How many different flavors for samples do you sually bring for a bridal expo? How many individual samples do you bring?

Me, I would bring just one flavor otherwise you need to bring one of each flavor for each guest--if there are other cake vendors that could be a sweets overload.

I guess some folks offer more than one flavor but my motto is keep it simple.

You need to bring enough for however many folks are expected.

Hope you have a very productive great time.

Do you usually bring enough for people to have seconds and thirds...that is what the expo coordinator told me to do. 600 people expected...thats a massive amount of cake.

Odd woman out. I take at least 3 flavors and sometimes 6. People take 2-4 samples frequently. If 500 people are expected I'd show up with at least 500 samples.


Leftovers generally go to other vendors. That's who you're really there to meet anyway.

I usually do two to hook them in and get them to write down their info.

I don't think you need to plan for seconds or thirds. At the last bridal show I did I had two flavors of mini cupcakes - lemon and chocolate, both with vanilla buttercream. First of all, I figured everyone would scoop up the chocolate but they took the lemon about 4 to 1. Weird. AND, even though I tried to get everyone to take two, almost no one did. I think a lot of women just don't want to look glutonous.

I took 600 minis to this thing thinking everyone would want two. I gave away about 350. I gave away a boatload of cupcakes to vendors and my Bunco group that night.

It was a lot of work I didn't need to do.

Filling the cups is pretty easy, assembly line method. I line the cups up in the container I'm going to transport them in (I use a bussing tub ... a large box will work). Cut the cake into 1" squares. Drop the squares in the cups. Use piping bag to place a blop of icing on top. Slap lids on. Set up 2nd layer of cups on top of these. Repeat.

I can put 300 cups of cake together in a couple of hours this way.

My observation is that brides just want "a bite" at a show. I've been to shows where other cake folks are giving away cupcakes and other vendors check with me to see if I'm giving away cupcakes ".... coz I see a lot of them in the trash can and I wondered if they were yours!"

Depends on how big your table is and if your bringing any extra tables. $ dummies fit on a 7 ft table nicely.

I usually make mini cupcakes...4 flavors with fillings and cream boquet flavord icing. I have had a few ask for a second one as well, but not many. There are other cake vendors there as well so no need to do cake overload. Your more there for a wow factor and offer something the others don't.

Make sure you take a garbage can and have it placed near your table. That was one of the inconviences of my first bridal show and I learned from it. the next one, I took a garbage can!

Personally, I like the mini cupcakes over sheet cakes. They're quick and easy to make, transport well, don't have to be filled or cut, don't require the more expensive plastic lidded containers or forks, are easy to set out as you go so they stay fresh, and you put less plastic in the landfill. What more could a woman want?

Four dummy cakes should be plenty if you set them up as a nice tablescape with the cakes on different levels so they look grander. They don't all have to be three tier, either. You can do a very cool design on a 6 or 8 inch dummy and put it on a tall cake plate. People can still see the technique.

I only bring one flavor. Chocolate is my most popular flavor, so I bring that, usually with either raspberry or passionfruit filling. Dressing cups, a little square of cake, and then a squirt of filling, lid.

I do it assembly-line style and it goes quickly. I also provide small plastic spoons and have a large trash can available, for those who want to tate the cake right there.

I can't imagine the fuss of serving cake on-site.

I would bring two or three flavors and let brides know that more flavors available in your bakery by appointment.This way they would stop by your business one more time and hopefully deside to order a cake from you.

I hope you don't mind. I don't do cakes for business but I will give you my opinion from the point of view of an attendee

I went to a handful of bridal expos a few years ago when one of my friends was planning her wedding.

The messiest most chaotic cake display I ever saw was were a vendor was freshly cutting a sheet cake on site. He had a helper doing it while he spoke, but it was a mess. Frosting and crumbs all over the place. A line near his table of people having to wait to get a sample- this ticked off the vendors next to him cause the waiting ppl were blocking the other vendors' tables.

We never even tried that cake because it was so disorganized and we didnt feel like being in line 10 ppl deep for a 2" piece of cake.

The ones that stood out the most were the ones that brought 1 standard flavor and 1 out of the ordinary flavor. One lady provided key lime pie cake- it was amazing and definitely stood out. You can only eat so many pieces of chocolate or vanilla cake before your taste buds shut stop down and stop caring.

*edited so it makes sense to someone who can't read my mind- sorry total brain fart day*