well, we have put the deposit down on our cake this week, but am starting to think that its too much money. The cake is costing us £390, it is three separate cakes, all different flavours. I thought this was a good price but everyone ive told say its too much money... what do you think?
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CommentAuthorclaireandpete
Ours is the same and costing us £500, so i would say you have gotten a fantastic deal.
CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
ours is a 4 tier of all different flavour sponges, with pattern on 2 of the tiers, and sating burgundy ribbon and diamante broachs on the other 2, plus a plain white iced fruit cake for in the kitchen for cutting up and putting out for the guests that like it, dont know exact price as MIL2B is sorting it,but its about £200 xx
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CommentAuthorserine4andrew
gosh jennebel and fairytale, what bargain prices!! they sound lovely too!! i am happy with the cake ive chosen, it is stunning but i cant help but kick myself for just putting down a deposit without getting quotes from anyone else. I just fell in love with how nice the cakes tasted!!ol im a sucker for cake!! :)
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CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
nothing wrong with that hun, at least u know what u getting is going to taste good, whch is the most important thing after all xx
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Been to see our cake lady tonight..she works at the same place as me and does it for a hobby so is going to do it at ingredient price only, depends what we pick yet but will probs be £100-£150. She does beautiful flowers made from icing too :)
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CommentAuthorSoon2beMrsHall
I was buying one from M&S but now my MOH is making it for me
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CommentAuthorMrsDadson :0)
We were looking at getting ours from M&S and decorating ourselves but still cant decide, so many places and designs to choose from and the prices vary too. Loving the 3 or 4 different flavoured tiers idea.
CommentAuthorserine4andrew
I didnt even think about going and getting a cake of the shelf, very good money saving option isnt it!! a bit late now for me though!! yes the four flavours im having are chocolate fudge, lemon madeira with lemon cream and jam filling, carrot cake and a fruit cake... my mouth is watering just thinking about them ummmmmm ummmmmm.... cake :) xxx
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CommentAuthorKinkyemo
we were quoted £245 just for 3 sponge cakes with red icing! very simple as I can decorate it myself but e-mailed a pic of exactly what I want to a couple of shops! We might make one ourselves or buy a simple sponge cake and decorate it ourselves
CommentAuthorKye
We were going to get one from either m&s or waitrose as ive tried both at two of my friends wedding and they were such a bargain and you can decorate them yourself or have them decorated. Id deffo recommend them as you'll get a tasty cake that wont cost the earth for it :D
My lovely auntie because we love cheesecake and are on a tight budget has offered to do a three tier various flavours cheesecakes so were happy with that :D xx
CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
Kye which one did you prefer? waitrose or M&S? My mum offered to pay for our cake, but just coming to my wedding from France, and staying over here for over a week, buying her outfit and giving us money as present will cost her so much that I don't want her to pay more than £150.
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CommentAuthorLaticschick Holland
nowt lol, h2b uncle is making it as a wedding present, lucky us. his cakes are fab xx
CommentAuthormym72
We ordered ours in January and picking it up three days before the wedding. We're having an open book (see pic on profile - but with our names and slightly different wording), and we paid £117 which includes ribbon and bride/groom cake toppers as well.
CommentAuthorKye
Heya lysblanc yeah i understand hun. Well i personally preferred the m&s cake and my friends dad whos a chef in the catering business highly recommended to us the cake too as it was affordable and lovely tasting.
Pricier ones-The waitrose cakes are around £95-£100 for a soft iced wedding cake two tier (sponges you can have fruit or sponge or both) it served about 60 ppl at my friends wedding. They go up in price the more fancier u want it. You can see the list of wedding cakes on their website.
Cheaper ones-The m&s cake my best friend had that was a bargain was the 3 tier wedding cake which was £55 and she mix and matched the flavour sponges and it was lovely! But if you want something more fancy then they have the range and i think the most expensive is £200 they also do cupcakes : )
Hope that helps! xxx
CommentAuthorMrsSnedden2B
I am geeting mine from m&s for £200 its already decorated so nice and cheap x
CommentAuthorLeanneDickson
I would have got mine from m&s but the bishop who is marrying me and h2b also owns bakeries so is offering me a wedding cake as a gift.
CommentAuthorMel D
We're going to get ours from M&S, will probably be about £100.
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CommentAuthorVicky
Me and H2B are going to make ours. I am looking forward to it, so will just be the cost of the ingredience
CommentAuthorButterflyDreamer
£75 is all our cake is costing us :D x
CommentAuthorserine4andrew
Gosh some really good prices!! i think i may have paid a bit over the odds but the way im looking at it is, it tastes gorgeous and weve saved in other areas.... that makes me feel better!! haha x
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CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
Thanks Kye, so far between Marks & S and Wait rose all the reviews go more on favour of Marks, next month I am having a housewarming/dinner party for most of bms and ushers they're my best of friends, so will order the smaller sponge plain Marks cake as dessert bargain at only £12 for a dessert for over 15 people and it caters for 22 people anyway so if the 19 people I have invited all come we'll still be good and I will have a go at making marzipan flowers myself, or nice little decoration, I love baking and would have love to do my wedding cake myself but my mum refuses and offered to pay, so will do that. I've checked also and marks&s has got also cheesecakes, anyone tried them?
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CommentAuthortwirler
Mine is made out of cheese so very different and costing £150 for 4 tiers ( we had a wedding cake included in the package in america i am having an evening reception here for those that are confused lol )
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CommentAuthorMrsd
My mums making mine :) hmmm nom nom just thinking about her cup cakes lol. xx
CommentAuthorSian''OCD''Holkham
Im getting mine for FREE yay my friend is making it as a wedding present having a four or 5 tier x
We are getting both our wedding cakes for free, my mum is buying us one from M&S as she works there and they are yummy, and my MIL2b is making the other one, a 3 tier fruit cake with pastel lemon, green and pink icing. I will be very busy on the day testing both thoroughly, lol. But as far as the cost of yours, we were originally going to pay £350 for a bird cage cake and were happy with that cost so no I don't think you are paying too much. People don't realise how much work actually goes into making one and it is labour as well as the ingredients that you are charged for, they have to make a profit after all! :) xx
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CommentAuthorUnknown
think that is average price! ours is 3 tiers, top sponge, middle chocolate and bottom fruit and it is costing £275. the first place that we quoted was just under £500. xx
CommentAuthorluvlifejen (mrs berr
mines 4 tiers sponge £395 xx
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CommentAuthorKaya
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Ours is 4 tiers for £400 x
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CommentAuthorjanetx71
we were getting ours from m&s but now the caterer is doing it for us its a 3 tier fruit at the bottom (yuck ) and top two are sponge its only £120 with burgandy satin ribbon and and broaches they deal with all the stacking and the stand and getting it there so its a bargain for us and they are a bakery as well so we got a little sample cake which was soooooooo good lol xxx
CommentAuthorluvlifejen (mrs berr
we thought about the m&s ones janet there lovely arent they but your caterer one is cheaper result!! xx
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CommentAuthorKirsty4Paul
mum and granny making mine, theyre doing a trial run next weekend to see how much mixture etc they need and me and paul are going to taste them all, purely in the name of science yum yum :P x
CommentAuthor*Vixie*
ours is £450 for a three tier fruit cake. x
CommentAuthorljeh92
We are paying £350 for bottom layer lemon sponge, middle layer fruit and top layer victoria sponge
This is what it will look like but we have decided not to have it wonky anymore because we will lose a lot of cake..
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CommentAuthorjanetx71
m&s ones are really lovely jen much nicer than a lot of the wedding cakes ive tasted that cost so much more but for us it came down to hassle free and letting the caterer do it was a relief to be honest im so clumsy i wouldnt want to have to deal with stacking it and moving it on a day when i will be a nervous wreck anyway lol xx
CommentAuthorshellay
we are paying about £180 for three tiers in sponge :) x
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CommentAuthorMrs Steer
we are getting ours for free mil2b is making it :) xx
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CommentAuthormcewan07
im getting a three tier cake, one in choc the other 2 in lemon. It should have been £300, for the cake, but because i won a comp. at my receptions open day i only had to pay £50.
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CommentAuthor*D*a*n*n*i*
my mums buying ours its gonna cost £280 have pics on profile xxx
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CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
ours is 3 tiers with a glass vase betweenthe layers holding each layer up and flowers in the vase .....not costing anything !!
I'm not paying for mine but if I was it would cost over £400. I've been told that for a 3 tiered cake to charge people £300 basic, then depending on the decorations add more. I've just made a wedding cake for someone (photo is in my album) and what people don't always realise is that I've just spent the best part of 2 days decorating it alone, plus baking time. Add together the ingredients cost and an hourly wage for the decorating and you've got yourself an expensive cake!!! It's not just the physical item you pay for it's the skill that also goes into it.
CommentAuthormrs handforth
were having 70 pink iced cupcakes and its costing £142 with stand and set up x
CommentAuthorKazza
Our's is going to be free as MIL2B is a fantastic baker and has offered to make our cake for us :) x
CommentAuthorlottiee
1,0000 for my cake it is soooo gooddddd
CommentAuthorCroc
870 mine is 7 tiers and cutting slabs too.. all decorated with perals and diamonds
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CommentAuthorLittlegerald
Ours is costing £115 we have a 4 tier cake its abit like Alice in Wonderland theme...I can't wait plus we have 75 cupcakes!!!