The cake is actually $1600

That was the first obvious choice for cutting the budget, but my mom loves the cake even more than me and will not give it up! I was willing to pick a different one. I went through the cake cd they sent and found a few that I liked that were cheaper. So we found other ways to cut the budget, we're not quite where we want to be, but we're getting there.
The only good news about the cake is that the ribbon on top comes with it! I'm surprised they didn't charge us another $100 for a little bit of ribbon!!