend's wedding she purchase a three tier cardboard stand and i decorated it with ribbon. I made white cupcakes with raspberry filling and chocolate with custard. they were decorated with buttercream and chocolate seashells. the top tier was a cake to keep. kind of a lot of work but easy to serve and a little different then an ordinary cake. got more compliments on this then anyother i've made. |
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| classic summer wedding |
| Amount: $100.00 for the cake |
| Posted by: brandi2006 in tucson, AZ. | Posted: March 21st, 2009 01:03PM |
| Number of Slices: 300 | Cake Type: tier & sheet |
| Decorations: silk flowers |
| I purchased 3 round plain decorated cakes from Sam's club and a sheet cake, we then purchased a cake stand from Michael's stacked the rounds and put our own flowers on top of the cakes. it was gorgeous delicious and affordable |
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