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Nancy Stewart38 said:nimblescout5, maybe I’m off base here, but it shouldn't be an issue for anyone to pull this off. When I ordered my cake, the lady actually pulled out different pans just so I could get a sense of the scale—and honestly, she can adjust them by the inch if she needs to. She just stretches one pan or shrinks it down to fit the job. But $200 for such a tiny little cake? That's way overkill for me! We pay our own way $267, and we're talking about feeding 75 people...
I was also pretty shocked by the price; honestly, paying that much for a few mini cakes for ten or twelve tables is just overkill for a dessert. I'm not sure yet, maybe I'll tell her to shop around a bit more. I thought someone might have already done something like this at a wedding. Anyway, thanks 🙂
Basically, I’m asking on behalf of a friend. She visited a few local bakeries, and everywhere she went, they insisted the base couldn't be any smaller than, what, 8 inches? It turned out to be way too massive for a table meant for ten people. To top it off, one shop wanted to whip up a mini version just to show her the concept, and the price tag shot up past $200 :-O
Nathan Cox25 said:Mini cakes? Interesting...
Edit: The pastries and cake from the bakery just arrived.
The cake looks exactly how I described it to the woman over the phone—pretty incredible 😲
The cookies look perfect, too. We haven't dug in yet, so I'll let you know how they taste later.
We stopped by a shop in San Diego earlier to grab some samples, and they were great. We picked up three slices of cake—I loved the cheesecake pistachio one, but my partner hated it. One was chocolate and honestly pretty basic (Nora prefers something else), and the third was Marcella style; he liked it, but I couldn't stand it since I'm not a fan of marzipan.
Here’s the cake:
There wasn't any Esterházy available to compare against my mom's recipe, but these were pretty run-of-the-mill—nothing to write home about. The cookies, though? Seriously good.
My apologies, I may have misspoken earlier :-( I was actually suggesting a two-tier mini cake where we serve one slice per table—not an individual pastry for every single guest. So, we’re looking at a maximum of ten slices. Something like this... though even this one looks slightly too large for what I have in mind.
Can someone please tell me where I can order mini cakes in Washington, D.C.? My issue is that the smallest diameter I’ve seen is about 6 inches, and if I go with a two-tier design, the base would need to be at least 8 inches, which is just far too large for what I need.