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Last week I discussed different elements of a wedding cake
and what to keep in mind when choosing a cake. However, I wanted to go into
more detail of how to keep saving! Wedding cakes are expensive but there are
always ways to save. There are two alternatives I researched and wanted to
inform those married couples to be these options. For one, except having an
entire wedding cake, enjoy cupcakes. Two, most people know how to bake a cake
themselves, why not make your own wedding cake.
Recently in America we have seen a trend in cupcakes, for
example the show Cupcake Wars or George Town Cupcakes. Cupcakes are very
practical now days, it is no wonder they are becoming more popular and in this
case, replacing wedding cakes. “Surprisingly,
cupcakes have grown in popularity from 13% in 2010 to 17% a year later in 2011”
(Fraiman). Having cupcakes at a wedding has its advantages;
a couple can have more of a variety and less waste. Cupcakes can be in various
flavors due to their size. It is easier to make a couple dozen chocolate,
vanilla, or red velvet cupcakes than to have layers of a wedding cake all different.
In addition, it is also easier to organize the cupcakes by flavor, than to wait
for each tier of a wedding cake to be cut and divided. Also cupcakes allow a
couple to have a cake structure that is more convenient to hand out to guest.
At the end of the day it leaves less waste than the traditional wedding cake.
Each guest would start out with at least one cupcake then have another
accordingly. For example, at my wedding I would love to have cupcakes because
not many people do eat cake. It would be easier to handout to each guest and if
they wanted more they can go pick another cupcake.
I am getting my cupcakes from this place called Sweet Reasons. Like Sweet Reasons other bakers may have the same idea of having gift bags for the guest to put their cupcake in to take home with them. Therefore, each guest has a favor, and also I would not be left with 100 cupcakes! Now that I have mentioned how convenient cupcakes can be to a wedding than the traditional wedding cake, I also researched prices. According to Marina Shifrin, “the average cost of a cake can be around $1,125- $1,800. The average cost of cupcakes can be around $375- $525+”. This is a huge money saver for those on a tight budget for their wedding!
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I am getting my cupcakes from this place called Sweet Reasons. Like Sweet Reasons other bakers may have the same idea of having gift bags for the guest to put their cupcake in to take home with them. Therefore, each guest has a favor, and also I would not be left with 100 cupcakes! Now that I have mentioned how convenient cupcakes can be to a wedding than the traditional wedding cake, I also researched prices. According to Marina Shifrin, “the average cost of a cake can be around $1,125- $1,800. The average cost of cupcakes can be around $375- $525+”. This is a huge money saver for those on a tight budget for their wedding!
Another way to save money on a wedding cake is for a couple
to bake the cake themselves. Perfect Wedding Day.com gives a link to a
video tutorial with instructions on “how
to make a wedding cake.” Also I
wanted to share another link of step
by step instructions on how to create a wedding cake from
about.com-weddings. Like mentioned
before, there are always ways to save some money, especially when it comes down
to planning a wedding.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I got married, my cake cost $180, and I went to a great French bakery in Herndon/Reston area. Granted, my wedding was small, but we still got two tiers so we could save the top tier for our first anniversary (in our freezer).
ReplyDeleteI totally understand the idea of waste/savings. I wonder if there can be an environmental benefit of certain bakeries over others, from the ingredients to vegan or vegetarian cakes? Let's take this post (or posts) even further. There are people from every walk of life who want dessert at a wedding. What is typical for non-Western dessert traditions? Let's see some layering (no pun intended!) of concepts and show a Western (and non Western) perspective on the wedding industry. That would be a real scholastic post!