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  • East Park Donuts and Coffee

    East Park Donuts and Coffee is a wedding and event catering service in Nashville, Tennessee that specializes in sweet...Read more treats for wedding cake alternatives. This team specializes in made-from-scratch donuts and carefully crafted coffee beverages. Family-owned and -operated, the company will work...

  • Makenna's Treats

    Makenna's Treats is a wedding cakery in Gallatin, Tennessee. They aim to sweeten the occasion with their line of...Read more delicious desserts. Ever since she was a child, owner and baker Makenna Waters has had a love for baking that will translate on your most important day. Services Offered From cakes to...

  • McLain’s Market

    McLain’s Market is a bakery based in Lawrence, Kansas, that also serves the Topeka area. For over 70 years, McLain’s has...Read more specialized in creating delicious cakes for weddings and special occasions. At McLain’s, the talented team of pastry chefs want to take care of all of your dessert needs for you...

  • Mae’s Bakeshop

    Mae’s Bakeshop is a wedding cake business located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Owner Jeremy Fogg founded the company in...Read more 2020 after years of experience cooking with the women in his family. He has always been passionate about baking and cooking and wanted to carry on his family legacy through delicious...

  • Gigi's Cupcakes - Savannah

    Savannah Gigi's Cupcakes is a wedding cake business based in Savannah, Georgia. These confectionery specialists can...Read more create custom cakes to suit a range of preferences. Couples seeking experts who know how to design sweet treats that also double as show-stopping centerpieces are in luck...

  • Cakes by Mindy

    Cakes by Mindy is a Milford, Ohio-based business providing couples with luxurious wedding cakes and desserts. This...Read more wedding cake designer has established herself in the Cincinnati area and has over 20 years of experience. Her designs create an indulgent experience for guests, complete with intricate...

  • Sweet Treets Bakery

    Celebrating Sweet Moments since 2010At Sweet Treets, our story began in 2010 with a passion for both design and flavor....Read more Located in the Oak Hill neighborhood of Austin, TX, it is founded and run by women. This small bakery has been dedicated to crafting delectable treats that not only satisfy the...

  • Kim's Kakery, Bakery, & Café

    Kim's Kakery, Bakery, & Café bakes incredible wedding cakes for couples in and around Indianapolis, Indiana. The skilled...Read more team of bakers works with each couple to design and build their dream cake, from first tasting to delivery. Finely crafted cakes made from top-quality ingredients can be decorated...

  • Oliver's Desserts

    Oliver's Desserts, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a wedding cake bakery. Offering freshly baked goods, this company uses...Read more locally sourced and produced ingredients wherever possible. They tailor their offerings to match their clients' budgets and requests, so they can bring their dream wedding cake to...

  • Sweets by LaDawn

    Sweets by LaDawn is a wedding cake bakery for couples marrying in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. This bakery produces...Read more stunning wedding cakes for a couple’s big day, working to blend traditions into modern designs. The shop’s specialty is multi-tiered white cakes with subtle textures — such as lace, or...

  • Dee's One Smart Cookie

    Dee’s One Smart Cookie is a dedicated GLUTEN FREE, DAIRY FREE, TREE NUT FREE, PEANUT FREE, SOY FREE, ALLERGEN and VEGAN...Read more FRIENDLY bakery located in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Dee's specializes in creating delicious goods for weddings and other special occasions. The owner, Diane Kittle, a skilled...

  • SHMILY Tree Cakery

    Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, SHMILY Tree Cakery designs custom cakes for weddings and other events. These experts...Read more specialize in themed customized orders and sculpted cakes. You can work closely with their team to make your vision for big-day desserts a reality. Services Offered In addition to...

  • Something Sweet by Maddie Lu

    Something Sweet by Maddie Lu is a bakery located in Coon Rapid, Minnesota. This licensed family-owned and run bakery...Read more would love to provide couples with delicious, stunning cakes and desserts for their wedding day. They will work with couples to come up with gorgeous designs that reflect their vision...

  • Sweet Escape Cake Company

    Congratulations on your Engagement! If you're looking to make your wedding day extra sweet, you've come to the right...Read more place. Sweet Escape Cake Company is a family owned boutique wedding bakery nestled in the heart of Indianapolis, Indiana on South Meridian Street. At Sweet Escape Cake Company, we...

  • The Exclusive Cake Shop

    The Exclusive Cake Shop is a wedding cake bakery in San Antonio, Texas, with over 19 years of experience creating...Read more high-quality and delicious wedding cakes. By taking great pride in its bespoke designs, the bakery is renowned for its close attention to detail and professionalism. Couples are welcome...

  • Kristen's Cupcake Cafe

    Kristen’s Cupcake Cafe is a wedding cake and bakery service located in Saint Augustine, Florida. With more than 40...Read more flavors available for cupcakes and cakes, couples will be able to tailor their wedding orders to their exact specifications. Services Offered The team at Kristen’s Cupcake Cafe looks...

  • Baker's Man

    Gourmet custom bakery Baker’s Man Inc. crafts superior quality wedding cakes for events in the greater metropolitan area...Read more of Atlanta, Georgia. Since its establishment in 2002, Baker’s Man Inc. has been dedicated to one central mission: creating happiness. Baker’s Man Inc. has been featured on such...

  • Irene's Cakes by Design

    Deliciously fabulous wedding cakes. A feast for the palette and well as the eyes. Personally customized designs to...Read more coordinate with your wedding details. Delivery available. Featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, People Magazine -Best Wedding Cake in Vermont, Modern Bride Magazine, Vermont Vows...

  • Eston's Gourmet Creations

    Based in Toledo, OH, Eston’s Gourmet Creations is a bakery that specializes in wedding cakes, cupcakes, and cheesecakes....Read more This establishment has received various awards and accolades for its delictions creations and focus on quality. These include The Knot’s Best of Weddings and The Knot’s Hall of...

  • Melissa's Simply Sweet, LLC

    Melissa's Simply Sweet, LLC is a nut-free and allergy friendly custom bake shop in Glen Allen, Virginia, that...Read more specializes in wedding cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies, and candy. At Melissa’s Simply Sweet, each dessert is made to order from scratch. Couples will be able to have the comfort in knowing...

  • Pennington's Cakes

    Pennington’s Cakes is a bakery and cake shop based in San Marcos, Texas. Since 1962, this business has provided...Read more delicious custom cakes for weddings and special events throughout Central Texas. Artfully decorated, their cakes are unforgettable. They attract customers from near and far, and you can...

  • Jeana's Great Cakes

    Jeana’s Great Cakes is a wedding cake bakery for couples in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. This bakery makes elegant wedding...Read more cakes that blend traditional and modern styles into one breathtaking design. This baker works closely with couples to determine their personality and use their unique love to make...

  • Eva Christine's Sweets

    Eva Christines Sweets, in Atlanta, Georgia, is a custom cake bakery here to create personalized wedding cakes and baked...Read more goods for your special day. This caring team specializes in custom cakes that taste as good as they look. They are here to guide you through a simple, stress-free process of...

  • Sweet Divas Cakery

    Located on beautiful Beach Drive in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida for more than 11 years, Sweet Divas Cakery is a...Read more full-service dessert company offering beautiful wedding cakes, fine chocolates, and unique desserts and sweet treats. Using only the finest ingredients and techniques to create a...

How much does a wedding cake cost?

Having a wedding cake at your reception is one of the biggest (and sweetest!) traditions. But what does a wedding cake cost? While wedding cake prices do vary depending on the size and style of your cake, the average cost of a wedding cake in the U.S. is around $500 with most couples spending between $300 to $700. While this may sound like a lot for a dessert, you’d be surprised as to how much work goes into creating a gorgeous wedding cake.

  • $ 105 or less Lower range
  • $ 500 Average cost
  • $ 300 - $ 700 Most couples spend between
  • $ 1,000 or more Upper range

Costs displayed are based on spend from thousands of couples who recently reported pricing for this service within their WeddingWire review. Pricing varies based on factors including, but not limited to, vendor’s experience, level of expertise, event guest count, date, and geographic region.

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Which factors impact wedding cake prices?

Not surprisingly, the bigger and more elaborate a wedding cake is, the higher the cost of a wedding cake will be. A wedding cake featuring lots of design elements, including sugar flowers, fondant details, many tiers, and unique shapes, will cost more than a simpler cake with classic buttercream icing, a few fresh flowers, and fewer tiers. While your flavor choice likely won’t have an impact on your wedding cake’s price, requesting certain custom flavors may raise your wedding cake cost a bit.

What is the starting price of a wedding cake?

The starting price of a wedding cake can vary depending on the type of frosting you prefer. Cakes covered in fondant, a sugary paste-like icing, tend to cost more than cakes covered in buttercream (frosting made from butter and sugar). Fondant is more durable than buttercream (and it won’t melt in the summertime!), but it’s generally thought of as less tasty. The starting price of a fondant wedding cake is usually about $5 per slice, while the starting price of a buttercream wedding cake is about $4 per slice. Again, these wedding cake prices will vary even more based on decorations, size, etc.

What’s included in the cost of a wedding cake?

This varies from cake baker to cake baker. Usually, the cost of your wedding cake will include the cake itself, a design consultation where your baker will create a custom design just for your wedding, caketasting, delivery and set up. Some cake bakers will also include supplies like cake stands, cake toppers, and cutting utensils, though you may have to provide these on your own. And some wedding cake prices include an extra top tier of your wedding cake or anniversary cake for you and your spouse to enjoy on your first anniversary.

What types of desserts do wedding cake bakers offer?

About 54 percent of couples choose to serve an additional wedding dessert, aside from or in addition to wedding cake, at their receptions. Cake bakers may offer a variety of these alternative wedding desserts, including cupcakes, cake pops, cookies, pies, pastries, doughnuts, and more—the starting price for cupcakes is about $3 per cupcake. There are also groom’s cakes, which are a tradition particularly in the South. We’ve seen these groom’s cakes shaped like everything from sports paraphernalia to burritos!

When should I hire a wedding cake baker?

We recommend hiring a wedding cake baker at least six months before your wedding day—these vendors do tend to book up quickly! Start by reading online reviews of wedding cake bakers near you, and selecting a few to interview (in person whenever possible). You’ll typically have a wedding cake tasting after you’ve booked your baker, where you’ll select your cake’s flavors.

What Type of Wedding Cake Is Right For You?

We all know that a celebration simply isn't complete without cake. Of all of the time-honored wedding traditions, eating wedding cake is one of our favorites. Whether this is because of the endless variety of breathtaking decorations, the symbolic gesture of a new couple sharing this treasured sweetness with their loved ones, or because 90 percent of all couples swear they are not going to smear it all over their new spouse (and yet 75 percent of them still do!), or some combination of all these things – wedding cakes are one of the finest, most dazzling, yummiest type of dessert ever!

Now, we know what you're thinking – when can we sample some wedding cake? Keep in mind you should start looking for inspiration around six months before your wedding and plan cake tasting appointments at least three months before the Big Day. It's important to take into account your wedding theme and color palette when choosing the shape, style and size of your wedding cake.

Wedding Cake Info You Need to Know

If you're not familiar with the difference between buttercream and fondant, check out our Ultimate Wedding Cake Glossary. You can also get inspiration from our Cakes & Desserts articles. When you've finished some basic research, join the conversation on our wedding forums with other engaged couples and newlyweds to get more ideas or hear first-hand what did and did not work on their wedding days.

When you've narrowed your options down to two or three professional wedding cake bakeries, it's time to set tasting appointments. When you schedule, don’t forget to ask whether there is a tasting session fee, so this doesn’t catch you off-guard during your appointment.

Questions to Ask Your Wedding Baker

When the day of the tasting(s) arrives, here are a few suggestions for what to discuss with your baker to make sure they’re able to create your dream wedding cake. First of all, ask to see photos of past creations. This should give you a good idea of their creative talents. Then, try tasting a variety of different flavors. Often, you can arrange to have each layer be a different type of cake. You can even inquire as to whether they offer vegan, gluten-free or dairy-free flavors. This is important for guests with food restrictions or allergies. You’ll also want to find out if they coordinate with wedding venues and wedding florists for cake delivery and set-up – this will save you some trouble if they can connect directly with each other.

If you and your fiancé(e) aren't fans of wedding cake, that's fine, too. You can always opt to go with a smaller cake and/or offer alternative dessert options. Don’t forget to ask your baker about suggestions for other sugary possibilities. If you’re not sure what to do, take a quiz to find what other wedding desserts you should serve at your wedding.

Before making any final selections, be sure to determine your wedding cake budget. Depending on your preferences, you may choose to splurge on the cake itself and save money on elaborate cake decorations, or vice versa. The helpful WeddingWire budget planner can guide you in making these tough financial decisions. You’ll be able to dig in and enjoy your wedding cake on your Big Day – on-budget and guilt-free!

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