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Weddings are big events here in the Philippines it is well planned in advance and there is no wedding without the wedding cake. Wedding cakes are the center of any wedding celebration. The newly wed couples dream about their cake but the exorbetant cost of it makes the couple think twice about there dream cake.Here is a great negosyo idea that have a big chance to thrive here in the Philippines, cake rental. Read the excerpt from Entrepreneur magazine.

Kimberly Aya’s career choice was an easy one. When she was just 8 years old, she started designing cakes for her chocolate-loving father–and she hasn’t stopped since then. So her first order of business upon returning home to Michigan was to open a specialty cake shop.

Aya started showing off her cake-designing talents at bridal shows, where she was soon struck with an idea. Although most show participants use fake cakes only for display, Aya realized that a large percentage of brides actually prefer the look of fake cakes. They like the way they look and they love the fact that these fake cakes save them a lot of money  on the big day itself. There had to be an international market for these fake cakes. Aya was soon to find out. A few months later, she turned her bright idea into a business when she founded Fun Cakes Rental. “I don’t care if I do a fake cake or a real cake,” says Aya, 52, “as long as I get to decorate, because that’s what I love.”

Aya gets that “just like the real thing” look for her fake cakes by using gum paste and fondant for the frosting and decorations. Each cake, which is mostly made of foam, also includes one edible section for the bride and groom to share before it’s switched out for pieces of regular sheet cake. “I use the exact same products you’d use on a real cake,” says Aya. “[They] look homemade and real, and that’s important to me.”

With business booming, Aya now decorates and ships cakes to brides all over the world and even designs cakes for wedding scenes in movies. This past August, she signed a deal with Macy’s to make visual prototypes for its department stores.

Photo by Fun Cakes Rental.