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So today a friend of mine suggested having a fake cake at the reception..
I know, I said the same thing 'A FAKE CAKE?? WHAT???'
He said yes, you do one real tear (the smallest one on the top) and all the other ones can be made from styrophoam and when its time to do the cake we cut the top one and then have pre cut cakes hidden from costco or walmart to save money...
It all tastes the same anyway!
Crazy right? I know, but because of the budget Im Really considering it!!
Whatcha think?
Not crazy at all. Lots of people do that on here and talk about it all the time.
I agree with mwitter....I think that's probably more common than not.
It saves you a tun of money and I too think this is becoming more the norm then having an entire real cake.
It gets done in Korea and Japan alot, that I have seen. It's a cost effective way of having a a ginormous elaborate cake that will look good to the public. I wouldn't do it myself personally. Costco and Sam's do cakes cheap as it is. Why not have them do your wedding cake? Or have them do individual tiers you can stack yourself the day off? Or do a single layer you can cut and do cupckes for the guests?
Just suggestions. Good luck :)
some of the fake cakes cost $500 plus the cost of sheet cake so in some locations it might better to just get a real cake
Costco and Sam's
and publix - ive had that wedding cake and it was super yummy and pretty
I agree with eloping, it may be cheaper to actually get maybe a smaller(2 tier maybe) cake and a sheet cake.
I am all for saving money. Wedding cakes are ridiculously expensive. I am planning to make my own for this reason. I am planning a very simple elegant cake that will be easy to do myself and will deliver it the night before. I can make my cake for about $30.
If I wasn't doing this I would probably go the fake cake route.
my sister made a 4 tier cake for our nieces birthday party for the weekend - it was gorgeous, yummy and cost about $100
I used to decorate wedding cakes....and this is VERY common!! Not crazy at all and way cheaper!
Check your pricing carefully before you make a decision.
Sometimes the "fake cakes" aren't much cheaper than a real cake.
Most of the cost of a wedding cake is the labor for the time it takes to decorate, not the cost of the ingredients to bake the actual cake.
The fake layers take just as much time to decorate.
Some bakeries and rental places rent whole predecorated fake cakes. you supply the top layer.
These are definitely less expensive.
I've heard of a lot of people doing that. We mentioned it to one of the cake vendors we checked out, but she was going to charge us almost the same as it would still take her the time to decorate it.... she was way, way over priced anyway.... but that is a good idea if you can get the fake cake at a good price!
It's actually a great idea for those trying to stick to a budget. It can also allow you to have your "dream cake", even if you can't eat it.
@Jasminelani: We're having that!!
3 real tiers and the 4th fake...it was $200 less that way and no one is going to know
It's not that uncommon but it can be just as expensive or more. If you have a very detailed design that is where the charge comes in. If you have a simplistic design for your cake (buttercream not fondant, no sugar flowers etc...) then it can be cheaper. Just make sure you price it out carefully.
It's pretty common but still expensive I saw some online for $200 for the fake cake rental
Personally I like the normal 20-30.00 cakes at my local bakery so I plan to order 3 with I ivory roses and put it on a cake stand, should only cost me 100 and I feed everyone :)
It's the norm here. We are just ordering a slab cake to serve, that one is going in our freezer.
Fake cakes are the norm here. You cut a real tier on a fake cake, then have the actual one people eat be a sheet cake. Much more cost effective. And you can make some pretty crazy fake cakes too.
Have you thought about doing a small one tier cake for you two to cut and then have cupcakes from Costco or Sams, you could decorate them yourself for cheap too! I have seen a lot of the fake cake, but like some previous posters have said, be careful because sometimes they are just as expensive!
I had a friend who had an entirely "fake" wedding cake made up for show, served cheesecake to the guests and cut the groom's cake for the pictures. I'm having a small 2 tier real cake but another sheet cake hidden in the back that's a different flavor from the wedding cake. Both are money savers!
I think it's pretty common but we priced it out and it wasn't much more to get the cake we got.
I attended one wedding where the bride was a pastry chef and she had a fake cake tier (I think there were 3 tiers). And she didn't do it budget puposes just the aesthetic of the cake.
Never heard of this "Fake cake" craze, but what a great way to save on $$. We're doing pies in place of a cake just bc we like pies better. But, this is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
I think if it saves you money, go for it. I'm doing something similar to keep costs down. I'm ordering a 3 tier cake that will serve 75 and a sheet cake in the back that will serve 100 from the bakery. It ended up saving me $250 as opposed to ordering a larger tiered cake.
Nothing weird about that, anything to save money! who knows if you would eat all the cake anyway.
I think I'm just going to have a tiny cake to cut and the rest as sheet cake to serve, or maybe cupcakes. I'm actually going to attempt to learn cake decorating and make it myself, we'll see how that goes :p
I'm having a fake cake because I wanted a big cake and am having a small wedding! haha I decided to go for 5 tiers for 50 people! It was just easier then to have a completely fake cake as we are having Martha Stewarts rainbow cake as the kitchen cake.
@secondchances:I would've made my own, if I could do it all over again. Our cake was sooo expensive and boy was it a waste of money! We ended up not getting what we wanted at all, and had so many leftovers from it that it was ridiculous. Honestly I only had a small bite of it from when my husband shoved it into my face and that was it, and our guests didn't have a whole lot of it either.
I think the fake cake, while it may seem a bit bizarre at first, is a great idea for that reason. From how our wedding went, it seemed that guests are really more interested in the actual cake cutting than they are in eating the cake. Especially if you have a separate dessert on top of the cake.
Our baker has some pre-designed fake wedding cakes that you can rent (and then serve sheet cakes). The only drawback for a fake cake is if you have a specific design you want and aren't flexible using a pre-designed cake. Our baker told us that it's the design you're paying for in most cases so if you want a specific design on a fake cake, you could still end up spending some big money.
We're not doing a fake cake but after seeing some of her fake ones, I can see why some people would.
I saw this vendor at a recent bridal show
http://www.ediblydivine.com/13.html
She does rentable cakes that are absolutely gorgeous. They look very real, and very elegant. She will ship nationwide too. Basically you can have a cake that looks like it cost $1000.00 for about $175, then you can serve from sheet cakes which cost much less. The added benefit is that the pretty cake remains intact for the whole wedding. She even has a little notch in the back of the cakes that you can insert a real piece of cake into, so that you can do a fake out, when you are doing the bride/groom cake cutting ritual.
I have a question. I've seen a few people all over WB say that "guest will never know" that they're getting sheet cake and not the actual presented cake.
But, wouldn't it be obvious? Wedding cakes are usually round and heavily decorated (fondant, royal icing designs, etc). Sheet cakes are square/rectangle and iced. I'm confused.
Yeah I totally think its normal now. Plus many have a little sliver that you can slip a real piece of cake into so you can 'cut' the cake and still serve a bite to each other. Most bakeries have some in their display window for rent as well as ones in the back.
@Gingersnap: most times when you get your piece of wedding cake it's all smushed up with iceing all over the place and unitentifably from the beautiful art you just saw on the table. At least from my experience - all 3 weddings Ive been to this year were that way.
We did this for my little sister's wedding and it was awesome! She wouldn't have been able to afford a tiered cake, so this worked out perfectly for her.
My grandma does cakes and has done this multiple times. It is for cost reasons or because the bride wants a cake that cannot be supported by cake (does that make sense?) My best friend did this at her wedding. Theirs had a spot in it where they "cut the cake" in one of the middle layers- it was hollowed out, filled with a slice of cake, etc. You get to look at your cake all night long AND you get to eat cake too....what's not to love?
I think it's fine. Especially if you have expensive taste as far as design goes. I've heard of people doing this, but am unsure if I've been to a wedding that has done this. Nobody will know if you don't tell anyone. :)
i think its a greaat idea. We want a pretty cake, but cake is not a huge priority to us so we have a pretty small budget for it. If you can get the fake cake cheap enough, why not?
I have never heard of doing that before but it really does seem like such a smart idea!
We're having one. :)
Our cake is square anyway, so even if it IS served from a square sheet cake, it'll still look the same. Huzzah!
It seems like a cost savings idea but there's one thing that bothers me. Weddings seem more and more like they're for show and not real. It's all about how it will look in pictures or what people will think. Don't allow "plus ones" and extended family because it's all too expensive. What's wrong with providing what you want and can afford.
I'm having a false tier! The largest bottom tier as the cake we have chosen would feed over 300 people and we have about 100 guests! It means I can have the look I want for the cake without over paying and having a life time supply of wedding cake! I honestly don't see the harm in a totally false cake, not really. If you aren't serving it for dessert it's just for the pics, can see why people would want to save the money for other things.
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