Simple Wedding Price Range

Nice cakes. First cake would probably cost around $250 and the second with the gold foil around $300.

They do range based on what you want and what frosting you want to get on it. Buttercream frosting is less than Fondant due to its thickness. Real flowers add on cost too.

We had a 3 tier cake with buttercream frosting with alternative dessert for 75 guests costing $400.

DIY cakes can cost to nothing unless your doing fake tiers and top 2 real tiers. Professional bakers have different price ranges on whom you get them made.

I wouldn't risk it! $150 seems pretty reasonable for a cake like that, and it saves you the hassle.

Honestly... I wanted to make my own cake to save on costs... but after buying all the ingredients, any cake pans you made need, frosting, decoration and TIME. It ended up being more of a hassle than it was worth. Especially since I wanted to do a few test runs to make sure it tasted good/looked good... I ended up finding a vendor to do a 2 tier cake for $245 so we decided it was worth it to avoid the headache (also that was with delivery which is also a pain haha!)

I have quoted a decent amount of places some go by cake size or by per slice. $150 seems to be about the average for the details and flowers you want. It could be less if smaller size and less details. I would say pay the amount for the cake so your not stressing trying to make the week of and cut money from a different section of the wedding. Do you have any family friends who did a cake course that would be able to pull something like this off and for cheaper or might offer as their gift for the wedding?

Hey Miao Miao!

These are beautiful cakes! Do you have any experience in baking yourself? If not, I would avoid taking on the huge task of baking your own wedding cake!

I feel like $150 is a very reasonable quote for a wedding cake, and with a friend baking it, you know that you will have really good ingredients used in it. If you went for a store-bought cake just to cut costs a bit, it may not taste as good as one that's homemade!

Have you decided what flavor cake you want for your wedding?

I get a lot of cakes made for various parties and events (I used to be at a big company that loved throwing parties) and honestly I feel like $150 is a fair price for something like this. I wouldn't try DIYing your cake unless you are a really confident baker. It's just an added task before your big day that could result in unnecessary stress for you.