Make my own wedding cake??

I don't think it's bad luck.... my grandmother made the cake, and then I took it to a cake decorator to finish it off. It was great as that way my grandmother felt as though she had helped with the wedding, and it wasn't a last minute stress for her to have it completed...

It's not bad luck but it's definately a bad idea in my opinion.

If you are really, really good at decorating cakes it may be an option but there is much more that goes into making a wedding cake than your average birthday cake.

You also need to consider the logistics. Trust me when I tell you it's going to be aboslutely NUTS on wedding day trying to deal with the basics like getting ready, getting everybody coordinated, etc. The last thing you need is to worry about the cake on top of it.

perhaps you can try to work off a trade. Get someone else who also does cake and offer to do one of their comissions if they do your wedding....

Or start doing cakes for other parties now to earn some cash on the side to pay for a bakery cake?

Hey, if you think you can pull it off then go for it. That link that michael put up looks beautiful it says 150 servings but if you notice at the bottom it says they are smaller than traditional wedding cake servings (that's pretty small) and it includes the top layer so it might be perfect. (he always has great answers btw)- I've been wanting to do a cheese cake for a grooms cake but I the only place that will do it, is a pricey bakery and I don't know if I need that added stress, I wish someone would volunteer. It sounds like your cake will be beautiful. good luck.

Bad luck, no but I probably wouldn't attempt it.

If you don't know what you are doing you could end up with a disaster. if you do know what you are doing then you know how much work it is, and do you really have 8-12 hours to dedicate to a cake just before your wedding? I know I didn't. Leave it to a professional.

Oh and I have no idea if there are any Hindu superstitions on making your own wedding cake.

I don't know about bad luck, but do you really want that added stress? Baking and decorating a wedding cake takes time (days) and you will already be busy finishing up last minute things. Also do you have someone who can refrigerate it for you the day before and deliver it? I think it would be better to just order if from a bakery.

Its not bad luck. I baked mine 2 weeks ahead of time, a box mix, and then wrapped them extremely well with saran wrap. I got a 3 tier wedding cake holder that I rented at the cake decorating place. The have plenty of ideas and premade decorations also. I took the cake over to our hall the night before so it could defrost and then decorated it later that night.

Don't do it!!!!! You will have so many other stresses on your wedding day that you may not even be thinking about right now. Don't add another. I'm sure you would do a lovely job but for this day...have it done for you. You will be glad when the big day comes. Have a lovely party after the wedding and make a cake then.

My sister actually made her own wedding cake. Actually she, with the help of her bridal party (her best friend and me) catered the whole wedding. She spent the morning of the wedding icing the cake while we cut melons and arranged snack trays. I would only say to not do it just because it is one more thing to stress you out when you will no doubt have a thousand and one other things on your mind.

I know of no superstition but the main drawback is that you don't want to be having to do a lot of work right before your wedding in terms of baking, decorating, and transporting a cake. You may wish to pay someone else to do it so you can have that time to yourself to prepare. Just something to think about.

My husband baked our cake a week before the wedding. I decorated it the day before - plain white icing draped with fresh fruits (berries etc). It looked beautiful. We took it to the reception venue the evening before the wedding, with him driving and me balancing it on my knee. It is one of the great memories we have of our wedding, and that was 11 years ago.

So no, I don't think it is bad luck.