Wedding Cake - Am I crazy to make my own?

[Finn10]

Wanted a little guidance from the group mind - I am thinking about making the cake for our big day.

Getting married in 6 weeks and my cake maker has let me down. I have a couple of options, either expensive or a bit underwhelming! I floated the idea to make the cake for our wedding with DP and I got a cautious thumbs up.

I am a pretty good baker, not great with cake decorating. Thinking about a 3 tier naked cake.

Am I crazy to attempt this?

I did - we made 3 large cakes but only used one for display. They were chocolate mud cakes. I covered all 3 in choc ganache the day before, very easy.

For the display cake we ordered flowers to go on top and just plonked them on in the morning.

If you're happy to go traditional with fruit cake, this looks like a great option (apologies for the long link!)

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My friend was on a budget , she got one from M & S and I decorated it with fresh flowers for her.

@Finn10 did you make your cake!? Was it a lovely day x

Is viewing the cake not a general thing? When I got married I went to the bakers the day before my wedding where it was ready for me to look at before they delivered it.

In fact when I arrived the cake maker had stepped out and the shop owner told me it wasn't ready. I nearly had kittens!! He got the photo out and said "she hasn't done this bit, or this, or this..." much to my relief they were all things that I was leaving off and the cake was, in fact, ready!!

You can absolutely do it - if you want to!
I personally wouldn't!- I'd either persuade soneone else to do it or buy plain cakes from M&S- pop a ribbon round it and fresh flowers on top and you're sorted!
Honestly, your guests won't care at all and will most likely not even remember a cake!

I did. Biggish wedding 70+ people. 3 tier naked cake. Made the weekend before, froze, got out the day before and iced, decorated on the morning with fruit and flowers by a relative. It was by far the least stressful thing I did for my DIY wedding...!

I made mine, but it was a rich fruit cake, single tier and I had time for a couple of practice runs. I borrowed a book about cake decorating from the library and practiced on my practice cakes. The final wedding one wasn’t half bad - my icing technique was pretty reliable by then. The top was a bit uneven but hidden by fresh flowers that matched my bouquet. I’m not sure I’d bake a sponge cake so near to the wedding, but I taught myself how to bake and decorate a rich, dark fruitcake, skills I still use now on our Christmas cakes. The posh cake pan I bought is still in regular use 20 years later too.