Wedding Cakes - M&S Offer

JG1

Perhaps this belongs under Bargains but was in Marks & Spencer yesterday and they are currently doing a 3 for 2 on the iced cakes - you could get a 3 tier cake for about €100.

http://www.marksandspencer.com/gp/product/images/B0016NNWQO/ref=dp_product-image/203-5705374-1229501?ie=UTF8&n=76999031&mnSBrand=core

Sizzler

Anybody got their cake from M&S? Heard great things and lets face it most people are gargled when the cake goes round and a lot of it goes to waste anyway if previous weddings I have been to is anything to go by !!

Just curious how far in advance you need to order it and how soon before the wedding would you need to collect it

JG1

I too have heard good things about them and will be ordering from M&S myself. A friend switched from buying from a cake shop to the M&S option after tasting it at a wedding.

I think the wedding cake isn't as significant as it was back in the day and although some cakes you see at wedding fairs etc are magnificent/fun, I am trying to save money where i can. Was in the Belfast branch and I think he told me 28 days. If you don't want to go for the cheap option, they have some other beautiful cakes. You can also vary it by having a fruit layer or sponge option.

When i saw the offer in Henry St, I assumed you could buy straight off the shelf - the expiry was in early December if you were interested.

pheasantplucker

I enquired a few days ago about ordering in M&S and they don't take orders for wedding cakes, but as previous poster said, expiry is in December so you can buy in advance.

seventhwave

Hi Guys, Does anyone know if the option of the M&S sponge cake is available also in the south? Because someone said to me that it was only the fruit option that is available in the south while I could get the sponge cake only in the north. Now I haven’t checked it out myself. Thanks

Sizzler

seventhwave wrote: »

Hi Guys, Does anyone know if the option of the M&S sponge cake is available also in the south? Because someone said to me that it was only the fruit option that is available in the south while I could get the sponge cake only in the north. Now I haven’t checked it out myself. Thanks

Exactly. Fruit option only south of the border.

Lizzykins

My sister got the M & S cake and it was really lovely. She decorated it herself with some edible roses etc and a ribbon to match bridesmaids dresses. Cost a third of the price a cakeshop would charge.

JG1

Lizzykins,

Do you know where your sister got the edible roses?

Thanks

Lizzykins

I'll text and ask her! It was somewhere in Dublin or environs anyway

Lizzykins

Cake Box. Dun Laoghaire.

JG1

Thanks Lizzykins!