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Like every bride, you want your wedding day to not only be perfect, but you want it to be memorable for your guests as well. You want this day to be enjoyable, productive and beautiful in every way. But if you're on a budget it may seem that some things, like a beautiful but inexpensive wedding cake, is just not doable. Well, with some creativity you can easily have a wedding cake that your guests will be talking about for a very long time! Following are several ways to have a lovely cake without breaking the bank.
Rather than paying a wedding cake decorator a fortune to make fancy (and dreadful tasting) icing flowers all over your cake, use real, fresh flowers which are also edible. Not only will these be far less expensive, they are absolutely gorgeous and your guests will rave about them. They do not have to actually eat them, but by using edible flowers you do not have to worry in case someone does. Several beautiful varieties you can choose from include nasturtiums, roses, pansies, and lavender. You can choose colors that match your wedding colors. White roses on white cake are also especially elegant.
In addition to or instead of flowers, you can also decorate your cake with lace and ribbons. You can put lace around each tier to add a touch of simple elegance, and use ribbons in festive colors both around and on the cake. Just be sure to take the lace and ribbons off the cake before you cut it!
Fresh fruit is another way to beautifully and inexpensively decorate your wedding cake. For example, a combination of fresh plain and chocolate covered strawberries can be a very festive and colorful addition to a white wedding cake. Fresh fruit is also healthy and tastes great!
Cupcakes are both inexpensive and quite popular in lieu of traditional wedding cakes. You can arrange them in tiers just like a regular wedding cake for an impressive presentation. They are fun and easy to serve. They can be beautifully decorated in a variety of inexpensive and creative ways. You can use flowers, decorative candies, white chocolate curls, or even miniature, colorful bows.
Another way to cut back the cost of your wedding cake a bit is to consider using butter cream frosting. Not only does this frosting taste great, it is much less expensive than fondant or marzipan frostings which are often used for decorating cakes. The butter cream frosting can be the foundation for some of the decorating ideas mentioned above for a delicious and beautiful cake.
Instead of having one large multi-tiered wedding cake, consider having a smaller one for the photos and serve your guests from a large sheet cake. Your guests will not know the difference and a large sheet cake can still be beautiful but much less expensive than a large, fancy tiered cake. Large sheet cakes can serve as many as 100 guests.
There are many other ways to decrease the cost of your wedding cake without sacrificing beauty or taste. Hopefully this will give you a lot of ideas to consider. The options are really only limited by your creativity!
