What Is The Average Cost Of Wedding Cake?

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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 Time: 10:36 PM

Great weddings do not have to be wildly pricey and extravagent. Whomever told you so is a fool, that's the truth. That said, do not continue thinking you will need to shell out countless thousands on a 5-tier "over-the-top" cake fit for a royal wedding; you don't. Instead, just use a few of these tips and ideas to get the lowest wedding cake prices possible -- they are sure to shave hundreds off the final price.

Inexpensive Wedding Cake Prices...

1. Tone It Down. There's nothing at all wrong with a well decorated, two or three tier wedding cake. It's when you start super sizing it and adding silly decorations that the costs begin to sky rocket. Keep it simple and classy and I guarantee you'll be able to cut costs tremendously. You might even try the "fake cake" method, which is becoming extremely popular.

2. Less Equals More. When there are fewer guests, there is a lot more cake to go around. This is the best method to get cheaper wedding cake prices due to the fact that you simply don't have to order as much cake. 250 guests at $4 a slice equates to $1000. 100 guests at $4 a slice is just $400. See the difference? And in all seriousness, who said a LARGER wedding reception is a more enjoyable one?

3. Stay Away From Private Bakeries. A professionally prepared & decorated wedding cake from a private bakery or pastry chef is going to be costly; no doubt about it. A wedding cake created by an aspiring young pastry chef and baker, on the other hand, will NOT be. Am I telling you to place all your hopes with such a person? No. I'm merely saying that you ought to contact a handful of of these people, see some references, and even do a "test/review" order so you can sample their work. If you find somebody that fits the bill, well, you've just saved yourself a great deal of money.

4. Be Ready. Do plenty of browsing online and find photos of wedding cakes you'd like, then print them out. They don't need to be identical to what you want, just similar to what you're looking for. Should you go in ill-prepared, not only could you end up spending more for unnecessary extras, you might actually order the wrong design or decoration and be required to pay out of pocket for that colossal screw up. To put it in simple terms: Know Before You Go!

If obtaining the lowest wedding cake prices possible is your mission, then you just can't afford to disregard these great strategies and ideas.

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