Savvy home baker uses $4.80 desserts and icing from Woolworths to make a stunning three-tier wedding cake
- An Australian woman has created a wedding dessert using Woolworths cakes
- She used 11 mud cakes from the supermarket and Betty Crocker buttercream
- The average cost of a wedding cake in Australia is a staggering $525
- The amateur cake decorator spent under $60 in order to make her creation
An amateur baker has revealed how she transformed 11 mud cakes from Woolworths into an ‘absolutely stunning’ wedding cake for her friend.
Posting in a baking Facebook group, the Australian woman said she made the affordable dessert using $4.80 cakes from the supermarket.
With the average cost of a wedding cake in Australia priced at $525, the woman saved hundreds of dollars after the ingredients she used added up to just $56.80.
A clever amateur cake decorator has revealed how she transformed 11 mud cakes from Woolworths into a stunning three-tier wedding cake (pictured)
‘Bottom tier consists of four cakes each made out of two mud cakes, the second tier is two mud cakes and for the third tier, I cut a mud cake into two smaller ones,’ the woman said, adding she was ‘proud of her efforts’.
‘Betty Crocker buttercream icing in between layers and covering. Fresh flowers supplied by the bride.’
The 11 cakes cost a total of $52.80, while a 400g tub of Betty Crocker Vanilla Frosting is priced at $4.
The woman also explained in detail about how she’d made the cake, starting with eight mud cakes to create the bottom tier.
The wedding cake was made using chocolate mud cakes from Woolworths, priced at $4.80 each (pictured left) and Betty Crocker vanilla frosting, priced at $4, (pictured right)
‘To make the bottom tier of the cake I used eight mud cakes in total. I lined a larger tin with Glad Wrap and squeezed two mud cakes together to make one big one.
‘It’s not as high as a normal cake but worked well as it’s the perfect height for one layer. Once they were in the tin spread out I just wrapped them and froze till needed.
She added the second tier of the cake was made by layering two mud cakes which had their icing removed and the top tier was created by cutting one cake into two smaller ones.
The woman explained she how she built the tiers of the cake, starting with the largest first (pictured)
Those who’d seen the woman’s creation on Facebook were quick to praise her for her efforts (pictured)
Within moments of posting, hundreds of people quickly praised the woman for her stellar efforts with many declaring her creation ‘beautiful’.
‘Great job. I never thought that you could make such a big base by squeezing the cakes together. Well done,’ one person said.
Another said: ‘A wedding cake is an extremely important part of a bride and groom’s life… a wedding cake is absolutely important at this special time.
‘You have done an extraordinary cake that will be talked about for many years.’
‘Amazing job,’ they said.