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3 Tips for Saving Money on a Wedding Cake

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Wedding Cakes, Flowers, Invitations, Oh My!

Wedding season is in full swing. With so many lovely options to choose from, how do you have your dazzling day within your budget? At the By Grace Cakes bakery, we want to offer you 3 tips for buying an affordable wedding cake

How to Buy an Affordable Wedding Cake

Be Up-Front About Your Budget

If you are ordering a By Grace Cakes wedding cake, or ordering from another bakery, be sure to share your budget with your cake designer. A good bakery will do all that they can to fit your budgetary needs. Most bakeries will have a listed price per serving, but don’t be afraid to share the price range that you are looking for. The baker should be able to tell you what you can get for that price.

Ask About Discounts and Other Dessert Options

Some bakeries have discounts for “liking” them on social media websites such as yelp, facebook or twitter. Coupons can sometimes be found for seasonal weddings such as Valentine’s day, Easter and Christmas. Also, ask about cake pops, cupcakes, petit fours and chocolates. More price breaks can be sometimes given for a large order of a smaller dessert, such as cake pops and cupcakes, than on one large cake. This will also allow each guest to have multiple serving and feel like they have a custom dessert to eat at your wedding, or to easily take home.

Simplify the Details

Remember, the more detail, the greater the cost. More wedding cake details means more supplies and time required from the baker. This principle also applies to cake flavors. The more cake flavors and fillings requested, the higher the cost of the cake. Keep the details simple and elegant and your wedding cake will be a great success.

 

Custom Order Birthday Cakes

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Turquoise and Pink Zebra Birthday Cake

Here is the newest By Grace Cakes bakery custom birthday cake. Order your custom cake today!!!

A By Grace Cakes birthday cake original. Gluten-free chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. Covered with extra sparkles this cake displays hip hop and gymnastics silhouettes and a multiloop, multi-color bow.

A By Grace Cakes birthday cake original. Gluten-free chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. Covered with extra sparkles this cake displays hip hop and gymnastics silhouettes and a multiloop, multi-color bow.

The back of this birthday cake has a oversized fondant bow with sparkles. Special order your birthday cake at By Grace Cakes bakery, Bay City, MI.

The back of this birthday cake has a oversized fondant bow with sparkles. Special order your birthday cake at By Grace Cakes bakery, Bay City, MI.

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Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cup Cake

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A New Addition to the By Grace Cakes Bakery Gluten-Free Cake Family – Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cup Cake!!!

This fudgy, peanut butter and double chocolate cake is a By Graces Cakes gluten-free celebration cake original. Stuffed with peanut butter buttercream, this cake is as much of a peanut butter cup on the inside as it is on the outside.

Make this impressive gluten-free Peanut Butter Cup Cake your Valentine’s Day present!

Place your order (available only at the By Grace Cakes bakery, in Bay City, MI) by phone (989) 430-6615 or e-mail today! I have new a business e-mail address, bygracecakes@outlook.com or you can still contact me at awendzik@live.com. This decadent dessert is available for 32.00. Also available in egg-free, dairy free, and flourless varieties.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cup Cake: serves 12 (double chocolate cake with chocolate chunks filled and frosted with peanut butter buttercream topped with peanut butter cups. gluten-free)

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cup Cake: serves 12 (double chocolate cake with chocolate chunks filled and frosted with peanut butter buttercream topped with peanut butter cups. gluten-free)

Gluten-Free Banana Custard Birthday Cake

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By Grace Cakes Gluten-Free Bakery, Bay City, Mi

What’s been cookin’? The moistest gluten-free banana cake, filled with custard buttercream.

Each layer uses 1 1/4 cups bananas, pecans and buttermilk. The recipe comes from my Grandma Mickey’s old cookbook, which I converted into a gluten-free recipe. As you can see, I used a gluten-free buttercream, which you can find in my recipes section, to create a filling barrier. My, made from scratch, custard buttercream, using eggs for our own organic, free range chickens, gives a creamy, savory flavor to a very sweet cake.

Quarter Sheet Cake" serves 36

Quarter Sheet Cake” serves 36

The white buttercream border was piped using a 1M tip reverse scroll motion. Using an extra stiff buttercream, the roses and leaves show more definition and dry quickly. The custard soaked gluten-free banana cake gives the dessert extra moisture and flavor.

Gluten-Free Confetti Cake

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Gluten-Free Confetti Cake Part II

Here’s the completed gluten-free confetti cake for my new, fabulous client. With her favorite color of dark blue, this confetti cake has blue in the flowers and has blue ombre frosting inside. The piping decor on this cake includes: star flowers around the base, reverse scroll piping around the top, buttercream roses and a banded buttercream pattern on the sides.  This cake serves 15-20 people.

Gluten-free confetti cake with soft and fluffy gluten-free cream cheese frosting.

Gluten-free confetti cake with soft and fluffy gluten-free cream cheese frosting.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Brownie Cake





A three layer brownie batter cake filled and frosted with peanut butter chip buttercream.

A three layer brownie batter cake filled and frosted with peanut butter chip buttercream.

Gluten Free Sheet Cakes for $35

Gluten free 1/4 sheet cakes (9×13) are now $35. This includes: two buttercream flavors (one for the filling, one for the outside), buttercream decoration of your choice, one cake flavor (it can be multiple colors). Serves 24 (2×2) pieces.