Wedding cakes and desserts

Hey guys!

Listen, I need a little help—does anyone know a bakery that actually makes decent mini pastries in Savannah, Cleveland, or somewhere nearby?? I would seriously appreciate any leads because I’ve been looking everywhere and I'm honestly losing my mind here... 🙏 🙏 🙏

Hey ladies! So, I tied the knot back on September 27, 2008. We got all our treats and the cake from Sweet Secrets and Cake—seriously, highly recommend them. Everything was just phenomenal. After the wedding, everyone was bugging me for their number because they wanted to order sweets for Christmas. They’re way more affordable than those overpriced, trendy bakeries you see everywhere. Their cake per pound was $22, and the four-tier cake for 150 people ended up costing us $500. Plus, they handled the delivery themselves, so we didn't have to stress about a thing.

wiredwolf73 — our pastry chef told me 10 ounces per person was plenty. I can't recall the exact number, but we probably went even lower than that. It was more than enough, honestly; there was actually leftovers... though we didn't bother serving them out.
She mentioned that people always overdo it with the desserts at weddings and end up wasting half of it. Since we get along so well, she didn't try to upsell me just to pad her profit. It turned out to be just right.

Hey ladies!

I've been hunting for wedding cakes for a while now. I want something delicious but budget-friendly—ideally under $75 per serving—and I really need a place where I can grab a sample beforehand to test them out.
Any suggestions?

I tried some from a bakery in Cincinnati called Pro-Bono, but honestly, they weren't my favorite. Everything tasted pretty much the same to me...

Thanks!

I assume you're somewhere near Jackson, so check out the pastry shop at Grotta. They're charging $27/kg right now though. Let me know if you want the contact info...

Hey everyone,
I’m currently on the hunt for some killer cookies and cakes—specifically $500 looking for a wedding cake... is that going a bit overboard? Or am I just overthinking things? How far in advance do you actually need to lock down a bakery to make sure they can handle everything?

Hmm.. look.. if we're talking about the mass from Tichino, I don't think it's actually overpriced... it seems like a pretty standard price to me...

I was honestly convinced that wedding cakes were way more expensive than they actually are, so when I found out what mine cost, $600 I thought I had scored such an incredible bargain... but looking back, it turns out it was just a standard price. For context, $600 ordered one for 220 guests... which means a single slice ended up costing less than $3.00... that really isn't much at all! 😉

The same goes for the pastries; I’m not entirely sure if there are any options under $27 , though perhaps someone here knows of some more budget-friendly 🤷. Personally, when I visited Sweet Secrets and Cake, I was paying $27 per pound, yet the desserts were absolutely divine 🙂

velvetraven12, it’s not that much... but look... whether it includes tax or not makes a difference in the final price... okay, maybe not huge, but still a difference... hehhehe

Dana Gomez89 said:I assume you're somewhere near Jackson, so check out the pastry shop at Grotta. They're charging $27/kg right now though. Let me know if you want the contact info...

Shoot me a DM!

Thanks

So, I gave the Smile from Brezovica bakery a call (a friend put them on my radar) to ask about some tasting samples. They told me to check back by Friday, and then they'll pack up a variety for me—just like the wedding order they’re prepping for this weekend. I'm getting at least one of everything... So exciting!

boldpanther102, I actually think you've hit on a really solid idea there...🙂

I plan to pick up the pastries from Jackson at Draper’s location $25. If you provide your own supplies, the price decreases. I have had her treats at two or three weddings, and they are excellent. They aren't oversized; they are perfect little bites that taste freshly baked and homemade. They aren't mass-produced like the stuff from Columbus—a friend is getting those, likely from a company that supplies Kroger, but I personally find them quite unappealing.

urbancanyon7, I heard she was good too... but my mom told me she just uses your materials. I didn't want the headache, plus I have no idea if she even issues receipts. You never know when an IRS audit might hit, so I'd rather stay under the radar. I breathed easy that day...

Daniel Barrett6 said:The same goes for the pastries; I’m not entirely sure if there are any options under $27 , though perhaps someone here knows of some more budget-friendly 🤷. Personally, when I visited Sweet Secrets and Cake, I was paying $27 per pound, yet the desserts were absolutely divine 🙂

So, I actually found this one bakery near Akron that makes seriously, seriously, SERIOUSLY good pastries, and the lady there told me they just charge by the pound $13. Honestly, I think that's a total steal since the sweets are freaking phenomenal!! Finally, I have my hands on some actual good dessert!!!!!🙏 🙏 🙏 😍

Dana Gomez89 said:urbancanyon7, I heard she was good too... but my mom told me she just uses your materials. I didn't want the headache, plus I have no idea if she even issues receipts. You never know when an IRS audit might hit, so I'd rather stay under the radar. I breathed easy that day...

Hmm. Actually, anyone baking wedding cakes these days really needs proper documentation. Apparently, most high-end restaurants won't even touch them without it.

So, she either uses her own supplies or yours, depending on their deal.

urbancanyon7 said:Hmm. Actually, anyone baking wedding cakes these days really needs proper documentation. Apparently, most high-end restaurants won't even touch them without it.

So, she either uses her own supplies or yours, depending on their deal.

Look, not every single baker has all the official paperwork ready to go, but you can totally sort out those certifications yourself—it shouldn't cost more than maybe $67. To be exact, I'll know for sure in two weeks once I head down to our local office to ask around, then I'll let you guys know. Basically, restaurants will still take your treats without the certification, but it's on you if some health inspector shows up—so, just to be safe, do it for yourself and for the restaurant's sake... most of the ladies who bake for weddings already know exactly where to get this stuff done, so just ask them. Most of my friends actually took a tray of sweets over there for testing about three days before the big day (and these were treats they'd been handing out to guests the day before the wedding!) and it only cost $50. They gave the certification to the restaurant and kept a copy for themselves, just in case the original got lost and someone tried to claim they didn't know what was going on. And that was pretty much it.

stormywalker69 said:Look, not every single baker has all the official paperwork ready to go, but you can totally sort out those certifications yourself—it shouldn't cost more than maybe $67. To be exact, I'll know for sure in two weeks once I head down to our local office to ask around, then I'll let you guys know. Basically, restaurants will still take your treats without the certification, but it's on you if some health inspector shows up—so, just to be safe, do it for yourself and for the restaurant's sake... most of the ladies who bake for weddings already know exactly where to get this stuff done, so just ask them. Most of my friends actually took a tray of sweets over there for testing about three days before the big day (and these were treats they'd been handing out to guests the day before the wedding!) and it only cost $50. They gave the certification to the restaurant and kept a copy for themselves, just in case the original got lost and someone tried to claim they didn't know what was going on. And that was pretty much it.

That simply isn't true...not every restaurant accepts items without documentation. For instance, my restaurant won't touch them! 😉 And that's precisely because the risk doesn't just land on your shoulders; it lands on theirs. If there's ever a foodborne illness outbreak, they're the ones facing the massive fines!
You could easily get proper documentation from a local farmer's market vendor so that you can safely deliver those treats to the health department!

velvetraven12 said:That simply isn't true...not every restaurant accepts items without documentation. For instance, my restaurant won't touch them! 😉 And that's precisely because the risk doesn't just land on your shoulders; it lands on theirs. If there's ever a foodborne illness outbreak, they're the ones facing the massive fines!
You could easily get proper documentation from a local farmer's market vendor so that you can safely deliver those treats to the health department!

Look, man, people here are basically ready to follow anyone blindly, and now we're arguing over whether specific restaurants take outside food or not.... I was talking about most places because, let's face it, they usually do 😲 but then you're the one left holding the bag and paying the fine if something goes wrong. Though, to be fair, I don't think anything truly horrific has ever happened at a wedding because of those cookies—most of the drama I've heard about was just issues with an uncertified wedding cake. When you buy from a lady at a local farmers market, nobody is really checking the paperwork for cookies, it's not like we're living in the Middle Ages or something. These are just local women who know how to bake amazing treats, and most—and I mean most—of them actually get the proper certification done.
🙂