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Your wedding cake will be the center of attention at the beginning of the wedding reception so brides and grooms make sure that they choose a stunning wedding cake that will catch the attention of their guests. However, wedding cakes are not exactly cheap so this is not that easy if the couple is tight on their budget. Some brave brides with a knack for baking choose to make their own wedding cake. Gathering the necessary wedding cake supplies is just the first step of this task.

To start planning for your own wedding cake, you should have a clear idea about the design; factor in enough time for trial and error and find the needed supplies. The supplies will be used in the baking, frosting and assembly of the cake if you want to do the baking yourself to save on the cake baker.

The first thing the bride should do is to choose the flavors of the wedding cake. You can either make your cake batter from scratch or you can opt to buy boxed cake mixes. Boxed cake mixes can save time and might be more beneficial because they provide consistent results. Since you are doing the baking, you can modify your recipe as needed to create a unique cake flavor. To do this, just add two teaspoons per box of flavorings like almond, lemon, banana or vanilla in a plain yellow or white cake mix.

Meanwhile, several recommended filling flavors for wedding cakes are chocolate ganauche, coconut, chai buttercream, Irish cream, coffee buttercream, orange curd, lemon curd, raspberry and Oreo buttercream.

Another thing to be considered when you make your own wedding cake is the shape of the cake. When selecting the shape, the bride and groom need to be sure that it goes well with the overall wedding theme. Wedding cake shapes can be square, round, oval, heart-shaped or hexagonal. The cake pans will, obviously, determine the shape of the cake, and the cake pans will most likely be the most expensive of the wedding cake supplies. These are also the supplies you will not get much use from beyond wedding day. Check with local rental stores to see if they have cake pans that can be rented.

For those who want to have a unique wedding cake, they can bake individual small cakes or cupcakes instead of making one large wedding cake. This option sidesteps the need for renting or purchasing large cake pans. When looking at unique wedding centerpiece ideas, some couples choose to use decorated simple wedding cakes that serve double duty as centerpieces and dessert.

After baking the cake, it’s now time to frost it. In frosting the wedding cake, you can choose either buttercream or fondant. The differences between the two are: buttercream tastes better while fondant is easy to work with. When opting for the buttercream frosting, you will need butter, shortening, confectioner’s sugar, vanilla extract and milk. Fondant frosting will need hot water, powdered sugar and corn syrup. Wedding cake supplies needed for decorating the cake are icing nozzles, decorating bags, serrated knife and icing scraper.

Now, let’s go to the assembly of the cake. Several common wedding cake decorating supplies you need in this task include a wedding cake stand, dowels and tiers. To help with this task, you can browse several websites that offer tips and pictures, which include Wilton.com and PastryWiz.com. Here is where practice makes perfect. Unless you want extreme stress piled on you, do not try your hand at cake decorating days before the wedding. If you are not familiar with cake decorating, consider taking a course or perusing through online cake decorating videos and then practicing until you feel comfortable with decorating.

In wedding cake decorations, you can choose real decorations or those that are made of gumpaste or sugar. Since you are making your own wedding cake, you can choose any decoration you like as long as it still complements the theme of the wedding. Remember to add a wedding cake topper . There are many to choose from, depending on your personal style and your wedding theme.