Wedding Cake - Servings Question - Add A Sheetcake?
Decorating By johnbailey64 Updated 28 May 2014 , 5:35pm by AZCouture
I was looking at servings for a 12,10,8,6 inch tiered wedding cake, which is about 130.
The bride asks for a cake tha serves 150, and the style she wants looks proportionally correct this size, I mean like the 2 inch difference in each tier, and an 8 inch on top just doesn't look right.. too big.
Would you call it close enough? Or add a 14inch on the bottom, which puts servings way over 200? Or just offer a sheetcake to fill in for extra servings?
Just thinking through this. Your thoughts?
AHi John, I think I'd agree with your plan.
I generally work to about 70-80% of guests actually eating wedding cake (an alarming amount can get left once the alcohol and evening dancing kicks in!) so would aim around that figure if it was me.
HTH :)
Thanks so much for your response.
I decided to take a half sheet cake, just to be on the safe side. Much easier than trying to actually feed more with the brides cake.
Better safe than sorry. But I really think the Bride's cake will be enough.
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Hi John, I think I'd agree with your plan.
I generally work to about 70-80% of guests actually eating wedding cake (an alarming amount can get left once the alcohol and evening dancing kicks in!) so would aim around that figure if it was me.
HTH
So true especially here in Scotland where the cake is cut just before the first dance by bride and groom. Then it vanishes offstage to the kitchen to be cut and reappear just before the first fight.
lol, it was plenty. They ended up taking the sheet cake home uncut.
But - it gave me peace of mind so it was worth the effort.
No. I had already agreed on a price for the bride and the groom's cake before the issue started to bug me., Like I said, it was worth the peace of mind.
AI mean no disrespect, but from your posting it seems you are a bit new. I get some basic info during phone calls or emails; such as event type, estimated guest count...
It might be helpful to keep a page in your notebook with serving sizes, I also keep pictures of variations of tiers & how many they serve. With dessert bars being big, at least in my area, I always recommend they take that into consideration & whether they'll be serving a meal.
Then I'd give them the option of going with the cake that serves x amount or x amount. They have up to 3/4 weeks to make any changes-this is also when their final payment is due.
Your job is to educate your customers and help them figure out what's best for their event. This might help you avoid giving away free cake.
Obviously, feel free to do what you'd like, I just think this might help in the future.
You are absolutely right! This is the first wedding cake I have done that was not for close friends or family, althought the bride is a friend of my sister. Thanks for the good advise. :-)
John, your cake is beautiful! Great job! and I agree with you - better too much cake than not enough. Especially if your bride paid for 150 servings....you should get what you pay for = 150 servings, not 130. Gorgeous cake, once again!
AOk, so the sheet cake wasn't free, it made the total the 150 she paid for, ok, that makes sense now.
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