my aunt would like me to make a cake for her sister's out door wedding and i said yes. they don't have any preferences on what type of cake other than it needs to feed 45 people. i am thinking of using 2 round cakes. i went to the market and decided to look at cake mixes and one of the boxes mentioned wedding cake recipe inside. i haven't purchased it yet.

i was wondering if the mixes gave more consistency baking than scratch recipes.

thanks,
manya

I havn't done any wedding cakes yet, but there was another thread with the same topic on here a while ago, and the majority of people prefered box to scratch because of the consistency and moistnesss.

Here's the thread...

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-26625-.html

There's a lot of useful info there that might help you make your decision.

ladies,

thanks! lisa i'm going to check out that thread now.

manya

Well, if you are an awesome scratch baker, then do scratch, if not I suggest the box, esp. if they are not specific about it. It will just save you some grief and stress later on esp. if your scratch cake turns out like a "brick".

Good luck. Hope you make the right decision .

Hi there!
I usually don't have much time so I opt for a boxed cake mix. I always add something to it though, like a flavoring. Butter or vanilla flavoring with choco is really good, or if you make a white cake add vanilla flavoring. It adds a little something to it I think.

Enjoy!

I would only do scratch cakes if you are already an experienced scratch baker.
The Durable Cake for 3D and Wedding Cakes recipe on this site is a good doctored recipe for wedding cakes.

I made my first scratch cake last week white choc
it came out really nice and it was good too but I find its not as moist as DH mix which is all I ever use. I have a wedding coming up in Aug and she wants white choc so I thought I would experiment the recipe was from the cake bible I would use it again/ filled it with fresh strawberries and cream cheese icing I didn't like it with BC icing so I tried the crusting cream cheese icing form CC yummy next time I will add whit choc to it.