Weddings are expensive. Sadly, they always will be… unless you elope… or hold the party in your backyard, which considering the price of wedding venue is a pretty great idea.
One part of wedding planning that is always shockingly exxy (as in, it’s a shock when you see the price lists) is choosing your wedding cake.
While wedding cakes are really fun and delicious, it’s not always as simple as popping down to Woolies for a mudcake.
Because everything that has ‘wedding’ in front of it is instantly more expensive – wedding venue, wedding cars, wedding flowers, wedding dress – wedding cakes are an investment item.
However, with some wedding venues, the cake itself isn’t where the wedding cake costs end.
Enter… cakeage.
In the latest episode of Mamamia’s wedding podcast Hitched, Bridechilla founder and wedding expert Aleisha McCormack explained why you need to ask your venue about this hidden fee before you choose your wedding cake or dessert.
“Ask your venue or caterer about cakeage, a sh*tty little annoying fee that some venues, not all, charge for bringing in your own cake and plating that cake,” she said.
“As always, be aware of these extra charges and make sure you’re not going to end up spending $200 on a cake, to then be charged $8 a plate cakeage, completely blowing your cake budget.”
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Our wedding cake cost $1075 for two tiers in 2015 that was served as dessert for 70 people. Our venue didn't charge cakeage and it was served with raspberry couli. When you break down the cost per person, it equates to a little over $15 per head. We also had some leftover which family were able to take home. I have no regrets in relation to spending that much money on our wedding cake as it was custom designed and made, looked amazing and tasted delicious. It was important to us that it tasted amazing as it was our dessert, but each to their own. If anyone is wondering, our wedding cake was from Faye Cahill (Marrickville in Sydney) and i highly recommend her as a supplier.
The donuts look really tacky, like someone did a quick 7-Eleven run in desperation