The Cost Of Wedding Cakes

We all know how expensive a wedding can be. You need to estimate every cost so that you will stay within the budget. The wedding cake can even cost more than the wedding dress, if you choose a cake with many layers and with sophisticate decorations. The cost of the wedding cake is calculated per serving, a classical wedding cake will be $ 5 per serving. The cost will be higher according to the size, flavors and decorations. There are different other factors that will determine the cost of the wedding cake.

Most of the cost will be in the decorations than in the actual ingredients. So if you want a cheaper wedding cake choose a cake with less decorations, or with no decorations at all. Instead of gum paste flowers you can decorate your wedding cake with real flowers or with satin ribbons. Some wedding cakes look like a piece of art, a designer custom made wedding cake can cost up to $ 1000 sometimes depending on the size and the decoration. Custom made wedding cakes are more expensive than traditional cakes. A famous brand or a famous chef will charge more, you can have the same cake with the same ingredients and design and you can pay less if you choose a not so famous cake bakery.

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Another important aspect that will influence the price of the wedding cake is the frosting. You can choose rolled fondant icing, marzipan, white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate frosting, chocolate granache, and flavored buttercream. The most expensive one is marzipan. The fondant is much cheaper and more elaborate designs can be made from fondant. Buttercream icing taste better but will not have the same soft, perfect look as fondant. The decorations you choose depends on the icing, with rolled fondant the possibilities are endless. If you chosen butercream or ganach then the choice for decorations are swirls, patterns, frresh flowers or silk flowers.

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If you are having a summer wedding it is better not too choose buttercream frosting. Then you have to decide on the layers according to the number of your guests. The more layers you will choose the more you will pay. The shape of the cake also counts at the final price, the round simple cake is less expensive. The more sophisticate you want the cake to be the more you will pay. Then another aspect you should consider is the cake topper.