Cake

Honestly, I think you'll find that you will very much appreciate that one less thing to pay for! I think it's very kind of her and will add that special touch to the wedding. If something does go wrong, it's not the biggest deal, in the end it's just a cake x

Have you seen her other cakes? What makes you so worried?

Makes cakes as in cupcakes? wedding cakes? bakes from home? for a living or pleasure?

it sounds to me like the cake is important to you, i understand that its important to me too and I have really carefully selected someone to make the exact cake I want. If cost isn't an issue and its really worrying you, perhaps you could ask her to make something less adventurous such as cupcake favours? or a second cupcake tree additional to your actual cake

I think its your decision but it would save cost and weddings bring families closer together, by not agreeing however then that may cause hurt feelings..If you were to order from a company or business then they might mess up..so either way you wont know until the wedding day.

I was going to book an experienced cake maker/buisness I emailed them twice and got no reply then my brother mentioned his Girlfriends sister makes cakes, had a look on her facebook and I have practicaly booked her, am I worried?.. Tiny bit but if anything goes wrong then Ill just have to deal with it when time comes..

Our FSIL is making our cake. She made a 3 tier one for our engagement as a surprise, the first time she had ever done it. It tasted amazing and we have no doubts about our wedding cake. Also at the end of the day if anything did go wrong I would know she had tried her best for us. Also agree with the previous post. It's just a cake. It is a massive relief being able to leave it with her and not have to include it in our budget. Some wedding cakes are way too expensive for still being just a cake!

My mum is making Our cake. She did my brother and sister in laws as well. She did a delicious fruit cake rather than wedding style fruit cake but she's decided she'd like to do a wedding fruit cake this time. My fiancée doesn't like fruit cake so we are having a layer of sponge, a layer of wedding fruit cake and a layer of normal fruit cake I think.

When my mum made my brother's, a neighbour pointed out that fruit cake freezes well and suggested she had some in the freezer for back up...just in case they actual cake went wrong. She did this but the actual cake was fine anyway!

Thank you everyone will ask her. The only reason I worry is because their has always that bit of sister rivalry one has to out do other and her wedding is in a few months. But her cakes are always so amazing I think I will just have to put my faith in her at the end of the day it's just going to be eaten :-) thank you everyone

From my own experience of seeing wedding cakes being delivered to venues when I've been there, the main problem seems to be tiers sinking into each other or cakes leaning over slightly. Most photographers take photos of cakes as soon as they can just in case! But, at the end of the day, it's going to get cut up and eaten anyway so as long as it tastes good, that's the main criteria!