13/05/2026
I hear it time and time again, “we’re on a tight budget”. And that’s perfectly NORMAL! It’s a wedding. Things add up and it costs a bloody fortune. But you still want a bloody fancy cake worth shouting about? I’ve got you guuuurl 💁🏼♀️
Here’s three ways to save money on your wedding cake:
1. Did you know that you don’t need to cater for your entire guest list? 👁️👄👁️ you didn’t hear that from me!!!
Not everyone is going to have a piece of cake. And that’s okay, let them be weird. I recommend catering for a MAXIMUM of 75% of your headcount. But if you want to cater for less than that is totally up to you, it’s your wedding! The difference could be a price tag of £100+! In girl maths… that makes your bouquet basically free… right?
2. Have you looked into alternatives to the big tiered cake? There are loads of other cost effective options that we do.
I won’t lie, tiered cakes are a LOT of work. I’m basically a cake architect now. And that skill comes with a price tag. I’m not going to sit here and say my tiered cakes are cheap, because they’re not. But that doesn’t mean I can’t do you a budget-friendly alternative!
Cupcakes come in at less than £3 each, and you can opt for SO many funky flavours and a mixture of designs and colours. Pop it all on a multi-tier acrylic cake stand (which we throw in for FREE for you to keep after!) with a cutting cake on top and BAM. You have the most amazing wedding tower 😍 and it doesn’t even have to be cupcakes. Think brownies, blondies, cookies, doughnuts, mini loaf cakes, millionaire shortbread. The options are limitless!
3. Less materials = less $$$
This might seem obvious, however if I have to entirely cover a cake in buttercream, sugarpaste, royal icing or chocolate ganache, it’s going to cost more than a semi-naked cake. That’s basic costings. Semi-naked cakes are the most cost-effective type of cakes I offer, and all my starting prices are for semi-naked cakes!
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