Wedding Forum - Should I make my own cake...

I'm making my own as it's a budget thing and to be honest I don't think I could justify (to myself) a minimum of £200 for a 3 tier sponge plainly decorated!

Thinking of 3 tiers with the bottom tier fruit cake and the rest sponge so that the fruit one can be started soon, then I'll make the others 2 days before and ice straight away! I think it gives me enough time and it's not like I'll be able to sleep anyway lol xx

But on the plus side I now know someone that does it for a living, if you'd be kind enough to offer a bit of advice if I need it? xx

Kaz - I think you are right. It does come down to budget and I really don't think I could elsewhere ... and i will not sleep either lol!

I have uploaded some pics of cakes I have made so I might choose one of them!

I would me more than happy to help with advice if you need it. You may need help with how to stack etc... just let me know :) Remember you can also buy pre-made sponge cake / fruit cake and just ice them yourself. Even less stress :)

Kat - I think you are right! The more I think about it the more I decide I should do it! It is great being able to make them for family weddings...saves shopping for presents :)

Kaz could you use one of those cake stands that have tiers built in so you dont have to worry about them sinking? Or do you not know what I mean! And the pirate ship looks awesome

Thanks hun, as far as my knowledge extends is that there are thin plastic dowels that need to be put between each layer whether you stack them or have pillars! The cake stands sound cool, I'm having butterflies spiraling up from the bottom, I'll try and draw a pic! lol xx

Wow sharon, that actually looks a bit like my dress, less roses though lol xx
Wish I could do some thing like that! xx

Your cakes are beautiful, you should definately make your own cake. I want a black and white cupcake tower for my day and I was considering making them myself (obviously cupcakes are far easier lol) I love baking and I do make very tasty treats HOWEVER I am just not great at making things as polished looking as they need to be for a wedding. So I ordered a piping kit and I cannot figure out which nozzle to use :-/ I have now found someone who will do it for £150 so I am going with that. It took me about 5 hours to make 20 cupcakes. I dread to think how long it would take to make 65!! lol!

Do you buy the wee rose decorations? Or do you make them? I've always wondered....

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i'm doing my own cake :) love making cakes will be doing cupcakes for the guests have already bought a cupcake stand :) and going to have a small cake for cutting but not quite sure about it yet as my mum is trying to get me towards it on her making my cake :) yeay and she thinks of something fancy where i'm actually not fussy really i'm happy to make only a little cake though at least it would get eaten :)

there was a girl on here she made her own vintage cake only one tier was real and it looked gorgeous and the effort she put into that amazing :)

Im making my own cake buts just gonna be cupcakes and a small cake on the top tier for us to do the cutting ceremony thingy lol

It is beautiful. I have had a picture in my head of what i wanted and thats just it lol x x x x

Oh and Hazel - any ideas where the best place to buy the edible diamantes is? x

a few months ago i would have said that is a good idea and will save you a lot of money but now 2 days to go i am saying....do not do it!

i thought everything was going well but i am so stressed it is unbelievable and i dread to think what it would be like to make my wedding cake aswell xx

I am thinking of doing my cake myself. I will have everything else done, pretty much by then. xx

That sounds yummy. xx

Hazel_dazzel your cakes look fab. You should definately make your own cake. I will be making my own cake, it will have handmade iced roses. I've done these before on other peoles wedding and birthday cakes, but mine don't look as presine as yours; can you tell me exactly how you make your roses?