Making your own wedding cake - advice please!

I'm in the same boat, I bake quite frequently and know I could make my own wedding cake, but for it to be fresh you'd need to bake it the day before and get it to the venue the morning of - which as you say will be stressful.

I'm giving in and paying for a cake but I've opted for a local cake baker who sells via Facebook, it's still more money than if I made it myself but not as much as going to a fancy bakery and asking for a wedding cake.

If you're happy to make the cake the night before and have someone you could trust to take it to the venue the morning of, that could work? But it might not get there in one piece or they might not decorate it how you envisioned it, would that upset you on the day?

I am also in the same boat (and we are also coincidentally getting married in a barn, in North Devon! ?)

I have read that you can freeze sponges, which actually makes the more moist (pardon that word!) and yum. So I was planning on making them earlier in the week, freezing them, then the day before the wedding getting them all iced up, as I wanted a naked/semi-naked cake too.

I haven't actually asked if our venue would accept the cake the day before, so that's a good point. Would you have anyone willing to take the cake up prior to the wedding?

If you do want to go down the 'buy it' route, M&S have some lovely naked cakes which may be slightly cheaper than getting them done professionally, and they may also deliver to the venue:

http://www.marksandspencer.com/naked-cake-vanilla-3-tier/p/p60167998?prevPage=srp

http://www.marksandspencer.com/naked-cake-chocolate-3-tier-pre-order-/p/p60094638?mfPartNumber=00161435&carousel=FUNV_RR

http://www.marksandspencer.com/naked-cake-vanilla-3-tier-pre-order-/p/p60094577?prevPage=srp

Hope this helps slightly!

Making your own cake is a fantastic idea! I think your best option is make the cake the day before (stressful, yes, but rewarding!) and get someone you trust to take it to the venue. Yes it's a risk, but I imagine you'll feel amazing when everyone says how gorgeous your cake is.

Maybe speak to your florist about real flowers. I wanted fresh flowers on my cake and my florist created some lovely bits for me which she placed as she saw fit That way you just need a plain cake and the rest will be done for you

It's so tricky isn't it and like you say if it was to arrive in pieces or not decorated to how I imagined I think I would be disappointed.

Perhaps looking into a local bakery is a good way forward. Thanks for the advice and I hope you are happy with your cake in the end.

Thank you for the links I'll have a look into them for sure.

i had originally thought about freezing the cakes earlier, but I'm more concerned about transporting a three tiered cake down a motorway and also not being able to leave the cake at the venue the night before. Ideally if I could have set the cake up at the venue the night before there would be no problem, so maybe worth seeing if your venue will let you do this too.

Which Barn are you getting married in? We are getting married at Upton Barn in Cullompton. There are so many beautiful Barn type venues in Devon, we are spoilt for choice really.

I hope it all goes well with your cake planning too.

My sister is making mine however she's buying in the cake itself as she's so nervous about it going wrong, she uses a cake craft company which means the cake will also last longer so she's got longer to decorate it, removing the need for desperately baking cake the day before. Just a thought if your really worried. My sister has said she might still try and make them herself but I told her to buy in the other cake anyway and I'll put them on the buffet table for the evening guests!

Is there a way that you could get someone you trust to deliver the cake in the morning? I am also making my own cake using buttercream and am getting my brother to deliver it in the morning. If you could give it to someone you trust the evening before then get them to deliver it in the morning that should solve your problem.

Morning!

Personally I think it's a lot of pressure making your own wedding cake. With everything else you'll have to plan and organise I think it'll be added stress.

I'm in talks with Bespoke Wedding Company in Birmingham about my wedding cake, maybe have a chat with them? x