I Paid One Bakery $3000 to Make a WEDDING Cake! 

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The part where olive was in the wedding dress was so ADORABLE. What a cute idea. 😂

Omg! I can't believe she had an actual tornado hit on her wedding day! That's so devastating but I'm glad she made the most of it and was still able to get married!! Cake was beautiful. I would have picked the same choice. Congratulations 😊

Laurie, I love this so much!!! 💖 absolutely a pleasure getting to work with Emilie & Lukas on bringing their dream cake to life 🥹💖 thank you for choosing me to be a little part of their big day. 🌷

Who else thought Lori was going to make the cake herself? 😭

Wow! Do Alexandria and her team ever get a day off? I just can't imagine the time it takes to make one of those cakes. I'm blown away. True artistry. Her cakes belong in a museum.

I was wondering what a 3000$ cake would be like and I really understood it when I saw the entire package. Like, the tastings, the consulting, your specific wishes and the HOURS AND DAYS she spent on that. Wow. I'm an artist myself and I know it's really controversial how you put a price on art. But after seeing some of this huge process, I can imagine it was justified.

I loved that Alexandria was willing to show us the cake assembly process!!! It turned out so good

I really loved that Alexander actually filmed the baking of the cake, and talked through some of what she was doing. That is going above and beyond for you and your channel. Those flowers were over the top AMAZING! That cake was AMAZING! WTF? Is up with the tornado though! It looks like they managed to have an amazing wedding anyway. I just realized I am a year late to this show... LOL

Can we just talk about what a kind and loving person Lori is. She is so thoughtful. She is one of my dream people to meet. ❤️ 🍰 Also congratulations to you, Emilie and Luke, the newlyweds 💒 ❤️. God bless 🙏 ❤️

What a beautiful cake. Loved that she vlogged some of the steps she went through to make the cake……those flowers are amazing , it was fun to see some of the process. Unbelievable that the venue was able to regroup after the storm and still be able to host a wedding….plus the wedding photos looked beautiful.

Hey! I worked this wedding! Loved the cake in person! Awesome to see it on your channel:)

Dude! I love your friend's attitude about the chaos during her wedding. Props to her for having optimism about the whole thing. She's such a trooper. My wedding, we had to find a way to get out of a blizzard that nearly had us trapped inside the venue where we were staying. We had to get married in our yard just below the snowfall line. It was Springtime in Arizona for crying out loud! 😂

I was a little sad when I realized it wasn't that you made her cake but OH MY GOODNESS that cake is STUNNING! So much fun to see the process!

My husband and I made our wedding cake. It was actually really fun to spend that special time together. It was way cheaper too. Just celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary this last week. 💕

You were not joking! Her sugar flower work is BEAUTIFUL!!! Makes me want to get married again…. Well no, but at least have a wedding cake!! EDIT… that photo with Olive in the wedding dress was precious! Can you imagine if when she gets married? Sorry to hear about the storm!

oh my god....as I continued watching the video , I almost fell off my chair when you showed clips of the tornado ripping through her venue.....I would have lost my mind....the cake was gorgeous , and the flowers on the cake were even more beautiful than real flowers.....just a beautiful wedding...congrats to the bride and groom....even though the storm caused some damage , it looked like it was a beautiful wedding and looked like everyone had a good time....looking forward to your wedding

Here is an idea: what if you did the 3 bakery making an expensive cake/ vs you AND you had them vlog their experience similar to how you did in this video! Sure it would be a longer video but that would be super cool 😅 and you made your own version of the cake idea without seeing theirs!!!

not a baker so maybe thats why im so amazed but those flowers look so real! how anyone manages to hand make them let alone that amount is amazing. bakers are truly awesome artists.

The cake was really beautiful, it looked amazing. This was I really nice thing to do for your friend, y’all have such a beautiful friendship.

it's always something! I was married on a cruise and it crashed into the port. it can never just be the perfect day. what a gorgeous bride and what an amazing friend you are doing this for her!!!

Mad props to Alexandra! ❤

Anyone else find themselves watching olive instead of the cakes lol what a little darling

I just looked up Finespun Cakes and holy crap they are a 5 min walk from my house and I had no idea! Will definitely be my new go to for cakes

Stunning cake. You should like a really great friend. How crazy is that storm that hit right then? Glad she still had a beautiful wedding.

Now that is an A+ top notch bakery! Absolutely amazing

I wouldn't have thought it possible, but I have to admit that cake was actually worth 3000 dollars! That was a fantastic piece of art, and the artist spent a lot of time and effort just to reach the state of being able to offer to make the cake, and then spent many more hours and energy on the basics of creating the different items that combined into a cake. On top of that, she brought the cake personally and took her time to assemble it where it would be viewed, and the result was definitely visual perfection. Wish I could have tasted, it sure looks like nothing is s accidental or just assembly line about any detail of each layer of cake, so it must have been as good on the inside as on the outside!

Both the wedding dress and the bridesmaid dress are stunning, the baby is so darn cute grinning from the middle of the bed tucked in the dress, and Emily is incredibly lucky the storm hit before the ceremony rather than during the ceremony.

Olive is adorable, and seems happy to be included! PS:The cake is next level gorgeous.

I have taken a few Finespun flower classes and I can honestly say her flowers are insane!!!! ❤️ That wedding cake was gorgeous!

It's so sweet of you to do this for your friend 😀 thank you for sharing the process, the cake looks amazing! I can't believe the hurricane on Emilie's wedding day 😳 I'm glad she was still able to get married and you both looked beautiful 🥰

Is no-one gonna talk about how cute Olive is?

Can you imagine her telling little Olive about this when she grows up! I am so happy everything worked out in the end and they got married OK. The cake is beyond words WOW! Made my day. You go girls!

The wedding cake is soooo beautiful! This was such a thoughtful idea

Kudos to Alexandria for filming too! The cake is beautiful and everyone looks so happy!

That cake was absolutely stunning, and the flower work was beyond belief. Those flowers looked more beautiful than real ones! That baker is worth every penny of what she was paid!

Omg!! Did not expect the weather montage - so scary. Glad everyone was safe and congrats to the lovely couple and baby!!!

Wow Alexandria is an artist for sure. That cake was gorgeous and those flowers were so realistic. My god what talent. And what an awesome friend you are to give your friend that for her wedding. Great great video.

I'm glad she picked that cake, it was so beautiful. It looked like a drawing. Wishing them a wonderful forever

This was so amazing of you, and honestly the fact she had a newborn and a puppy, yet still tried to pursue making this on her own was amazing. And a tornado hit on her wedding day? Wow- But still Laurie & Emily you both are so amazing :) You’re bond seems so beautiful!

I don’t know how you all managed to go on with the wedding after that storm. We got it here too! No warnings! Fortunately the cake survived. It was truly a work of art.

I'm watching her assemble now... those sugar flowers are just... awe-inspiring!

Such a beautiful wedding! Congrats, Emilie! Missed Kevin in this video-hope he is doing well!

I had already started watching fine spun cakes videos on making sugar gum paste flowers. It takes so much work and skill to make one flower!

The torn edges look amazing. They bring that cake to a level of like just being the most incredible!

I love that they just gave the cake artist ideas and colors for the wedding cake, then they gave her creative freedom to do the rest. All artist love having creative freedom. While it does seem hard to justify thousands of dollars for a cake, this is every cake artists dream come true, a $3,000 budget, plus creative freedom. This is an artists playground, this is what makes them love doing what they do., and when people love what they do, they do it a lot better. When artist are hired and told exactly what to make, it isn’t nearly as fun, and the finish product often doesn’t turn out as magical, because the artist is creating someone else’s design and not their own, and their own creative ideas don’t get used which feels very frustrating for creative people. There is something very magical about giving an artist an idea, a large budget then letting their imagination go wild and letting them push their own artistic limits. I am also glad that they are using their platform to really feature the artist they hired, and they are able to celebrate her for her talents and hard work.

The wedding cake is absolutely gorgeous. The different colors, textures and the height of the cake work so well together. The flowers are so realistic looking they give the cake that extra touch. I really need to thank you for sharing your struggles with depression and anxiety and providing me with a chance at real help. Since my husband passed away I've been lost and my mental health has been taking toll on me. Betterhelp sounds perfect for me. Thank you for sharing and keep on caking 💜

What a BREATHTAKING cake! I have never seen such an amazing cake. True artistry. Emilee! That must have been so distressing to go through a weather disaster like that but you have such a great attitude. You were a beautiful bride.

We also had carrot cake as one of the layers for my wedding cake! It's my husband's absolute favorite flavor, but he prefers it with regular buttercream frosting instead of cream cheese frosting. Very unexpected for a wedding cake, especially with no cream cheese frosting or filling, but a hit nonetheless!

Oh no so sorry to hear about your friend’s wedding day, thankfully everyone was okay during that storm. The cake is absolutely stunning, she did such an incredible job. Congratulations to your friend, May God continue bless this union.

This was by far the sweetest most heartwarming thing I've seen all day. Really needed a boost. Congrats to the beautiful couple.

Loved the cake! Design was great and the skill of the flowers is inspirational. I had an idea for your next bakery challenge. What if you got 1 star and 5 star bakeries to recreate your own wedding cake?

Beautiful cake….congrats to the happy couple! Wishing them, and as always you, the very best!💖

Wow, these cakes were phenomenal! I love her designs. This inspires an appreciation for the beautiful flower skills.

I've been binge watching your channel for the last few weeks and I'm in with it all... I'm so happy here and I have been so inspired to start my channel soon🥰🥰🥰... I Love You Laurie

Absolutely LOVED this video. What an amazing gift for you friend and showcasing the process and timeline of planning and designing a wedding cake was really amazing to watch

What a sweetheart and what a great friend you are! ❤️ Alexandria and her team are INCREDIBLE!!!

I've been watching your video's now for about a year....you have a great personality , you are funny and verrrrry real....you call it as you see it.....so in today's video , when you said you struggle with depression and anxiety , I was very surprised.....kudos to you for letting everyone know what you're dealing with and how you are dealing with it.....makes me love your video's even more , because it makes you so much more real and not a phony....you go girl ,keep up the good work

Congratulations Emily, Luke and Olive 🥳 the wedding cake is stunning 🤩 the most beautiful one i ever seen! Best video of the year 💖

Cake was beautiful! Those flowers were amazing! It was fun when you showed us the sketches…and the one that was picked was my favorite one too!💜

That wedding cake is so beautiful! I can’t get over it! And the colors are just perfect 😍 Also the flowers look so stunning and hyper realistic.

Woahh! This was awesome Laurie! Amazing work! it looked beautiful.

I love this concept! It’s so sweet!

OK, I never understood why people would pay such an amount of money for a wedding cake, because hey, in the end it is only a cake 🤷‍♀️. But seeing how much work, effort and time went into this and how many steps there were, I now totally get it. This cake was absolutely stunning and worth every penny. 👍

I wouldn't spend this amount of money on a cake, but i think she deserved more...it's basically a work of art

The cake was gorgeous!!!! Loooove the flowers and the ripped edge look just makes me happy. Also the vanilla with lemon curd? Solid choice. My best friend had that and then a chocolate with raspberry at their wedding. Super tasty.

Loved, loved this video. Gorgeous cake! Gorgeous bride and a special memory filled day. The cake artist who baked and made the cake is beyond talented. Thanks for sharing! Love your videos.

Great video!!! So glad you could give her this special gift. The cake maker is so talented. Never knew all that went into wedding cake making such as days, a week, or even putting final decorations at the venue instead of before. Really cool and fascinating

I loved this!! So cool watching you go big with your ideas and then narrow them down and then see the final cake. And that cake was absolutely stunning!!!!

I love you Laurie! You have so much talent!

What an amazing cake artist! Reminds me of a local cake artist friend Jehonna. She is so amazingly talented, makes the most delicate flowers and aesthetic cakes 😍

This was so Good! Congratulations on your friends' wedding! I LOVE Alexandria from Fine Spun Cakes, she's amazing! So are you!

The cake turned out Beautifully. All the detail and care and artistry. Wow. And your friend seems as lovely as you.

That had to be the most stunning wedding cake I've ever seen! The flowers look perfect and so real!

I love the fact you used your platform to combine helping your best friend but also you’re able to get sponsored to help cover costs! Jusg a lovely thing to do ❤️

This was an amazing video, I even watched the ad all the way through bc this was all so beautifully done. What a crazy adventure, I am so glad I got to watch this

Stunning! What an incredible cake. I loved seeing the consultantation and the baker going through prep steps.

You are kind and amazing person💜🤍So happy to see the talented bakers together and hatsoff to everyone who worked to make this beautiful cake♥️It’s gorgeous ♥️♥️Cheers to the wedding🤍

Beautiful! This was so sweet of you. Congratulations to your friend ♡

Eeek! One of my favorites so far! I follow both of yall so it was so amazing to see it in one video and the behind the scenes with pricing 🤩👏 Absolutely beautiful

Since I watched your videos I started baking and since that your my idol I'm glad that I meet your acc so that I got ideas and start to bake :>

Such a beautiful cake, a stunning couple, and a wonderful friend!

I loveeeee this video I’m happy you all shared this part of your life this cake looked amazing!

The cake you ladies picked was stunning! It was my favorite of the choices as well.

Amazing!! Really spectacular! Shout out to Alexandria

omg. this is the most beautiful cake ive ever seen!

Wow gorgeous cake!!!! And so very thoughtful of you Lori🤗

That cake was gorgeous.

I'm only 6.5 minutes into the video and am loving the choices of cake, filling and frosting for each layer. Sounds delicious 😋 The 3 initial designs so far are amazing. Can't wait to see the final product 💕

3 minutes in to this and I discovered that Lori isn't making the cake lol....😂 a tad bit disappointed.

Those roses looked so real to me. That cake is absolutely gorgeous! Such an amazing job done on it.

The cake was amazing !!!!! Congratulations wishing you much happiness

Omg this is the first time I’m seeing this RU-vidr but I’m so happy to see she has a great sub count. Genuinely seems so nice- delicate but real enough on her cake critique vids and so good to her family 🧡

That plum cake in the sample pictures is so gorgeous! 😳🤯💜 Love what the bride chose as well. Love your bridesmaid dress. You look stunning. The baby is so adorable! 💕

Stunning everything! Beautiful bride and matron of honor! Awesome cake and they talented baker/designer is outstanding!

I love your vid and your decoration tips💕

The baker is a real artist !!! And having delicious flavors is super ❤❤

That is such a beautiful gesture for your friend 💖 congratulations on their wedding

BEAUTIFUL cake and what a graceful bride ! Good wishes to them!

Very beautiful wedding even with the storm. The cake seemed perfect for what she asked. Baby in the dress was to much cuteness. She was such a humble lady ❤️. You're a great friend for this.