Cakes

chelbel1981

Hi Ladies (and Gents)

I am really struggling to find a cheap cake (apart from the seperates from M&s etc.)

I have been quoted £325 for a 3 tier, I'm sorry but it's a bit of cake and WILL not pay that much.

Has anyone had purchased a cheap one in the North West of England???

I cannot bake so that is not an option

Wardi

I'll ask my mum if she knows anyone, but its hard to find any cheap ones as it has the magical word 'wedding' in front of the cake bit. They just charge sooo much.

Which is why we are having several triple layer chocolate cakes from M&S! 8 comes to about £75 and we may even mix it up a bit and have some of the white choc and raspberry flavoured ones.

sparklylime

Have you tried Sweet Art Cakes? They do a £69 wedding cake, bargain!!

http://www.sweet-art-cakes.co.uk/page6.htm

I just heard about them here. Somebody on here had one and posted a photo (sorry I can't remember who it was!) It looked nice though so maybe worth a look!

wanttogetwed

Look at M&S thats where we are getting ours. The 3 Tier works out at about £70 and my Sis in law (to be) is gonna decorate it. Marks and Spencers cakes are yummy - and 2BH how many people will actually care what it tastes like lol. You can see them on there website.

Volupturaptor

Do you have something against supermarket cakes? Only we bought three tiers from Tesco's for our wedding earlier this year, it's a really lovely fruit cake (that even people who say they don't like fruit cake loved) and even when you take into account the bits I had to buy to stack it all up, it didn't cost more than about £45! I made my own bouquets, so decorated the cake with some of the leftover fresh flowers, it was very quick, easy, and looked and tasted great.
What we did to begin with was buy one of the small cakes just to try before we actually bought for the wedding. Also, we bought an extra cake which we didn't stack, just to be sure there was enough.

chelbel1981

sparklylime wrote: »

Have you tried Sweet Art Cakes? They do a £69 wedding cake, bargain!!

http://www.sweet-art-cakes.co.uk/page6.htm

I just heard about them here. Somebody on here had one and posted a photo (sorry I can't remember who it was!) It looked nice though so maybe worth a look!

Thanks I was actually trying to try and find that thread :T

Volupturaptor wrote: »

Do you have something against supermarket cakes? Only we bought three tiers from Tesco's for our wedding earlier this year, it's a really lovely fruit cake (that even people who say they don't like fruit cake loved) and even when you take into account the bits I had to buy to stack it all up, it didn't cost more than about £45! I made my own bouquets, so decorated the cake with some of the leftover fresh flowers, it was very quick, easy, and looked and tasted great.
What we did to begin with was buy one of the small cakes just to try before we actually bought for the wedding. Also, we bought an extra cake which we didn't stack, just to be sure there was enough.

Not really but I cannot be arsed with the DIY bit I am a perfectionist and that is what would hold me back! I am doing OH head in now, I will probably go down that route in the end but wanted to see what else was out there (if any thing)

wanttogetwed wrote: »

Look at M&S thats where we are getting ours. The 3 Tier works out at about £70 and my Sis in law (to be) is gonna decorate it. Marks and Spencers cakes are yummy - and 2BH how many people will actually care what it tastes like lol. You can see them on there website.

The one I really like is £199 from M&S but I still think that is steep!!!

francinefishpaw

I got mine from here

http://www.icingonthecakeuk.co.uk/page10.htm

They do a huge variety of reasonably priced cakes and also a 'credit crunch' option

wanttogetwed

chelbel1981 wrote: »

The one I really like is £199 from M&S but I still think that is steep!!!

Is that the one with the flowers draped down the side - if so thats the one I fancy too - but as you say £199 is quite steep!

Tigerlilley1980

I love the m and s one aswell. I'm getting mine done by my Mum's friend, she's charging £105 for a 3 tier with white icing and swarovski crystal garland on each tier. Are there any friends who are good at baking that can help you? Whereabouts in the North West are you honey, I'm that way aswell so my lady might be abe to help, Tiger x

heather2409

Do you have a Country Market (used to be WI Markets) in your area?. They have a website which will give you your nearest market.

Many Country Markets will have producers of celebration cakes, made and decorated to the purchases own wishes.

Can't remember what we charge at my local market, but nothing like your quote in OP

chelbel1981

wanttogetwed wrote: »

Is that the one with the flowers draped down the side - if so thats the one I fancy too - but as you say £199 is quite steep!

It is yes

Tigerlilley1980 wrote: »

I love the m and s one aswell. I'm getting mine done by my Mum's friend, she's charging £105 for a 3 tier with white icing and swarovski crystal garland on each tier. Are there any friends who are good at baking that can help you? Whereabouts in the North West are you honey, I'm that way aswell so my lady might be abe to help, Tiger x

I'm in Manchester

heather2409 wrote: »

Do you have a Country Market (used to be WI Markets) in your area?. They have a website which will give you your nearest market.

Many Country Markets will have producers of celebration cakes, made and decorated to the purchases own wishes.

Can't remember what we charge at my local market, but nothing like your quote in OP

not sure