Well, I wish this question was as simple it sounds…there are so many factors that get into pricing of cakes, virtually of which I won't bore you with, nevertheless, it is important to know some basics when starting your search for your wedding cake.   This post is meant to exist lite hearted and a little humorous so delight note earlier reading…. 🙂

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First, have a upkeep in mind!  What I hateful by that, is that y'all should have a general idea of what you desire to spend or can afford to spend on your cake.  I get that for nigh people, they accept no thought what a hymeneals cake costs, simply it helps to get comfortable with the fact that a wedding cake for 100 will start around $6 per serving.  Well maybe it will exist less if you become your cake from Costco, (no dig on Costco, I love that store!), but seriously, this is a definite example of "y'all get what you pay for".

Bakeries such as ours, with an established reputation, that bakes from scratch using high quality ingredients, and that are very familiar with the local venues, are going to be worth the money.  We know how to properly bake and construct a tiered cake.  We know how to deliver a large, heavy block and nosotros take the dainty, cooled van to deliver it with.  You just can't get that from a grocery shop bakery or your "friend of a friend" who said they tin can make your block for $100 bucks!  With a wedding, there is no "practise-over" and so you need to become with a bakery you tin trust to become information technology right!

With that said, a skillful place to starting time when establishing your cake upkeep, is by offset taking a look at your guest count.  If yous plan to accept 100 guests, your block will price less than a cake for 250 guests right?  Well, aye…. maybe, simply not always.  Our cakes are priced by the serving, based on size and design.  More on that later…

Thanks to Pinterest, in that location are virtually a billion hymeneals cake photos to cull from!  Typically, a buttercream cake volition toll less than a fondant cake.  Nonetheless, not all designs can be accomplished with buttercream, and then keep that in heed when looking at block photos.  Our buttercream cakes start at $half-dozen per serving and our fondant cakes start at $7 per serving.  So hither is the like shooting fish in a barrel role – if you desire a tiered cake with 100 servings, multiply $6 10 100 and voila, your cake will start at $600 for buttercream.  Does that mean that all buttercream cakes are $vi per serving?  The simple answer is no.  Merely like not all fondant cakes will remain at $7 per serving, nevertheless, it's a good place to first.

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Will a faux cake or a faux tier save y'all coin on your wedding cake?  I'm sorry to say, but the answer is no.  It seems similar having a chunk of Styrofoam vs. a slice of delicious cake should cost less.  I know logically, it sounds like it should.  So in an endeavor to dispel that myth, I volition explain why it'due south not the case.  A faux tier, or cake dummy, as nosotros call them, costs about the same it does to bake the actual block.  And so, no cost savings there.  Second, I personally observe block dummies more hard to piece of work with then real block, and so I'm my opinion, it actually takes longer to decorate them then it does real cake.  And then the time that it typically takes to decorate tin can really be longer, which means, you guessed it, no cost savings at that place either!

What nigh a canvass cake?  Nosotros do offering sheet cakes, and they are a great way to supplement cake servings, without paying for a huge tiered cake with 250 servings.  What I mean by that is, if your guest count is 250, order a smaller tiered cake (the most common size cake we broil is a 3 tier with lxxx servings & shown in the photograph above) and then supplement the rest of your block servings with sheet cake.  Sheet cakes are bones frosted cakes, delivered to the kitchen, cut by catering staff, and never seen by guests, therefore they cost less per serving and then a tiered cake.  Keep in mind, that we volition but make canvass cakes for nuptials clients ordering a two tier or larger cake from the states.

Some other thing to note about cakes, the more than detailed the cake design, the higher the price volition exist.  And, merely because a block looks like a "elementary" design, doesn't mean that it is.  I know there are  many amazing cakes online, and in magazines and with cake artists pushing block pattern to new limits, information technology's like shooting fish in a barrel to fall in beloved with so many of the cute cakes we all see.  Things similar hand painting, edible gold, sugar flowers, tons of little carbohydrate pearls on the cake, all translate into beautiful designs, but also a college block price.  Some of these cakes can run equally much as $fifteen per serving…gasp!  Merely recall virtually it, you become out to dinner at a concatenation restaurant and pay $xv for a and so so meal, that was probably frozen and took about 20 minutes to brand.   A cake artist tin spend HOURS from starting time to stop on your wedding ceremony cake, and nosotros think our time is worth it.  Cake decorating is an art and not just anyone tin do it.  Non to mention ingredient costs, like fresh fruit, butter and eggs!  That stuff is expensive!

Sugar flowers will always cost more than fresh flowers.  Why?  Considering they are very fourth dimension consuming to brand, and crave a skilled hand, with knowledge on how to construct, wire, etc. a beautiful looking bloom made from sugar!  Sugar flowers can start at near $fifteen per flower – the more complex the flower design, the higher the cost.  Equally much a I love, love, love sugar flowers on a cake, most couples practice non have the budget to spend $200-300 on just saccharide flowers solitary, I get information technology!  And then, unless you do, opt for fresh flowers instead.

Lastly, don't forget that at that place will be a delivery charge to evangelize your block to the venue.  How much that fee volition be, depends on the location of your venue from our baker.  The farther we accept to travel, the higher your commitment toll will exist.  In some cases, it'south not but the distance we accept to travel, but the fourth dimension it volition take to make the commitment – traffic, difficult roads, lack of parking, etc.  I would say our average delivery fee is virtually $50-65, with locations such as Santa Barbara and Los Angeles beingness $100-150+.  When you consider how stressful a wedding block delivery tin can be, getting the cake to the venue on time, battling the estrus, the weight of the cake, and the fact that they are flat out awkward to handle, you lot should e'er opt for delivery…let the professionals do what they practise!

I hope this post provides some insight into the price of cakes, and helps in some modest way in determining your cake upkeep.  I'll be doing a post nigh dessert confined soon!

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