Wedding cake

[mariah123]

I am shocked about the price of cake. 3 tier, £650+ how much did others pay for wedding cake? Thanks, M

[WinkyisbackontheButterBeer]

Ours was £250 for 3 tiers from a lady in the lake district. She was less than a third of the price of other suppliers in the area.
Try asking your venue, they will know all of the best suppliers. ours recommended our lovely cake maker.

[stephenisjustcoming]

winky can you PM me her details? I might be on the lookout for similar...

I would also very much like to see a photo of the £3,000 cake.

[WinkyisbackontheButterBeer]

Have done

[stephenisjustcoming]

Thank you!

And until sanshay comes back with the £3k cake, here's one for a mere £1,200 It serves eighty people, mind. That's £15 a slice. And good luck cutting it.

[WinkyisbackontheButterBeer]

I must have cheap tastes. That looks like a unicorn has thrown up on it.

[unlimiteddilutingjuice]

I got three cream gateaux s in different sizes and put them on a hired cake stand.
It cost £50 in total.

[AndPeggySchuyler]

Some of these seem so expensive! Our venues head chef is doing a 3 tiered 'naked cake' for £80 - serving it with cream, ice cream and fruit for dessert course

[LadyPenelopeCantDance]

We spent the days in the lead up to our wedding making a macaron tower. The guests loved it, but for the expense of ingredients and amount of time spent practicing and baking it, I wouldn't recommend it!

[Bitchycocktailwaitress]

Here was mine at £900

[Bitchycocktailwaitress]

I too want to see the £3K cake!

[Shanshay]

Here is the £3k cake! It was a gift from a very generous relative and made by Rosalind Miller. It fed 170 people and flavours were pink champagne, chocolate, lemon, traditional spice and praline!

[greeeen]

Thank you! looks spectacular! I need to get new relatives!

[AndNoneForGretchenWieners]

My cake was a gift from my colleagues at work. I think it cost £100 in 2001.

[seven201]

I had a scrummy m&s one. I pimped it up with gypsophelia and tiny origami flowers.

[seven201]

The 3k cake does look amazing! But 3k for a cake! A cake!

[Bitchycocktailwaitress]

Shanshay that is absolutely beautiful!

[Bitchycocktailwaitress]

It's not just a cake though, it's the centrepiece for your wedding breakfast room!

[MulderitsmeX]

Oh wow sanshay that is amazing!!!

Mine was 400 ish last year-standard tiered white

[Chinnygirl]

I'm getting married on friday. Tomorrow I'm going to bake a victoria sandwhich, put white fondant over it and one of thise plastic bride and groom topper on top. Costs are very low.

[Mamabear14]

My nan is paying for our cake as a wedding present. £349 from M&S. Looks lovely too! That 3k cake is utterly amazing!

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

Shasnay I did an internship with Rosalind Miller! I would have known that was by her without you saying. When was that, I might even have made some of the flowers

Yes. Cakes can be very expensive. A basic 1 tier bday cake would take maybe 6 hours total. Say you want to pay yourself £10 an hour, that's already £60 without adding ingredients, profit, overheads etc.

[moonbells]

I did a three-tier covered in roses for about £40 but then I did also go on a couple of cake courses as well, got a long-lasting hobby out of it and never have to worry about kid's party cakes cos they're easy in comparison. Though I wish to goodness I'd got all the kit then that I have now! and that is expensive

[Krispiesquare]

Shanshay that cake made me gasp! It is beautiful 😍