💍💕 BUDGET WEDDING CAKES 🤩💰COSTCO + WALMART + SAM’S CLUB + GROCERY STORE
When Scooter and I were married almost 19 years ago our cake cost $150. back then! Today, the average American wedding cake runs between $300. – $700. 😳 But it doesn’t have to! You can get a STUNNING CAKE for less than $70. bucks from some surprising places!
I ran to Sam’s Club, Walmart, my local grocery store, and Costco and placed the same order at each place: a white wedding cake with buttercream frosting. Here are my thoughts on each cake!
Let’s start with Sam’s Club. This cake is $58 and serves 58 guests. This cake was BEAUTIFUL and everything you expect from a wedding cake. The packing also made it super easy to transport the cake safely.
Up next is the grocery store. I went to my local grocery store Ralph’s that is owned by Kroger. This cake is $30 and serves 36 guests. This cake required a little at home assembly, but for only $30, doing the touchups is worth it. The frosting on this cake was amazing! Now you can officially say you made your own wedding cake!
Next up… Walmart! This cake is $68 and serves 68 guests. This cake was a stunner and looked most like my own wedding cake! I noted this cake was a little bit more dense in texture. Just like Sam’s Club, the packing made it super easy to transfer this cake safely.
Last but not least is Costco! This cake is $16 and serves 16 guests. Here, they actually only sell this one size and it was by far the smallest of the bunch. I had some difficulties with the cake before even getting out of the door, as the cake didn’t come with a crumb coat and the lid was too short for the cake! Despite it all, the winner for best taste goes to Costco.
My final verdicts:
AWARDS:
🏆 Best in show: Sam’s Club
🏆 Best Tasting: Costco
🏆 Best Frosting: Ralph’s grocery store (owned by Kroger’s)
🏆 Best Packaging for transport: Sam’s Club & Walmart Tie
🏆 Most custom options: Ralph’s was very willing to try and duplicate the photo we brought in.
NOTE: If I were having a wedding today, here’s what I would do:
Buy the Sam’s Club or Walmart cake for the photos then order sheet cakes from Costco to be cut in the back and served to your guests. You will save a boatload!
After filming, we hopped in the car and headed to a local shelter to donate the leftover cakes!
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