I was wondering...

When you take wedding cake orders for a certain weekend, do you take other orders for the same weekend? I usually don't mind having cakes due out for the day before or after the wedding, but I sometimes find it stressful to get it done with such a large order pending! I feel like the bride and groom have paid me for my time on that weekend, and almost feel guilty for booking other orders.

With "wedding season" fast approaching, I just wondered what opinion everyone else had on the subject. I don't want to offend my regular customers by not taking their order for a wedding weekend, but I also don't want to slight my brides by overbooking on their special day!

Thanks!
glenda

I don't take any other order. Because, for me, I take pride in letting them know that their cake will have my undivided attention. I don't have the space to do to many at once. Depending on size of course. But for me it's not all about the $$

Take as many as you can handle. Why do they have to know how many you have? I wouldn't think it would matter to them as long as you can give them what you agreed upon.

Depends on the order. Like this week, I have a baby shower cake for tomorrow, and two birthday cakes for Saturday. These are all tiered cakes, not sheet cakes- but not sculpted cakes either.

It depends on the difficulty of the wedding cake, and where it has to be delivered to. I have a topsy turvy cake that is going to be crazy in May- and won't schedule any other cakes that day. However, there's a wedding cake in June and I also have cupcakes and cookies for a baby shower that day as well. The wedding cake is quite simple so I'm not too worried.

Unless they ask specifically, there isn't any reason that you need to tell them you do more than one cake.

Well, the bride assured me the cake will be simple...only problem is that this is Texas and it's an outdoor wedding in June (fortunately in the evening, but that doesn't mean it will be cool out!)

I have already told her that I will not use any kind of cream cheese fillings or frostings, or anything else that needs to be kept cool, there is just too much of a risk with these ingredients exposed to too much heat. (She is also wanting a groom's cake in the shape of a guitar...be prepared I may need LOTS of HELP on this one!)

My DH's job has their contracts coming up, and if key issues aren't settled, he may be on strike come June. So, normally I don't really care about the money (DH lets me keep cake money just for me...gotta LOVE him! ), but we may really need it at that time!

I don't have any other orders for that time yet, and I mainly do sheet cakes, very few tiered or sculpted cakes on a regular basis! But, I am trying to figure out in my mind how things will be going for me. I guess as long as any other orders at that time aren't too difficult, I will simply take orders as I see fit!

I agree with golfgirl - it depends on the week and orders. I've got a wedding at the end of this month that's 3 tiers, but it's a simple design, so I'd take a few other simple cakes for that week. But I just booked one for mid July that I'm doing her rehearsal party cake, the groom's cake and the wedding cake plus a sheet cake to go with it for extra servings. I guarantee I won't be doing anything else for that week!!

Ok, I gotta ask. I have seen this in a few posts, but I just don't know; what does DH stand for? I am assuming husband, but what is the D? Dear??

Depending on your mood it could mean dear, dumb, d#!n, etc. It some other instances it also refers to Duncan Hines

When I was doing wedding cakes I took a limited amount of orders... That was one of my selling points!! I wasn't really in it for the money, so it wasn't an issue. I would do one wedding and one or two celebration cakes.. Or I would do two wedding cakes if they were small and not too involved. It wasn't worth it to me to overbook myself and get stressed. I also wanted to do my very best work on every wedding cake and I didn't feel I could if I had a bunch of other stuff to do!!