Budget wedding cake

dorsetlady67

I can seem to find anything on here so apologies if this has already been said.
Those that are on a tight budget can cut back on the cake expense,my daughter went to a wedding fair where for a basic white with purple ribbon round bottom she was quoted £380!!!!:eek:
So our mission was to check out everywhere & we have found that
Marks & Spenser do a 3 tier cake for £74 :T if you wanted a 4 tier its something like £120,blooming bargain!!
So all you would do is add your own ribbon around cake=£5
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So there you can save over £200 by doing a DIY M&S cake
And obviously we had to buy a sample to check quality it was delicious.

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Other idea is to buy the small or medium size cake as your top tier & then buy M&S mini wedding cupcakes,£18 for 36 as your bottom tiers.

kaylee*

That's what I'm doing. Even cheaper, would be Asda or Tesco (might not be as tasty though)
I'll be buying bits and pieces to decorate it in my chosen colour.

White_Sapphire

Or make it yourself...

sugarwalsh

Or get your future cousin to make it...
Mx

DexterFan_2

We had M&S cakes - white iced fruit and sponge on the stand plus a chocolate one to be cut up and put out with them as that's my favourite!
I asked the florist to make small cake toppers to match my bouquet (cream roses and blue delphiniums) which looked lovely.

Almost 9 years ago now - eek!

Glitterpix

My mum is making our top cake, and we're getting basic Asda cupcakes, that I'm going to ice and decorate myself cheap and fun!

dorsetlady67

White_Sapphire wrote: »

Or make it yourself...

M&S = £74 x3 tier
Tesco = £ 33 x3 tier
Theres no way you could make it yourself for £33 & they both have a small iced design on them so not to plain.

Im working on making our own cupcakes its ALOT easier than I thought.The cake is easy but was worried about the butter icing but it is progressing along nicely & lots of yummy taste testing:)

wanchai_2

dorsetlady67 wrote: »

I can seem to find anything on here so apologies if this has already been said.
Those that are on a tight budget can cut back on the cake expense,my daughter went to a wedding fair where for a basic white with purple ribbon round bottom she was quoted £380!!!!:eek:
So our mission was to check out everywhere & we have found that
Marks & Spenser do a 3 tier cake for £74 :T if you wanted a 4 tier its something like £120,blooming bargain!!
So all you would do is add your own ribbon around cake=£5
.
So there you can save over £200 by doing a DIY M&S cake
And obviously we had to buy a sample to check quality it was delicious.

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Other idea is to buy the small or medium size cake as your top tier & then buy M&S mini wedding cupcakes,£18 for 36 as your bottom tiers.

M&S cake tiers are on 3for2 in the summer!!!!!!!! :beer: And they have matching ribbons around them already

No way would we spend £££s on a cake... :eek: