Wedding cake rental

Borderfox

I shot a wedding yesterday and the bride had rented the cake for the day, beautiful cake that would have cost €750. Cost €75 for the rental and €200 deposit. Top idea

PCPhoto

but what about the photo of cutting the cake ???

(dont tell me you staged the shot !!! ...ooohhh nooooo )

and what about the ould grannies expecting to take a piece of cake home ?

Borderfox

Staged the shot before everybody came in with the knife behind it and then after the meal it dissapeared

Gaspode

Great idea alright. It was probably a 'dummy' cake - made of styrofoam but iced up and decorated like the real thing.

santiago

lol..whats next?..rented wedding rings?
did they had desserts ?

Borderfox

santiago wrote: »

lol..whats next?..rented wedding rings?
did they had desserts ?

Yeah, they were very tasty

Acoshla

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, either you want a cake or you want desserts, and if you want desserts then just admit it and not have a cake! People sticking so rigidly to traditions that they don't want is madness, renting a feckin cake for the sake of one photo, sad.

AckwelFoley

rent a cake.

No.


Id rather not have one than pay 75 quid for a pce of iced styrofoam. The cake, if you want one is symbolic, cutting it, sharing it with your guests and keeping the top tier for the christening of your first child.

kandr10

That's crazy. 75 quid - that must have been the most expensive shot of the day! I hate going to parties where they don't cut the cake, even if it is fake!

SSFG

I would never pay that much for a fake cake, it seems a bit unneccessary, I would rather spend it on something else for the wedding. But was it because they just didn't want a cake? We are having dessert but also having a cake for the afters because the woman we are getting it from makes such yummy cakes!!

Borderfox

When do they give out the cake, is it when your going home?

whatdoicare

75 quid for a fake cake, are you mad?? You can get a three tier one in M&S for 50 euro and you can even eat it! Looks the biz too!

smog

We served our with the afters food about 10.30pm or so ..
Also we made our own (Chocolate biscuit cake) and for less then 100 squid

whatdoicare

Borderfox wrote: »

When do they give out the cake, is it when your going home?

At 11pm/11:30pm with the tea and sandwiches. Oldies keep it for luck.

Borderfox

whatdoicare wrote: »

At 11pm/11:30pm with the tea and sandwiches. Oldies keep it for luck.

Thats my mother, keeping it for luck

Diddler1977

Renting a wedding cake. LOL!

Sorry but I think that is the silliest idea EVER!

Cake is for eating not photographing.

Sure you can get 75 cupcakes on a tiered stand for 100 euro. What a joke!

Rockery Woman

snyper wrote: »

rent a cake.

No.


Id rather not have one than pay 75 quid for a pce of iced styrofoam. The cake, if you want one is symbolic, cutting it, sharing it with your guests and keeping the top tier for the christening of your first child.

just wondering - if people actually keep the cake for the first childs christening? how long would the cake last, do they keep for very long? just curious..... (and I'll never eat cake at a christening now:eek:)

whatdoicare

Rockery Woman wrote: »

just wondering - if people actually keep the cake for the first childs christening? how long would the cake last, do they keep for very long? just curious..... (and I'll never eat cake at a christening now:eek:)

Eh no, it's for the wedding anniversary not the christening and only a small slice of the long lasting cake (hence why fruit cakes were the big thing before)
I didn't bother keeping mine but had a bit of biscuit cake kept aside to give to relatives and friends who couldn't make it to wedding. : )
Babies get their own cake at christening afaik.

Oh and the mammy just reminded me there - an old tradition is for the singles at the wedding to put a bit of the cake under the pillow for luck in getting married in the future - or some madness. I think you dream of yr love or something..?? I dunno...

AckwelFoley

whatdoicare wrote: »

Eh no, it's for the wedding anniversary not the christening and only a small slice of the long lasting cake (hence why fruit cakes were the big thing before)

No its not for the wedding anniversary -its for the christening.

However because the dstance between the christening and wedding day has over the years become more distant the tradition is less common, and probably substituted with the first anniversary. But as i said - the traditional use for the first tier is the christening of yor first child.

amdublin

This is a stupid idea imo.

Imagine looking at your wedding photos in years to come and
(a) knowing the cake is fake
(b) thinking how stupid were we to pay €75 for a fake cake

Toto Wolfcastle

It seems like such a waste of money. You don't have a wedding cake for the photos, you have a wedding cake because you want to eat it.

phantom60

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Renting a wedding cake. LOL!

Sorry but I think that is the silliest idea EVER!

Cake is for eating not photographing.

Sure you can get 75 cupcakes on a tiered stand for 100 euro. What a joke!

Where can you get 75 cupcakes on a tiered stand for 100 euro ?
Ta.

Diddler1977

phantom60 wrote: »

Where can you get 75 cupcakes on a tiered stand for 100 euro ?
Ta.

My friend got her cupcakes from below
http://www.facebook.com/LydiaBCupcakes
I'm not too sure of exact price she paid, presume it would depend on selection, venue, etc????

Acoshla

phantom60 wrote: »

Where can you get 75 cupcakes on a tiered stand for 100 euro ?
Ta.

You'd definitely get 75 cupcakes with tiered stand rental for €115-150, depending on design, delivery, set up, and of course varying prices (I've seen cupcakes differ in price from €1.40 to €3.00)