Wedding Cake Prices

Whilst your Wedding Cake is undeniably one of the most important features of your wedding reception - the cutting of the cake is truly a romantic moment and it's certainly one of the key photo opportunities of your day! - it's also true that the cost of your Wedding Cake can be as much or as little as you like. With the average cost of Wedding Cakes in the UK at between £250 and £500 it's possible to spend much less (or more than!) this. You can find a simple bespoke one tier cake at just under £100 or if you want something sensational, a magnificent show stopping seven tier cake will set you back just under £2,000.

Although the design choice of bespoke cakes is limited only by your imagination and budget you can also find very pretty reasonably priced made to order cakes in the high street - Marks and Spencer offer a three tier wedding cake with one tier each of fruit, chocolate and sponge with pretty white icing dots and ribbon for just under £200.00 and some of their cakes are ready in just 7 days.

Wedding Cake Price Guide

The price of your wedding cake can vary enormously depending on the size, ingredients used and your choice of style - some wedding cakes decorations are particularly time consuming and highly skilled so will cost more.

Wedding Cake Price Guide UK

Below is a general guide to how much you might pay in the UK for a traditional iced fruit cake including a sugar paste flower decoration:

1 tier wedding cake prices between £85 and £250
2 tier wedding cake prices between £185 and £460
3 tier wedding cake prices between £300 and £800
4 tier wedding cake prices between £400 and £1050

You also need to consider delivery charges on top of these prices if you are not collecting the cake yourself - for more elaborate cakes it's a good idea to have the cake delivered and assembled by the maker so that they can be on hand to make any emergency repairs!

Wedding Cake Price Guide USA

In the US wedding cake prices tend to be shown by the slice. A basic vanilla cake with buttercream filling starts around $3.50 - $3.75 per slice - more adventurous cake flavours such as chocolate liquer cake with a white chocolate and liquer filling around $4.50 - $4.95 per slice. Again the more expensive and elaborate your wedding cakes the higher the cost with some cakes around $6.00 to $15.00 per slice. Don't forget to add delivery charges - local delivery is around $35.00 to $50.00.

Whilst your heart may be set on a fabulous design that you have seen in a magazine don't forget that these cakes are the Haute Couture of the cake world - it's important to be clear with your wedding cake maker what your budget is so that they can help you to create a fabulous cake with the design touches that you love at a price you can afford to pay.