Wedding cake prices will obviously go up depending on the style and intricacy of the design you choose and how many tiers you require.

The rough average wedding cake prices are as follows:

Single-tier wedding cakes £125 - £250
Two-tier wedding cakes £225 - £450
Three-tier wedding cakes £325- £650
Four-tier wedding cakes £425 - £850

When comparing wedding cake prices always check and see exactly what you get for your money. Although one cake supplier may seem a lot cheaper than another are you also getting complimentary use of stands, separators, pillars and a cake knife? Or is it just the cake itself with everything else as optional extras at a cost?

Most caterers will require the date and details of your wedding at least three months before the event. You will most likely have to pay a deposit and in many cases this will be non refundable.

Although some wedding cake prices may seem extreme when you start to look into exactly what is involved in the cake making process you will soon realise why the costs are quite high.

Creating a wedding cake isn’t just a process where a few layers of cake are stacked on top of each other and covered with icing. You will need someone with experience to create a cake that is delicate and detailed. Quite often the flowers and details on the cake are handmade and hand painted which is where a lot of the time is spent due to the complexity and time heavy nature of the work.

To sum up the wedding cake prices are determined by the design and decorating. The more detailed and complicated the decoration the more the price of the cake will creep up. If you find a design you have fallen in love with but the price is just out of your reach consider removing a tier or some of the detail to cut the costs.