What Factors Determine the Overall Cake Price?
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Wedding cakes are truly a work of art and many man hours can go into creating these masterpiece's. It's important to know though, that most of a the wedding cakes cost will be in the creating of your wedding cake and the least cost is in the actual ingredients.
This is were the costs come in: your choice of icing or frosting and how the cake is decorated ie: simple swirls or intricate artwork. The size of the cake and whether it is layered or tiered. The number of servings – this is a direct reflection of your guest list. And of course your choice in wedding cake topper – these do vary in price.
How to Determine Cake Price:
1. The wedding cake icing or frosting: as a bride-to-be you have the choice of rolled fondant icing, marzipan, white chocolate, milk chocolate or dark chocolate frosting, royal icing, chocolate ganache and flavoured buttercream. Rolled fondant and marzipan are the most expensive, as a fair bit of labour goes into rolling a perfectly smooth and even canvas for limitless cake decorating options. Rolled fondant and marzipan are quite delicate and can tear easily during the process if not applied with experienced hands.
2. Cake Decorating: cake decorations will vary according to which icing you pick. If you've picked rolled fondant, when it's completely dry – it's firm and perfectly smooth. The decorating ideas are limitless. However, if you prefer your cake covered in either buttercream or ganach, then your best choice for decorations are swirls, patterns, fresh flowers or silk flowers, decorative patterns or swirls and even decorative organza and satin ribbons. Fairy Godmother tip; buttercream is a delicious choice, but if you're having a summer wedding, it's best not to choose buttercream. The buttercream will melt quickly and not stand the test of time. Best to choose rolled rondant or marzipan. You can still keep the costs down by decorating your cake with fresh or silk flowers and some lovely ribbon.