Rental Wedding Cake

I'd never heard of this (not that I read about wedding planning much anyhow), but just read about rental wedding cakes over on the Marginal Revolution Blog.

Apparently to save cash on weddings you can rent a fancy faux decorative cake (normal real cake price in the hundreds of dollars) which can then be hauled off to a serving room and then serve regular pan cooked cake. Your guests will be none the wiser and you can start an IRA instead.

From the website
"A beautiful cake is always a part of the dream wedding, but can be cost prohibitive. Instead, brides can rent an elegant display cake for their cake table, and have their caterer serve a delicious (and less expensive) sheet cake."

"Your "dream" cake contains a portion of actual cake so you can still make your "first cut". "