reasonably priced Wedding Cake recommendations?

johnnyonionring

Hi

Getting married in Dublin on August 28th and we're looking for a simple cake, nothing fancy as we have a cool topper that will make the cake look cool.

We are having 60 sitting and probably another 40 to the afters so we would only need a 2 tier cake to serve as small slices in the evening

So far we went in to Mannings and found their prices great but were a bit put off by the fact that they didn't even sit down with us to go through what we wanted, they just spoke to us over the counter and for our wedding day we kind of expect a bit more then that

Budget is €250 and the cake from mannings would cost €225 plus just €10 for delivery, anybody have any other suggestions?

Milly33

Why not just go and buy lots of cakes in marks and sparks or someplace like that. For that money you will get a lot of cake..

You don't have to getting a wedding cake unless ye really want to, and even at that ye could go get a nice fruit cake or whatever cake ye like and decorate it yerselfs..

stargazer 68

Check out Treats by Pri on Facebook. That's where we are getting ours from.

johnnyonionring

Dovies wrote: »

Check out Treats by Pri on Facebook. That's where we are getting ours from.

I actually got recommended treats by pri and was so excited when I saw their Facebook page but they are booked out on my wedding day so was really disappointed 😕

johnnyonionring

Milly33 wrote: »

Why not just go and buy lots of cakes in marks and sparks or someplace like that. For that money you will get a lot of cake..

You don't have to getting a wedding cake unless ye really want to, and even at that ye could go get a nice fruit cake or whatever cake ye like and decorate it yerselfs..

We're looking for a simple cake but not that simple.... We want the wedding cake

stargazer 68

johnnyonionring wrote: »

I actually got recommended treats by pri and was so excited when I saw their Facebook page but they are booked out on my wedding day so was really disappointed 😕

Aw that's a shame. Her stuff looks amazing and we did a tasting with her - absolutely fabulous. She made a cherry compote - took me right back to my childhood!

johnnyonionring

Dovies wrote: »

Aw that's a shame. Her stuff looks amazing and we did a tasting with her - absolutely fabulous. She made a cherry compote - took me right back to my childhood!

Ah stop I know her cakes look fab and are very reasonably priced... not to be unfortunately

PhoenixParker

johnnyonionring wrote: »

We're looking for a simple cake but not that simple.... We want the wedding cake

Marks and Spencers do do wedding cake tiers that assemble into a wedding cake. If you're looking for something plain, they might do the job, though I've heard mixed reports on the taste. Basically tiers of fruit cake iced white, add your own ribbon, topper and pillars and you have a wedding cake.

If you have someone coming from up North, they do more complicated stuff to order too. Their website shows it.

Our cake came from www.creativecakes.ie

Michael sat down with us for the design and we got to taste cake samples in lots of flavours. We got a fairly plain three tiers for about a third more than your budget, so it's probably worth asking for a rough estimate.

Lots of people complimented both our cake and the taste.

johnnyonionring

PhoenixParker wrote: »

Marks and Spencers do do wedding cake tiers that assemble into a wedding cake. If you're looking for something plain, they might do the job, though I've heard mixed reports on the taste. Basically tiers of fruit cake iced white, add your own ribbon, topper and pillars and you have a wedding cake.

If you have someone coming from up North, they do more complicated stuff to order too. Their website shows it.

Our cake came from www.creativecakes.ie

Michael sat down with us for the design and we got to taste cake samples in lots of flavours. We got a fairly plain three tiers for about a third more than your budget, so it's probably worth asking for a rough estimate.

Lots of people complimented both our cake and the taste.

Yeah we got a quote of €280 plus €35 for delivery from Michael as a starting price for their 2 tier cakes. Still keeping him in mind but want to see if we can get something cheaper before we commit

tradhead

PhoenixParker wrote: »

Our cake came from www.creativecakes.ie

Michael sat down with us for the design and we got to taste cake samples in lots of flavours. We got a fairly plain three tiers for about a third more than your budget, so it's probably worth asking for a rough estimate.

Lots of people complimented both our cake and the taste.

Those cakes look amazing! Bit on the pricey side tho, for sure. Was just having a look there and their "Novelty Cakes" are a whole lot cheaper and could be suitable if you could convince him to change "happy birthday" to "happy wedding day"- this one for instance is €250-€350 (sorry if the picture is huge) :P




Also I'm not sure about prices but Cannaboe confectionery do fab cakes, their website is http://www.cacamilis.ie

johnnyonionring

tradhead wrote: »

Those cakes look amazing! Bit on the pricey side tho, for sure. Was just having a look there and their "Novelty Cakes" are a whole lot cheaper and could be suitable if you could convince him to change "happy birthday" to "happy wedding day"- this one for instance is €250-€350 (sorry if the picture is huge) :P

Yeah you see it really makes you wonder doesn't it?! just because it is for a wedding it is more expensive? or maybe i'm missing something? i'm sure they put more work in to wedding cakes but just looks from the outside like very differing prices

tradhead

Yeah like I think that one would make a lovely wedding cake, and doesn't look to be any less elaborate than some of the wedding ones that start at €500! The mind boggles

PhoenixParker

The price we were charged was roughly in line with that price. Tbh I can't remember how much exactly we paid, but I think it was E360, whether that included delivery or not I can't remember. Similarly johnny's price of E280 for a two tier cake isn't far out of line with E250 - 350 for that three tier.

The prices under the wedding cakes on the website seem far higher. Some of those I can see where the intricate workmanship (i.e. time) is required, but not all of the ones over E500. The toppers can also add quite a bit to the price of the wedding cakes, though again, not all of the expensive less-intricate ones have those either.

johnnyonionring

PhoenixParker wrote: »

The price we were charged was roughly in line with that price. Tbh I can't remember how much exactly we paid, but I think it was E360, whether that included delivery or not I can't remember. Similarly johnny's price of E280 for a two tier cake isn't far out of line with E250 - 350 for that three tier.

The prices under the wedding cakes on the website seem far higher. Some of those I can see where the intricate workmanship (i.e. time) is required, but not all of the ones over E500. The toppers can also add quite a bit to the price of the wedding cakes, though again, not all of the expensive less-intricate ones have those either.

Thats why we are looking for something simple actually because we already have a topper sorted so its going to be the wow factor we need

annoyedgal

Not sure where your based but we got a fab cake in sligo/mayo area for 200. It had an impressive edible topper custom made to look like myself and now husband but without that it would have been 150. Lady was an absolute pleasure to deal with, cake was two tiers and tasted fab. Can pm details if location suits.

johnnyonionring

annoyedgal wrote: »

Not sure where your based but we got a fab cake in sligo/mayo area for 200. It had an impressive edible topper custom made to look like myself and now husband but without that it would have been 150. Lady was an absolute pleasure to deal with, cake was two tiers and tasted fab. Can pm details if location suits.

Awh shame we're in dublin which is probably why prices are a bit more

stargazer 68

Julien did my sisters last year. Gorgeous and his macaroons are fab.
http://frenchweddingcakes.ie/

johnnyonionring

Dovies wrote: »

Julien did my sisters last year. Gorgeous and his macaroons are fab.
http://frenchweddingcakes.ie/

There is no doubt his cakes are fab! But well out of our price range I'm afraid. We have a budget of €250 and even his basic looking cakes are over the €300 mark

stargazer 68

I thought his 2 tiers were cheaper. Maybe not.

dixiefly

johnnyonionring wrote: »

Hi

Getting married in Dublin on August 28th and we're looking for a simple cake, nothing fancy as we have a cool topper that will make the cake look cool.

We are having 60 sitting and probably another 40 to the afters so we would only need a 2 tier cake to serve as small slices in the evening

So far we went in to Mannings and found their prices great but were a bit put off by the fact that they didn't even sit down with us to go through what we wanted, they just spoke to us over the counter and for our wedding day we kind of expect a bit more then that

Budget is €250 and the cake from mannings would cost €225 plus just €10 for delivery, anybody have any other suggestions?

Hi, my sister-in-law makes absolutely fabulous cakes and makes incredible decorations from icing. She is really talented & based in Dublin.

Link here to a cake she did for a wedding in Clonabreaney Hse, she probably has many other photos but I dont think she is on FB etc.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1009995_652156671500218_1441377074_n.jpg?oh=d9380ce1707618251f583ffc9df8a692&oe=564B6D87

PM me if you would like details.

johnnyonionring

dixiefly wrote: »

Hi, my sister-in-law makes absolutely fabulous cakes and makes incredible decorations from icing. She is really talented & based in Dublin.

Link here to a cake she did for a wedding in Clonabreaney Hse, she probably has many other photos but I dont think she is on FB etc.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1009995_652156671500218_1441377074_n.jpg?oh=d9380ce1707618251f583ffc9df8a692&oe=564B6D87

PM me if you would like details.

Does she have a website where I can look at her work?

dixiefly

johnnyonionring wrote: »

Does she have a website where I can look at her work?

No she doesnt unfortunately, I just checked there and she couldnt fit it in at this stage with other work she has on. Sorry about that and best of luck.

amor3

Got a couple of cakes from the girl doing my wedding. Check out cakebaby on facebook. She is really busy but you could always check dates.

snickerpuss

I was having 50 to my wedding and we got a variety of cakes, traybakes and cookies from Camerino Bakery on Capel Street. Cost about 110 and fed us all the wedding night and the second night. Their carrot cake is amazing so is their raspberry and lemon tray bake! We just brought them down from Dublin the night before the wedding and it was all perfect. They were also super to deal with.

amdublin

Marks and Spencers do lovely actual wedding cakes.

johnnyonionring

amor3 wrote: »

Got a couple of cakes from the girl doing my wedding. Check out cakebaby on facebook. She is really busy but you could always check dates.

Is this the same cakebaby based in kildare? just checking facebook and want to make sure

johnnyonionring

snickerpuss wrote: »

I was having 50 to my wedding and we got a variety of cakes, traybakes and cookies from Camerino Bakery on Capel Street. Cost about 110 and fed us all the wedding night and the second night. Their carrot cake is amazing so is their raspberry and lemon tray bake! We just brought them down from Dublin the night before the wedding and it was all perfect. They were also super to deal with.

This actually sounds like an interesting and different thing to do!

amor3

johnnyonionring wrote: »

Is this the same cakebaby based in kildare? just checking facebook and want to make sure

Yeah that's the one..

johnnyonionring

Still looking for recommendations if anyone else can help?!

amdublin

johnnyonionring wrote: »

Still looking for recommendations if anyone else can help?!

Have you looked at the wedding cakes in marks and spencers?

johnnyonionring

amdublin wrote: »

Have you looked at the wedding cakes in marks and spencers?

honestly no i haven't... have you heard if they taste good?

EDIT: actually i just went on to their website and it says they don't sell wedding cakes

tradhead

No idea what these are like but just saw it on Groupon, thought it might be worth your while having a look! https://m.groupon.ie/deals/the-cake-creator-1

PhoenixParker

johnnyonionring wrote: »

honestly no i haven't... have you heard if they taste good?

EDIT: actually i just went on to their website and it says they don't sell wedding cakes

In Ireland they sell fruit cakes in various sizes with plain white icing. Buy three or four in different sizes, add pillars, ribbon and your topper and you'll have a very reasonably priced wedding cake. Buy the smallest size to taste.

Alternatively they do sell designed wedding cakes with different flavours up north so if you have a guest coming from there you could order and ask them to bring it down.

carleigh

My best friend had a three tiered cake from M&S. She got it in the North and had three different flavours-lemon, chocolate and vanilla. The hotel put it together for her using some lovely ivory ribbon and some flowers the same colour as her bouquet, it was lovely and nobody would have guessed it wasn't a 'professional' cake. I can't comment myself on taste as I didn't have any due to some food allergies. I have ordered my own wedding cake for next year from a specialist bakery in England and can't wait to be able to enjoy it myself.

wily minx

It would be worth getting quotes from a few places... The fact you have the topper and want something fairly simple will bring down the cost. The reason wedding cakes cost more than say a birthday cake would is because the consultation, tastings and delivery are usually factored in as well as the other usual costs. Check they are HSE registered and insured as well. Be wary of very cheap prices... I've seen and heard some horror stories (I am a caker, not Dublin though). Often 'you get what you pay for' is the case!

stargazer 68

wily minx wrote: »

Be wary of very cheap prices... I've seen and heard some horror stories (I am a caker, not Dublin though). Often 'you get what you pay for' is the case!

Be wary of any prices TBH. We were at a wedding fair on Sunday and there were a couple of well know cake people there. We tasted a few samples. One had red velvet cake and a madeira with cream and they both tasted exactly the same!

wily minx

That's why you need a tasting session! Recommendations/reviews essential to check out. Some people out there definitely focus very heavily on the sugarcraft and very little on the actual content of the cake.

Milly33

you know a cake is a cake why not just pick a cake ye like and work from there

johnnyonionring

snickerpuss wrote: »

I was having 50 to my wedding and we got a variety of cakes, traybakes and cookies from Camerino Bakery on Capel Street. Cost about 110 and fed us all the wedding night and the second night. Their carrot cake is amazing so is their raspberry and lemon tray bake! We just brought them down from Dublin the night before the wedding and it was all perfect. They were also super to deal with.

Thank you very much for recommending camerino bakery! We went for them and they are absolutely lovely to deal with and the price of the wedding cake is extremely reasonable! Told them our budget and they looked after us

A pleasure to deal with and I would recommend to anyone for sure

BizzyC

Have a look at little topper cakes from meath.