Shipping will determine how expensive your cake will be. If your cake was 30 dollars to create, your shopping will probably be 3 or 4 times more the amount of your cake. An overnight cake will be the more expensive and a 3 day ground will be the most affordable. UPS will be an ideal ground shipping company when you have time and have planned your event but if your reading this, you probably have a dead line soon. I have found from my own experience that FedEx works best on overnight emergencies, their trucks are always on time at least on my watch. You will need an account if you want to print your own label or need to drive to the closest FedEx office to drop off your package.