Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center’s Regional Catering Sales Director, Carolyn Garcia, was quoted in a piece on wedding cakes on Mint.com. An excerpt of the article is below:
Cutting Wedding Cake Costs (Without Sacrificing Quality)
By: Frugal Foodie
Limit artistry
Cake design doesn’t need to be intricate to be breathtaking. Shop around for a baker whose artwork you like. “Ask your baker what their design specialty is, or what is included in the cost they have quoted you, and go with that,” says Carolyn Garcia, the regional catering sales director for Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Centers in California.
Substitute cupcakes
It can cut costs by as much as half, says Erin Edwards, the founder of coupon site FunWithFreebies.com. You can even buy or rent stands to tier them for the look or a traditional cake. Be careful, though. Elaborately decorated cupcakes can be more labor intensive — and so, more expensive, Garcia says.
Read the full article here.