GETTING IT MADE

Shop Bought

A cost-effective way for those of you without a talented friend or relative, is to turn to a shop who produce pre-designed cakes. There are a number of outlets offering such cakes up and around the country from nation-wide bakery chains to high street department stores and supermarkets.

Now it may not be the most glamorous location to buy your Wedding Cake from, but nonetheless it is quite practical - after all, what matters the most is how it tastes and looks, not what name is on the price tag. You should be able to track a cake down for tens or, at the very most, hundreds of pounds and what you’ll get is a fabulous tasting product from a reliable supplier. Your cake will be chosen from a catalogue with a range of pre-designed option to choose from - you may even be able to make a few minor tweaks, but too many.

For those of you on a tight budget who are unable or unwilling to turn to a friend/relative then shop bought could be right up your street - literally!

Using a Specialist Pro

Professional cake makers can vary from one-man bands working out of their kitchen at home, right through to a fashionable London outlet with numerous staff and state of the art equipment. So which one is best? Well certainly, professionals more akin to the former than the latter will be cheaper, but not necessarily any less skilled. Likewise, for those ‘fashion conscious’ couples out there, telling your guests that your cake is from so-and-so on The Strand carries far more kudos than saying that you bought it from some woman in a housing estate in Romford (not that we have anything against Romford we may add - but I think you see what we're getting at).