Wedding Forum - Fake cake...

OMG so I was out and about today with H2b buying our flowers and accessories when I walked past a window with a wedding cake on display, it was out of this world. Anyway I went in and asked the shop assistant who made it, only to be told oh it's a polystyrene cake for display purposes.
So here it is my wonderful idea!!! We have decided to create our own fantastic out of this world cake. We are still having a real one of course with the same colour but this way we can give out the cake after the wedding breakfast but then have the fake cake on display on the evening for the new guests to take photo's of..
Please tell me what you think, am I mad or Is this a good idea???

I'm having 3 squares 1 chocolate, 1 vanilla sponge and 1 fruit. We have 65 day and extra 85 for the evening that's why I thought
it would be a great idea to have a cake on display throughout the entire day/night. The actual cake, as long as it's the same colour doesn't really have to be anything fancy as there only eating it. The fake cake will therefore have the finest
detail on which would be a shame to cut into. I've looked it up and for the polystyrene bases there only £1 each on the bay and to decorate each 1 about £6.

I've seen a few it's just whether or not I can recreate them. For that price I can have a few practises

I have heard of people using a fake cake and just handing out slices of cake that they had bought so you look like you have a spectacular cake at a fraction of the cost good idea x

All it is really is icing it yourself then adding decoration I'm quite lucky as a cake maker friend of family is doing mine as a wedding present and said have whatever you want lol phew big weight off my shoulders hope you manage to sort it out x

im doing the same hun!!!!!!

Joci a place where I live hires fake cakes wen I get home al put link on ur wall they may no sum one near u x

hmmm this is a great idea i might have to steal it!!! This way it wont matter about any allergy things as everyone has there own cakes and there a great looking one that lasts the whole night for pictures!!

i went to a wedding fair the other week and a lady actually loans out the fake cakes so you have an amzing cake for pictures and she provides sheet cake to feed the guests she said that noone can tell as the cake is taken away to cut and then the cake is brought out plate thought this was a really clever idea.

I think its a great idea

Thanks Starbabe I actually live not that far from u so could probably go to the same place your talking about
please can you put the link on my wall cheers x

What a great idea. xx

Fake cakes are amazing! they reduce costs for those wanting a large tiered cake but wont be able to eat it all.

I Am doing some fake cakes for a friends wedding and was thinking of doing a 6 tier rainbow one for me and my W2B purely for photos but she has decided against it.

Really? Have you done them before then? I'm totally lost as to where to begin, been looking on the bay for some equipment
bought a book today showing step by step guide on making the little sugar paste flowers etc.

We can't really afford to have a huge fancy cake that's why I thought of this idea then out the back we would
have a few different makes of cake pre- cut to hand out and also so that the evening guests can take pics

I had a look at ready to roll icing but it worked out pretty expensive as you only get it as 100g packets where as
if you purchase white in the shops you get 454g for £1.59 and I want champagne colour.

I have ordered a quilting effect stencil as I liked the look on a cake I saw with pearls added to it
I'll find the pic to put on

Joci, to cover them is really really easy. I love doing them and decorating them to match either the rest of the cake or another cake. They work brilliantly and no-one would know any different :)

The quilting is beautiful, and ready looks stunning with pearls on. I like the flowers of the 2nd Cake if you can get artifical ones that reduces cost and looks stunning also.

The draping on the 3rd cake can be a little bit more difficult to create yourself but once youve mastered it, it can be rather simple and done in alot of different ways

Could you bump the thread for me please Anastasia :-)

Oooops sorry