Posts by Paul Fisher9

Jacob Ortiz62 said:It all felt a bit excessive to us, honestly, and since we haven't had anyone in our circle tying the knot lately, we were completely out of the loop regarding current market prices... so, we’ve decided to scout out some other bakeries this Thursday. I'm curious, though—did you actually get to sample a few different cake flavors beforehand, or were you essentially just ordering on blind faith? Because in our case, they wouldn't let us taste anything; they just told us to pick a flavor, which basically means we'd have to buy several different individual slices just to figure out what we actually like!

I straight-up told my aunt—who's making the cake—that I was basically flying blind here. She usually makes killer desserts and cakes though, so I'm just praying she doesn't totally screw this up right now.🤣

Terry Miller21;31001089 said:I think I saw a full set of square, round, and even heart-shaped pans at Muller, but if not there, I bet you can find them at Hobby Lobby./QUOTE]
Problem solved! We found an adjustable pan that stretches up to 18 inches, and since the bottom tier of the cake needs to be about 20 inches, we'll just make two 10-inch layers and call it a day. That should work perfectly! I called around to a bunch of places and they all have the exact same thing I have, but I'm definitely heading over to Hobby Lobby to hunt for decorations.🙂👍

feralmoose32 said:So, what kind of dimensions are we actually looking at for the cake?

You know those expandable square baking pans—the ones you can pick up at places like Target or Bed Bath & Beyond—that let you stretch the size out to something like... oh, maybe a maximum of 60 x 60...

I saw those cake pans you were looking at, but honestly? They’re way too shallow. I mean, sure, if you’re just whipping up a casual birthday cake for a kid's party, they’ll do fine. But for a wedding cake? No way. Not happening. They just don't have the height needed to get that professional, tiered look. The diameter is alright—you can always just stack two together if you really have to—but man, they seriously need to be deeper. Just a little more depth and they'd actually be useful for anything beyond a basic snack cake.

Jacob Ortiz62 said:I’m curious, what did you all end up paying for your wedding cakes?
We were recently presented with a quote for a very basic, two-tier wedding cake intended to serve about 120 guests—just a simple cake-on-cake setup, no fancy stand, absolutely zero special decorations, no little bride and groom toppers, nothing at all for $800?! That works out to roughly $6.75 per slice, and honestly, I can't help but wonder if that's just an astronomical amount for something so plain?😕

They told me 10/10.$4.00 One at a time? Seriously? That feels like way too much to me!

Help, does anyone have any idea where I can pick up a deep-dish cake pan? A friend of my dad's suggested I make a standard wedding cake, but honestly, I’m dead set on doing a massive, extra-tall tier, and now I'm stuck because I have no clue where to find a pan deep enough to actually pull off a wedding-style height??