It seems that one of the most expensive cakes in this world, regardless of its taste and type, is a cake called – WEDDING CAKE . This factor is often the case creates an additional markup for the cake. Undeniably, a wedding without a shared wedding cake cutting is unimaginable, therefore Līgavām.lv offers tips on how to save and what to consider when choosing a wedding cake.

Order in time and refuse the tasting

First of all, you should start thinking about choosing and ordering a wedding cake early. There should be no delay in ordering, especially if conceived, what complicated. Both the time to find a confectioner and the space allocated for the cake in the total wedding budget should be calculated. Once the confectioner has been found, the only thing left is to choose the right cake.

Undoubtedly wedding cake tastings are popular both in the world and in Latvia, and are even recommended to do if you are not sure about the choice of cake. However, since cake tastings are most often a paid service, par the amount of products used will be calculated in the selection of the final cake, then to save, you can from the tasting refuse and rely on proven values - for example, ordering a cake that you both have already eaten and most importantly - what you both like it.

Live flowers instead of sugar mastic flowers

Wedding cakes often become more expensive precisely because of their complex designs. Many pastry chefs determine the final price of a cake by how much time has been required for its preparation. Hence sugar mastic flowers, marzipan figures and other designs elements increase the final price of the cake considerably. If you want to save, the main thing to remember is to stick to it simplicities.

This does not mean that your cake will be less beautiful. If flowers and figures made of sugar mastic or marzipan takes a lot of time and, no less important, the level of professionalism, then it is completely different with live flowers. It is still one of the most popular wedding cake trends in recent years - especially in the summer, when a large part of live flowers are also edible. In addition, such a solution can significantly reduce the final price of the cake.

Naked cakes or cakes without icing

One of the wedding cake trends of the last wedding season – naked cakes or cakes without glaze their relevance kept this year as well. The advantage of these cakes is that they reveal everything that is in the bear's belly, so to speak . Let in Latvia, in recent years, thick sponge cakes are no longer as popular as they used to be, we don't need this trend underestimate - cakes are not only tasty and visually beautiful, but can also save a lot of costs - it cooking definitely takes less time.

The meaning of the wedding cake – mostly symbolic

When ordering a wedding cake, you must understand that the goal is not to make guests overeat from it. The wedding cake is symbolic, but sweets lovers will find a sweets table with various desserts useful. Therefore, one of the biggest wedding cake savings lies in its size - you must carefully evaluate how big a cake you want and whether the ordered quantity per specific guest the number will not be too large. It is also possible to serve smaller pieces of wedding cake, but to serve the cake together, e.g. with fresh berries and ice cream.

If you are lucky and among your friends and relatives there are creative people who also like to cook (and bake cakes), then you can agree that you will not have one wedding cake, but each of your closest friends will bring a cake baked by themselves, which will result in a beautiful and definitely unique wedding cake table. Besides, since there will probably be cakes really different, you can not be afraid that someone will not like something - everyone will find the most suitable option.

Delivery of the wedding cake to the place of celebration

When the challenge - ordering a cake - has been completed, the next challenge, i.e. transporting the cake, must be completed. It is possible that someone will decide to transport a couple of cakes by themselves in order to save money, but this issue should be carefully considered. Wedding the organizer Gunta Skalberga / Pop Up Sense states that transporting the wedding cake is a challenge faced by one event and wedding organizer.

“My recommendation is to entrust the transportation to the cake manufacturer , professionals for transport is suitable, and certainly the contract should include a clause that the manufacturer assumes responsibility about the quality of the cake until it is returned to the customer.

This, of course, does not apply to taste and preferences. The delivery of the cake should be brought as close as possible to the time of its serving. If however, the cake is brought earlier, you must make sure before that about the possibilities to store it in the place of the celebration - space, them temperature, sanitation, refrigerator size and other aspects will be very important,” advises Gunta.

Author of the article: LIENE PÁLĆA

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