How to Make Your Own Wedding Cake

Are you and your sweetheart planning a wedding on a budget? I have good news. Making your own wedding cake is both cheap and easy. You don't need to be a professional cake designer to create a beautiful wedding cake on your own, nor do you have to spend hundreds of dollars. All you need are a few basic tools that you may already have at home and some simple ideas.

To make the cake itself, you don't need a special recipe. All you need is cake mix in a box and frosting from a can. No one is ever going to know that you used Betty Crocker or Duncan Heinz cake mix to make your wedding cake. All they will notice is that the cake tastes great and is rich and moist. Don't forget, you can make your wedding cake any flavor you like. It does not have to be a specific color or flavor. My wedding cake was chocolate with cream cheese frosting.

If your wedding will be small, you don't have to make a huge wedding cake. Small birthday-sized cakes can be just as beautiful. If you would like a large cake, they are just as easy to make. Think about the shape that you would like your wedding cake to be. Do you want a plain round cake? Cake pans also come in heart shapes. How about a tiered cake? To make a tiered cake, think of the measurements you would like your cake to be and purchase the cake pans you will need from an online or local bakery shop. For my cake, I paid about $10 for a 20" cake pan and $5 for a 10" cake pan. If you do not have anything to put your cake on, check out your local dollar store. They usually sell large plastic platters that look like cut crystal.

You can make your wedding cake one to two days before your wedding. I made mine the night before my wedding once everything else was finished and decorated. If you have never made a cake before, you might want to make a practice cake before trying the final one. Be sure that the cake is not too moist or it may fall apart while you are moving it or crumble into your icing as you are spreading it.