Birthday cakes--do you make them or buy them?

we go to this place called cake ladies. they make specialty cakes for a good deal. they made a spongebob shaped and decorated cake for only $20.

I used to buy them but now I prefer to make :)

We buy them probably because most people including my wife had not learnt baking. Our food habits are different and bread making, biscuit making and cake making is foreign to us.

Hi jillbeth! I agree with you that birthday cakes are very expensive especially the made to order ones. If I just listened to my mom before that I have to learn how to bake cakes maybe I would be saving a lot these days. So, I guess I am stuck into buying birthdays cakes for my loved ones and friends. Take care and have a nice day!

Well, I normally would buy it since I am not knowing how to make a cake. I hope I could learn how to make the Cake by myself in near future so that I could make a special one for my family as well. WBR,Andy

hi, jillbeth.. me is buy birthday cake.. but i want to have to try make birthday cake to my family or girlfriend.. like that will more loyalty..

I used to buy the store made cakes. But now I hardly ever do. My boyfriend loves to bake. For my daughter-in-laws baby shower he made one cake in the shape of a baby carriage and the other one he made to look like toy blocks but they spelled baby. They turned out beautiful. I would much rather have a cake that was made at home.

Hello jillbeth, I normally buy the cake. It is not that expensive here, in my country. I am pretty busy with job and house chores that I find it hard to find time to do it. I will resort to the easiest choice that I have: go to the bakery and let them know what kind of birthday cake I want. I have a niece who loves to bake and sometimes, I asked her to bake it for me. Definitely this is the cheaper way. *smile*

I know!I've seen Baskin Robbins cakes!My!That's certainly a lot of icecream in a cake!And of course they cost a lot too!I'd love learn how to bake.I think I'd save a lot of money if only I bake!but in the meantime,I buy my cakes;)

I used to buy birthday cakes for my family. But now I dont have to buy anymore. I can eat cakes when I want. You must be questioning why could I do that? Becoz my hubby own a bakery himself, so I can just tell my employee to make wht kind an shape exactly like I want without paying any.....

I used to but birthday cakes when the kids were little and everyone had something wrong with it. The name was spelled wrong or it wasn't done in the middle or something like that. So I decided to take cake decorating myself and make the cakes. Now I have people calling me to make the cakes instead of the stores and bakeries. I especially enjoy the character cakes like Shrek and Spiderman. It is great because you earn extra money too

Whenever we have occassions we usually buy our birthday cakes on a popular bakeshop here. We have nobody in our family who knows how to make one and most often we are busy at work so we just pre-order in advance and have it made for us just to pick it up. :-)

Because I save money, and because the home-made is the best (making things with your own material, chose by you)I will make my own cake.

Because I can't make a beautiful birthday cake myself,so when the member of my family's birthday comes,I will buy one for them.

I used to buy them, and I still will if someone wants an ice cream cake, but now that i have more time, I like to make them, especially my gf's fav red velvet cake.The first time I tried to make it I ended up looking like i had commited a murder, I had red batter all over me,lol.

None of my family members are bakers. So if we need a cake, we would order them from the confectionery. Afterall, we do not eat cakes often. The number of cakes we eat per year is less than 10. lol.

Well since two of my three kids are still very young, I make all thier cakes. They may not be perfect like the store bought cakes. But they come from the heart and are much cheaper. I think I spend less than $5.00 to make each of thier cakes every year. I do know that a day will come when my kids won't want me to make them a cake any more yet alone want one period. So I am going to enjoy making them thier cakes while I can.

since i'm not good in baking cakes, i just buy or order cakes in one popular bake shop every birthday or any special occasions that my family have. yes you're right that its so expensive :(

Neither me nor my wife know how to make a cake and so we usually buy the cake outside for our birthdays. But my mothers know perfectly on how to make different cakes, so she used to prepare the cake at home itself, when I was a kid and celebrated my birthday with my Parents. The cake she used to make, was the most favorite for me, even better than the cake made in the shops out there.

i dont know how to cook the cake thats why i have to allways buy the cake only