Faking It

Need to save money? One way to do it is to skimp just a little bit on the wedding cake. You want things to look and taste fantastic, but you also don’t have a huge budget. The compromise solution is to buy a delicious sheet cake, which will be cut and served from behind the [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Baking Your Own Cake

One of your wedding cake options is to bake it yourself. If this is something you’re considering, here are the pros and cons you need to think about before you get out your cake pans.
PROS:
~ The cost of a wedding cake can be astronomical, but if you bake it yourself, you’ll spend next to nothing [...]

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Saving Money with Your Wedding Cake Shape

If you’re on a budget, every dollar counts when planning your wedding. Did you know that you can save money on your cake by changing the shape you order? Most brides choose shape according to visual preferences, but shape can also save you a lot of money!
Why? Well, first, certain cakes are harder to cut [...]

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H.E.B. Wedding Cakes

Grocery store wedding cakes have come a long way. They can serve up to 150 guests and you can choose your filling, icing, cake flavors, and number of tiers. You can also choose from a wide variety of decorations and piping styles… far more than just the single rectangular sheet cake of old. You can get [...]

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5 Ways to Save Money on your Wedding Cake

When it comes to your wedding cake, you may not have a lot of money to spend. That doesn’t mean that you can’t have beautiful and delicious cake, though. If you shave off a few dollars here and there, you’ll have enough money for the cake of your dreams. Don’t worry – budget cakes don’t [...]

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Cakes on a Budget from Freed’s Bakery

The wedding cake can cost thousands of dollars if you have upwards of 100 guests at your wedding. Many bakeries, however, have budget options that still taste delicious and look beautiful, even if you don’t have a ton of money. For example, in Las Vegas, Freed’s Bakery has a number of cakes available for just [...]

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DIY Wedding Cupcake Video

If you’re like most people, you’ve been enchanted by the beautiful works of art known as wedding cupcakes. You’re not alone. In fact, wedding cupcakes are becoming so popular that many brides are ordering them instead of wedding cakes. Here’s why… 

The price of wedding cakes keeps climbing and even the smallest wedding cake can break [...]

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Wedding Planning on a Budget

We know you must be excited about your upcoming wedding. You might also be wondering what sort of wedding you can afford – especially if you are familiar with the typical price of a wedding today. According to CostOfWedding.com, “The majority of [U.S.] couples spend between $14,366 and $35,915 while their wedding budget is typically [...]

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Renting Your Wedding Cake

Don’t want to pay for a big wedding cake? Are you on a diet or diabetic? In that case you can now rent wedding cakes, which are, stand ins for the real thing. Some of the designs of these are very clever as is proved by some of the offerings at Cake Rental in Michigan. [...]

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Wedding Jello

Want a happy alternative to serve to those guests at your wedding who would rather not eat cake? In this case you can try serving Wedding Jello. Wedding Trends has a recipe for creating this sparkling type of parfait. It can be served up at your wedding for those on a diet. It is very simple [...]

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