If you want to cut down on the overall budget of a wedding, then making your own wedding cake is a great way to do so. Although it may take time and effort, a well-intentioned aunt or cousin might love to take on the challenge for you.

Choosing the cake

It's just like when you have a professional make your cake for you where you need a plan to enlist some relative help. You can go to many books of weddings cakes for more intricate guidelines or just look at pictures in magazines. Not only should you try to find something simple but also something that you think would be perfect for your wedding's theme.

When you think that you're found what you like, try to determine how many tiers it has and what decorations you want to add. You can begin to plan out the building of your wedding cake with these things in mind.

When making plans

Try to break it down in your mind as you look at the picture of the cake that you would like. Figure out the number of tiers it has (perhaps you need more or less) so that you can determine how many baking pans you will need. After that, you will want to see how many tubes of icing or jars of frosting you will need to complete the decorations. Ordering a traditional cake is the same expense and this is what you may discover most of the time.

Making a trial cake is the best suggestion if you are determined to make your cake. It may be just one layer, but still you want to try out your plan to see if the one that you have chosen can be recreated.

You can bake a layer of the cake and set it aside to cool and you can use any old cake mix will do, but you may want to go with the name brands for your wedding. Since warm cake will cause the icing to melt, you want to make sure that the cake is completely cooled before putting any icing on it.

Apply the icing with a pastry spatula like you might apply spackle on a wall. You should take your time in smoothing out all the areas. How about pretending like this is the real cake and see what it look like? If you are impressed and after you have tasted it, then you can go ahead and get the ingredients to make an entire cake.

If you make it the day before, then your wedding cake will be best because everything has time to settle and no one has to rush around to bake on the day of. If you set aside a special room or area, then it will remain to be untouched and out of the way. Another thing you may want is someone to transport it to its final location first thing in the morning to avoid any rushing about.

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