Wedding Forum - Brides of 2016...

Me too Emma, which is surprising as I had my heart set on a naked cake!

Have emailed (well, fb messaged) 14 people and have had 4 responses so far. Cheapest at the moment is £200 for naked cake and £220 for the other cake (to serve 110 people), which includes any flowers, hessian, fruit, etc. and a free topper if wanted. She also has a wooden base to hire for free with a refundable security deposit, offers tasting/consultation sessions and only an extra £10 for set up and delivery. Quite impressed with that as thought the quote for the second one would be a lot higher than the naked cake!

She also seems like a genuinely lovely person.. have instantly warmed to her and already have a good impression x

Wow that is a good quote for an iced cake! It seems worth it if you get all of the extras included! x

Yeah it is different and will be easier to work with that's will probs be why its cheaper! but id say even more tasty than icing x

Both cakes are beautiful Flossie, good luck in making that decision lol

I'm confused lol! I've had another good quote from someone based locally to our venue so she wouldn't have far to transport the cake, however, means we'd have to travel around 50 mins there and back for the tasting/consultation session.. whereas the other one is Swindon based so easy to attend the tasting, but further for her to transport the cake (although she would only charge £10).... hmmmmm

They've quoted the same price for the naked cake but cake maker 2 has quoted £30 more for the buttercream one (although if I went with her I would see if she could match cake maker 1's price).

I think it makes sense to use the Swindon based one as you're right, by the time we've factored in petrol to visit cake maker number 2 it would work out more expensive. I'm happy to pay the Swindon based one the £10 for the set up and delivery, just worried about it being quite a long way to transport a cake, what if it got ruined?! Although I'm sure they do it all the time lol x

I already told her where it would need delivering to and she never said it would be a problem, so I'm probably just over-thinking things like usual hehe. I do think it would be easier with her and she's made the best "offer" if you like.. also warmed to her more than anyone else I have spoken to today. I know suppliers are going to be nice to you to charm you but she made the effort to tell me I had a gorgeous venue and she was very prompt at replying. I will speak to OH about it properly tonight :) he will be buzzing for a taster session, he LOVES cake lol! x

Yeah me too :) it makes all the difference and makes it more personal! She's the winner at the mo then :) haha he'd probably be happy with just the cake. He's awful, he could quite easily eat 2 or 3 puddings one after the other!! x

Yeah still waiting for quite a few to come back to me so we will see :)

Haha, my OH is exactly the same. Although, I could quite happily sit there and eat a whole big bag of crisps lol. I do like a bit of cake/sweet stuff but much prefer savoury things! x

I love the second one but they are both pretty xx

Both cakes are beautiful but I personally love naked cakes think they are different and rustic looking. Sounds like good prices my 4 tier naked cake is £250. Your dress lokes beautiful Emma.

Love your dress Emmilou, you look lovely x

Your dress is lovely Emma! Lovely detail too xx

Lovely dress Emma, you look gorgeous! I don't think you need to lose any weight but if it will make you feel more comfortable then go for it.

I do love naked cakes and I've had my heart set on one but the 2nd cake has completely thrown me lol! It was the one you posted on my fb wall Katie.. your fault!!! OH likes them both as well so he's no help. I think from a practical point of view the buttercream one would be more sensible, as naked cakes will dry out if left out all day (and I want it on display all day, otherwise it's just a waste), and we can have different flavours/colours under the buttercream, whereas I wouldn't want that with the naked cake as wouldn't want the tiers to be different colours. I'd maybe try and "rustic" the buttercream cake up by wrapping hessian/twine round the tiers and putting more flowers and fruit on the tiers as well, like the naked one.

Guess the main thing is just booking in with a cake maker, have a taster sesh, get a deposit down.. we can always make our mind up about what cake we want later :) x

I've added a few pics of our venue to my albums xx

Thanks Flossie Xx

I thought it was Flossie ;) When I saw it I thought of you straight away which is why I tagged you :) I think you have a lot more options with that one too :) xx

Girls I have fallen in love with a pair of shoes... not just any shoes, a £565 pair of shoes. It's bad I'm convincing myself that saving £48 a month isn't that ridiculous! I need help! Lol. There's a pic in my photos in accessories album. X

Ooooh Emma they are lovely! I can see why your trying to justify it lol xx

Yeah they totally do match your theme you never no you might get them in a flash sale lol x

Those shoes are gorgeous Emma x

I know Mrs M

Shoes are gorgeous but I don't think they look like they're worth that much money... if it was a pair of L0ubs or something more identifiable then maybe you could justify the cost, but I bet you could get something very similar to those somewhere for a lot less!! x

Oooh gorgeous! x

Yeah you could probably make them yourself for about £5 each! All of the birdcages I have seen are so expensive, I did want them originally but I just couldn't justify the price. You could always alternate and put birdcages on every other table and those on the others? If you put the same flowers in the birdcages it would look lovely x