[Grammy]

I am surprised you only had to pay a "couple hundred" on a cake! I decorate cakes (fancy ones, like you see in Martha Stewart, not your kroger special) and I can get several thousand for a cake!

[Xenalyte]

Do you do fondant cakes? I was surprised at the difference between standard icing and fondant.

Of course, all the Martha Stewart cakes I liked were fondant.



The Rose Tower is one of my favorites.



I like the ribbon cake a lot too.

[mtbopfuyn]

Granted, it was a few years ago, but my cake was 3 tired and only cost $40 with the flowers I furnished for it. I know today's cakes are time consuming to decorate. I have Colett Peters' books and then there's whats-her-face with the big glasses who also makes elaborate cakes. My closet claim to fame in the cake decorating business is once having met Kerry Vincent who make a cake for Queen Elizabeth's Golden Anniversary.

[Kaylee Frye]

Yeah, we got a steal - somewhere around $250. Also, it was a small cake - just 3 layers with the top-most being the smallest they make (not sure what size that is), since we had only about 75 guests!

My baker was awesome, though. She took a paint sample for the color (matched up to my dress) and I drew her a pattern based on the pattern in my dress (and sent photographs). She matched it perfectly! :)