Wedding Cake

[zzrangel]

Can anyone help with the subject of wedding cakes?

What is everyone doing?

We are doing our wedding on a budget with family helping where they can but i need some help with the cake. I thought about making my own but with the stress of organising everything else i know i will mess it up.

I have looked around Asda, Tesco etc but they only do fruit cake ( i love fruit cake but guess what! no one else does ).

Where can i get a decent low cost decorated sponge cake from??

HELP!!

Jackie xx

30th July 2005

[tabbycat]

Hiya,

Do you have any crafty friends? I think the decoration is the easy part. Its the iced sponge thats the main problem. If you go to a bakery and ask them to do you a plain iced sponge then you can do the decoration yourself. Find some silk flowers the same as you are having on your bouquet and arrange them on the cake, it is really cheap and effective (I hope - will let u know after next saturday)

I got plenty of inspiration from a little cake and flower magazine that came free in one of my many bridal magazines. I can send you it if you like

[titianmac]

Keep looking in the supermarkets- they do do them... also try magic and sparlke on the highstreet, depends on the time of year/size of shop etc but they are out there... failing that, you could always go for a large birthday cake and re ice it?? Sugar paste is really easy to peel off and just as easy to roll and reapply- might be worth a try?
or have chocolate cakes like we did!!!

[chillipepper]

We are lucky that my aunty is a fabulous cake maker. she is doing a cake for us as a wedding present and i chose the picture of the type of thing i want from a magazine with my own touch.

Anyone keeping a tier in a traditional fashion/

[peaches]

You can get a good iced sponge cake from marks and spencers they order them in for you. A 3 tier iced sponge cake will cost you 60.

[MandyJane]

I was going to have a plain cake from a store and then decorate myself. That was until i was seduced by some of the fantastic stuff i have seen while surfing suppliers. I have decided to go for something fantastic and make it the centrepiece for the reception rather than spend it on favours and forgettable things that chew up the budget. However i think i will cry when they cut it up.

[linzi]

Hi

This is my first post here

I have always fancied the idea of having little individual cakes, including carrot (which I love!), chocolate, plain and fruit cakes.

[wonderys]

very fashionable at the moment linzi - looks really effective aswell on those stands go for it

[linzi]

Another idea that I've just discovered is a Croquembouch. Basically, it's profitteroles with caramel and peanut brittle and covered in spun sugar, which you can't cut, but it sounds very interesting!

[freyamai]

is that the one where they are stacked on each other to form a cone shape? I have been wondering how they are served to the guests?

[linzi]

Hi,

Yea it is

Apparently you have to hit it with a small hammer (you obviously can't just cut into it, lol) and then it's served.

I think that would be cool, too.

[wendy]

So instead of having your picture cutting the cake - it will be the hitting of the cake

[linzi]

yep, it should make for interesting photos!