Cake Decorations

Skint_Catt

lakeland do bride and groom figures plus other interesting cake decorations but they're probably quite expensive.

tessie_bear

have u considered making small cup cakes.u could ice them to requires theme and pile them on to a cake stand

dora37

Or for a little novel idea - ASDA do extra large photo cakes - could you get a photo of the bride and groom?

Pitlanepiglet

Bellert, where abouts do you live, I wonder if there might be someone local to you who can help out with bits and pieces? I've got loads of cake boards and probably some other bits and pieces and I'm sure others do as well.

Butterfly_Brain

I made a wedding cake in June and used lego figures and I made an arch with florists wire and artificial flowers it went down really well

Hardup_Hester

My DD bought her wedding cake from Costco, it was £9.99 & had 2 huge white roses on it.

stressedoutmumof1

You could try this cake here - I've made 2 tiers before, and the decorations are really simple - just frosted rose petals. Or if you wanted to go down the cupcake route I've also made these. You don't have to follow the recipes for both cakes - just do ordinary sponge to keep costs down - but the decorations might give you some inspiration

stef240377

Do you have any cake making shops by you - not the bakkery type. In my town we have two, you can go in and tell them you aremaking a cake, what it is for and if they have any decorations for it. Here they will open draw up on draw of stuff to show you and let you pick away often giving adivce if something will clash, not fit etc. Some of the stuff is edible too. If you are a novice they can even 'dress' the cake for you at a small cost so this may be an option to explore if you want a more professional touch. I went in last year and bought the stuff i wanted to complete my xmas cake. It was cheaper than Asda and hobby craft.

minimoneyme

how about -
a simple white iced cake, then get a lovely heart shaped photo frame with a photo of the happy couple (ask the groom for this if it would make your friend suspicious) put this in the middle of the cake then arrange some artificial flowers around it. Use a wide coordinating ribbon around the waist of the cake to hide all the split and ragged bits (or is it just me that gets this)

or
cup cakes are extremely fashionable at the moment take a look here for inspiration
http://www.crumbsanddoilies.co.uk/weddings-designs.html

or

Make a heart shaped cake. To do this make a large round cake, make a paper heart shaped template then use this to cut out the cake. (The paper template is essential if you don't want to make a second cake, yes really, it happened to me :eek:)
Cover with white icing. Pipe the happy couples names' in the centre, or use an icing pen if you're not that confident. Colour some of the left over icing pink, cut out lots of different shaped hearts and decorate all around the sides and the top. I prefer 'artfully' scattered rather than symetrically placed (only because I can never get them even!)
HTH, Good luck with this, you're a great friend and I'm sure she'll be thrilled with whatever you manage.