They say you can't put a price on love...until you plan a wedding! One of the biggest stressors when planning a wedding is sticking to a budget. A lot of people feel that things are marked up "just because it's a wedding". 

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I would like to give you a little insight into why a custom wedding cake may be more than a custom celebration cake.

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• A wedding cake requires more time for consultation, research, designing, and room for adjustments.

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•  A wedding cake tends to be larger than celebration cakes (of course, not always the case) and requires internal structures and the skill of stacking for stability.

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• Wedding cakes made from scratch ingredients are expensive to make. The average 3 tier cake takes 52 sticks of butter and 76 eggs! 

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• Wedding cakes, due to size, can get very heavy and require extreme care in regards to appropriate support and transportation. Often they require two people to lift. 

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• Once the cake is transported to the venue it has to be set up, possibly touched up, and inspected to be sure it can withstand the time between set-up and cake cutting. This can also require additional time for communication and coordination with the wedding planner and/or venue coordinator. 

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• A wedding is arguably one of the most important and significant days in someone's life. No cake designer wants to be responsible for putting a damper on this day due to a bad cake experience! This means putting extra attention on every single detail! 

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​All these factors go into the pricing of a wedding cake (including design, flavor, and filling) which is why you will often see a higher cost associated with a wedding cake. There are a lot of moving parts and we want to make sure it is perfect! On the same note, if an identical cake was ordered for a celebration instead of a wedding that required just as much detail, work, and coordination, the cost would not change.