Wedding - Cake or chocolate fountain

MrsTinks

Riiiiight I've been looking into wedding cakes and costs... and whilst a wedding cake looks great and beautiful they are SO expensive!!!! Not Saying that chocolate fountains are any better but some friends of some friends had one a their wedding and the reports are that they were "fantastic fun and different from fruit cake!" - so have anyone had one at their wedding?

I found one company near by me who would do it without charging milage which is great :j

http://www.festivalofchoc.com/

Anyone had a fountain instead of a cake?

Mummy_Jo

I know what you mean about cakes they do look amazing and they are so expensive. However there are people out there who will do them cheaper as they work from home and don't have the overheads that shops do.

When I got married I went to my local sugarcraft shop to buy some things to make my husband a birthday cake. I ended up enrolling in classes to decorate cakes. They were only short classes usually 2 night or 4 nights and there were a lot of people who were there with the intention of making their own wedding cakes or their son/daughter/friend etc. Its a really good way to do it. Its not that difficult to make a wedding that looks good. I've made three now for family members at a fraction of the cost too.

Some of the more modern looking cakes with beads and ribbons and feathers are very easy to make. Just a thought if you decide to go along with the cake idea.

beautifulgorgeous_2

Decorate the M&S ones. I think they sell round and square in three sizes and then you could have the fountain as well.

black-saturn

Blimey those chocolate fountains are expensive too for what they are. Could you not do one yourself? They are only about £25 to buy.

MrsTinks

Those are like HUGE ones I think the one I saw at a wedding fair which is the same one is about 3-4 tiers and about 1 meter tall when stood on a table... It would be a HUGE centrepiece

southwestmaid

Chocolate fountain sounds great to me, although they look nice I always think wedding cakes are a bit boring to eat. Don't have a clue about the fountains cost wise though but if I was getting married again that would be my choice.

black-saturn

Ok sorry, I havn't been to any wedding fayres yet. They don't seem to cater for my tastes

Katyag

beautifulgorgeous wrote:

Decorate the M&S ones. I think they sell round and square in three sizes and then you could have the fountain as well.

This is what we did. We had three tiers, top one with a bride and groom Mickey and Minnie as our wedding invites were Mickey and Minnie, next two layers were covered in silver balls as our bridesmaids were silver and we had indoor sparklers sticking out of the sides! Was lovely, still didnt eat any tho as i dont like fruit cake but we had loads of people saying it was yummy and who made it! lol

inkie

My auntie made my cake, and then her friend did all the sugarcrafting on it at cost - the cost of wehich was picked up by my auntie as a wedding pressie for us both. Just a thought re- the chocolate fountain - personally I would steer clear, as most people's clothing/faces/hands and meted chocolate don't get on terribly well - OK if your in your oldies, but a different story when you are in your best bib and tucker!

zippybungle

BOTH!
It really isn't that difficult to make your own weding cake, if you can't/won't bake the cakes, then buy ready iced ones and just buy the things (sorry can't remember what they are called) to stack the together.

The Chocolate fountain sounds realy good, but I would have to have some yummy wedding cake too

Good luck with your wedding.

Zippy x

Lillibet_2

Sorry but I think chocolate fountains are passe now:o Everyone is having them & they are so overpriced for what you actually get, a cake is much better value for money. My friends didn't have a traditional cake but a really yummy 2 tier chocoalte gateaux topped with tons of fresh berries & chcoclate swirls around the edges (kind of like a fence!), only cost £100 and it worked as both a wedding cake & dessert so saved money on the food!. Another friend made 150 large cupcakes in posh paper cases, dusted them with icing sugar & popped a singe ready-made iced flower on each one & displayed them on a hired 3 tier stand. Cost much less than £100 & looked really really stunning.

I would suggest thinking outside the box a bit more, but please, not a choclate fountain, they are sooooo common!:p