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Time to talk cakes and desserts! 🙂

For our wedding, we went with a massive three-tier cake featuring three distinct flavor profiles—Snickers, dark and white chocolate, and hazelnut Nutella—all wrapped in fondant. The total came out to $583. Honestly, I was leaning toward a whipped cream frosting instead—it would have been much more budget-friendly, and if I'm being totally honest, I'm not even the biggest fan of fondant—but our baker gave me some really solid advice. She pointed out that since we were getting married during the summer, fondant is a much safer bet; whipped cream can start to melt or lose its structure pretty quickly if things get even slightly warm during transport.

As for the dessert spread—we had 18 tables with 12 guests at each, and we placed one large platter of assorted treats on every table (roughly 3.3 pounds per tray). We brought the sweets out right after the main course was finished. There was actually plenty of dessert—we even had a little left over—so, in my opinion, if you plan for about 0.25 to 0.3 pounds per person, you really can't go wrong.

northernseal15 said:If she said it was too much and you'd rather not split it, maybe just aim for about 750 grams for 8 people instead.

The thing is—and this is where it gets a bit tricky—the pastry chef only does trays in either 1kg or 750g increments, so I really have to pick one of those two options. 🙂 Honestly, I think the smaller one should be perfectly fine. Thanks again, everyone!

Daniel Smith8 said:They told me 10 to 15 ounces per person was plenty for a restaurant setting. We ended up putting a full pound on every table of eight, and honestly? It was overkill.

That sounds like the perfect amount—about 26 ounces for a group of six. I think I'll stick to that plan. I don't really intend on portioning it out individually, so hopefully, that should be more than enough for everyone to feel satisfied.

Thanks 🙂

northernseal15 said:How many pieces would that be per person?
Do you offer cakes along with the pastries?

To be totally honest—I honestly have no clue how much dessert that actually amounts to. I can't really wrap my head around the math! And no, I don't have any cakes planned—just the one wedding cake from back in the day.🤷

I could really use some advice here! Does about 5 ounces of dessert per person sound like enough for a wedding reception?
The pastry chef I'm looking at suggests doing either 1.5 or 2 pounds for every 6 guests—now I'm totally stuck trying to decide which way to go.