Wedding cakes and desserts

And those Absum cookies... we tried them a few times because the price was actually pretty tempting, but honestly, they all taste exactly the same to me—there’s zero variety in flavor😢, so I personally wouldn't recommend them...

This is supposed to be our cake 😛
in three days we’ll find out if this disaster actually works 😁
http://yfrog.com/5f2vdl81zj

granitewolf20 said:This is supposed to be our cake 😛
in three days we’ll find out if this disaster actually works 😁
http://yfrog.com/5f2vdl81zj

I love it!!!🙂 I truly hope yours turns out just like this!!

Nathan Cox25 said:Come on, post some pics... which flavor did you guys end up grabbing?
And did they hit you with the old price or the new one?

I don't have any photos yet... I'm still hunting through my friends' and relatives' camera rolls to find some good ones.

What’s the new price versus the old one?

For us, $4.00/slice
charged us based on the fact that we ordered a cake for 100 people, but then they claimed the cake turned out slightly larger than expected, so they tacked on an extra $10 or so. Honestly, we didn't even bother arguing about it because there was more than enough cake to go around, and it really was delicious.

That looks incredible, granitewolf20!
Ladies, I need some advice. I’m trying to decide on a flavor for my wedding cake... I have a pretty good idea of the aesthetic I want, but the taste is another story.🤷
I wouldn't call myself a huge sweets person, and honestly, I have no clue what actually goes over well with guests...

wanderingeagle44 said:I don't have any photos yet... I'm still hunting through my friends' and relatives' camera rolls to find some good ones.

What’s the new price versus the old one?

For us, $4.00/slice
charged us based on the fact that we ordered a cake for 100 people, but then they claimed the cake turned out slightly larger than expected, so they tacked on an extra $10 or so. Honestly, we didn't even bother arguing about it because there was more than enough cake to go around, and it really was delicious.

🤦
I am honestly just done with people like this and these shady little deals...

Look, it’s just not right.
I don't care if they make world-class cakes... with a business model like that 👎

If you agree on one price, then you stick to that price. Period. If you miscalculate—which, honestly, I don't even get how that happens when you're doing this professionally—then that's your risk to carry.

But the real issue is that for us brides, they can basically screw us over during that final week when everything is pure chaos. Because, seriously, where are we supposed to go at the very last minute to find a cake, a wedding dress, or a bouquet?

Bryan Gomez90, I've got a few different chocolate ideas floating around. One's a chocolate-vanilla parfait with peaches, another is chocolate with cherries, and then there's a milk chocolate and dark chocolate combo. Not really sure which one hits the spot. 🤷 We were leaning towards something chocolatey... 🙂

Bryan Gomez90 said:That looks incredible, granitewolf20!
Ladies, I need some advice. I’m trying to decide on a flavor for my wedding cake... I have a pretty good idea of the aesthetic I want, but the taste is another story.🤷
I wouldn't call myself a huge sweets person, and honestly, I have no clue what actually goes over well with guests...

Coming from a Midwestern family, my parents tend to prefer richer cakes—think walnuts or heavy creams.😍,
Meanwhile, the younger crowd usually leans toward parfaits, fruit, or chocolate. That’s just my humble observation.
For my big day, I'll likely go with a three-tier setup and pick one flavor per layer (unless I can track down an amazing cupcake tower instead).
Hopefully, that gives you a little something to work with!

$4.00/Nathan Cox25
She messed up again—not sure what her deal is lately... I’ll have to bring it up with her, though she probably thinks we went with Monica instead. Her orange chocolate cake was actually a hit with my husband, he loved it.
We won't be getting around to fixing that until sometime next year.
Which flavors did you guys pick up?

I’m reading this all and I honestly can't believe it...

It seems like I might be the only one who actually had a positive experience with that ice cream shop... they ended up charging us less $83 than the actual total... it was basically their way of giving us a little gift. So, I really don't get why some people act the way they do.

granitewolf20 said:This is supposed to be our cake 😛
in three days we’ll find out if this disaster actually works 😁
http://yfrog.com/5f2vdl81zj

Cute!
😍
We actually showed the baker a picture of a cake like this too (plus another one), except we wanted ours cut into squares!

Nathan Cox25 said:$4.00/Nathan Cox25
She messed up again—not sure what her deal is lately... I’ll have to bring it up with her, though she probably thinks we went with Monica instead. Her orange chocolate cake was actually a hit with my husband, he loved it.
We won't be getting around to fixing that until sometime next year.
Which flavors did you guys pick up?

Two layers were chocolate-orange, and one layer was a Milka parfait, which is also seriously good.
That chocolate-orange combo is a total winner!!
Even my husband, who isn't exactly a huge sweets guy, ate our wedding cake with those flavors and enjoyed it so much it was actually pretty sweet to watch!

😍

Personally, I have a major sweet tooth, so I could honestly snack on this cake every single day.

I gave those Milka bars a shot—pretty sure they have both milk and white chocolate versions if I remember right. Honestly, the white chocolate one is incredible

Honestly, what she did was totally uncalled for. I know it sounds a bit petty of me to complain, but frankly, she can just deal with it herself.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around this logic, though—I was told that if we were catering for a crowd of 150, we’d use a tier setup of 25"/25"/20". For 110 people, it would be 20"/18"/14". But instead, she’s planning to make a cake for 100 people using a massive 18" base, and then making all the upper tiers just 4 inches smaller than that...
Ah...

Yeah, regarding the pastries—I tried some from the local bakery, and they were honestly nothing special.
To be fair, I’ve also tried much fancier stuff priced at $33 per pound, and I wasn't any more impressed...
It’s hard to know what you're actually paying for; even those overpriced treats costing over $15 were pretty underwhelming.

At the end of the day, nothing beats the homemade stuff made by moms or aunts... the kind I ended up bringing into the office to share, or dropping off for the guys at the coffee shop where I grab my morning caffeine before work.

We were thinking about grabbing some cookies from them too. Post some pics once you get them.

A colleague mentioned she had pastries from a local bakery out in the suburbs at her wedding; maybe see if you can talk them into letting you try a sample box first.
I think they might even throw you a discount if you bundle their cakes and pastries together.

Oh, right—we actually tried the cakes from Slast. "Piece of cake" is a bit of an understatement; I thought they were delicious!
The reason we didn't go with them was because they usually put chocolate or something more structural on the bottom tier, which limits what you can layer on top—like a parfait or whatever. Since we wanted the whole thing to be parfait, we ended up going with Monika instead.
A friend suggested the "Orient" cakes from Slast, but they don't really do tiered cakes. Your options there are basically just getting several separate cakes; they’ll make one larger one for slicing and then you have the others sitting off to the side.

Wait, don't they sell those cookies by the $60 pound over at the local Whole Foods?

Here’s a quick shot of the cake we made

http://img39.imageshack.us/i/tortauo.jpg/

I honestly have no clue what the price tag looks like for either Orient or Piece of Cake.