A woman in Texas shared the story of her brother’s four-tiered wedding cake, the extravagant cake was put together from two Costco sheet cakes and some Trader Joe’s flowers for under $50.
Jessica Hoyle-King, of San Antonio, told Fox News that her brother and his wife were trying to save money for their honeymoon in Rome.
The couple had a fear that they might go over budget, they brought Hoyle-King in as a wedding consultant.
With the help of her mother, Hoyle-King took care of everything including decorations and center pieces, sourcing many of the materials from around her own home, and borrowing Mason jars from her parents.
But the bride and groom shared their idea of baking and freezing cupcakes ahead of the wedding, Hoyle-King came forward and offered another idea of heading to Costco instead.
The couple followed her advice and picked up two sheet cakes at Costco (for $18.99 each) on the way to the couple’s rehearsal dinner.
Later, with the help of bride’s brother-in-law who is a chef from England, they rearranged the cakes, re-frosted them, and covered with approximately $10 worth of Trader Joe’s flowers on top and down the side.
“Everyone thought it was amazing!” Hoyle-King told Fox News.
Hoyle-King shared the picture of the cake on her Instagram and wrote: ‘’Y’all this DIY cake! It is no secret my bother is frugal…but this wedding took frugality to a whole new level.point 218 |
They bought two @costco cakes, cut them, stacked them, re-iced with buttercream icing, and covered with $10 @traderjoes flowers.point 110 | Boom a $50 DIY Cake! Displayed on the stand I built using stuff from @hobbylobby…beautiful on a budget! The wedding was fun, but a sigh of relief we can get back to regularly scheduled projects around here.point 286 |
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View this post on InstagramY’all this DIY cake! It is no secret my bother is frugal…but this wedding took frugality to a whole new level.point 331 |
ADVERTISEMENT They bought two @costco cakes, cut them, stacked them, re-iced with buttercream icing, and covered with $10 @traderjoes flowers.point 110 | Boom a $50 DIY Cake! Displayed on the stand I built using stuff from @hobbylobby …beautiful on a budget! The wedding was fun, but a sigh of relief we can get back to regularly scheduled projects around here.point 286 |
ADVERTISEMENT ?? .point 3 | .point 4 | .point 5 | ETA: My sister-in-law’s brother-in-law, @chefjwarley was in town from England for the wedding and took their idea of the cheap wedding Costco cake and threw it all together in a couple of hours at the venue the day before the wedding! Go follow him! (Didn’t know he had an IG, or I would have tagged him!).point 260 |
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People were blown away with the idea and one user commented, ‘’Amazing job!!! Such talent!’’
“You should totally do a YouTube tutorial of this,” wrote another.
“This is smart,” another said.
‘’WOW!!! I was just browsing & decided to click on this picture. I read the entire caption. And I had to comment. This is absolutely beautiful & amazing,’’ another appreciated.