The bad economy should not reflect on your wedding cake, the following wedding cake ideas helps you bake a wonderful cake on a low budget.

Do not let the lean economic times reflect on your wedding cake, make your wedding cake stand out, and if you’re wondering how possible that is then continue reading because you’re just about to discover some smart ideas to achieve that on a budget.

Sincerely paying $9 for a piece of wedding cake in a tough economy is simply ridiculous, so what are the alternatives, and especially if you’re not a wedding cake expert yourself? The truth is – baking an outstanding wedding cake isn’t rocket science. The following ideas will help you see how that is possible irrespective of your baking skill level.

Making a good wedding cake requires that you allocate yourself sufficient time, and be patient enough to search for beautiful yet simple decorating techniques like the ones featured here. These wedding cake tips and ideas assume the presence of some baking knowledge; it also assumes that you’ve never tried your hand at making a tiered cake in the past.

These techniques require a few hands to accomplish.

First, make time to search for wedding cake preparations; this can be done easily by browsing online for wedding cake specialty stores. Only use cake preparations designed for wedding cakes, this will ensure that your cake is sturdy enough and has the proper amount icing and butter which will make it delicious. Wedding cake preparations include cake how to’s, that’s a step by step guide on how to go about baking the cake.

Once your cake is baked, this is usually about two days to the wedding day, let it cool for about half an hour, then run a thin plastic or metallic strip along the edges of the pan, this is to detach the cake from the wall of the pan, slowly turn the pan down and slide the cake out. The cake is usually still warm, leave the cake to cool off completely, and then cover it with an aluminum foil ready for assembly.

Once the cake has completely cooled off, use a serrated knife to cut the larger of the three tiers into three equal parts. This may seem challenging but proceed slowly and everything will be fine. You can fill in the spaces with raspberries fillings, icing or preserves depending on your choice, if not then simply level every layer using the cake leveler.

Place the third layer on a cardboard and evenly spread a layer of raspberries. Add spoonfuls of cream icing around the cake bottom, then using a spatula, slowly spread the cream icing over to cover the raspberry layer, make sure the layer is even. Avoid using too much icing; similarly do not worry too much about the shape.

At this stage you can simply ice and decorate the tiers individually, and then set them up in a table using the tiered cake stand, once the cake is on the stand, then you’ve overcome the possibility of it collapsing. At this stage you can stop and do the extra decoration the day of the wedding.

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