Let Them Eat Cake!

The cake is essential to any party or special occasion other than weddings. Some people are more willing than others to go all out with their cakes, while others are less than willing and are satisfied with something simple. Wedding cakes can be pricey depending on how big, how many tiers, the flavor(s), fillings, decoration and whether the cake will be covered in fondant or butter cream. One way to drastically cut down the cost of the cake is to either have somebody you know that is talented and skilled with baking and cake decorating or do it yourself. If you plan on doing it yourself, I strongly suggest that if you are inept with baking and cake decorating to leave it to the pros for this feat, or you will reap disastrous results with your cake that would make Betty Crocker and Martha Stewart cry.


Even for an amateur like myself, this abomination would not make it past my kitchen. This looks like something a baker would make while drunk. Friends don't let friends drink and bake.




Now there's this trend where couples opt for wedding cupcakes or some other pastry stack instead of the cakes to be unique and to cut costs as well. Right here is a good example of how not to do that. I wonder how they served it to the guests...or if they just had a free for all after bride and groom got their share.



Apparently now another trend is to endorse a brand name item to offset the costs of your wedding too.




Cheap cakes aren't the only exception to bring disastrous results, which is why I go by the motto less is more. Some brides like to have the colors or theme of their wedding or a little bit of themselves in the cake. This cake went too far when it was literally made in the bride's likeness. That's pretty scary to think that people are literally eating parts of you and that you're cutting into yourself, even though it's just a cake version of you.


To quote The Beatles, "you can't buy me love" and this cake topper is really screaming you can't buy class but you can buy trash.


Moral of the story: Get a cake that you can be proud of and that won't break the bank. If you have to second guess it, don't get it.