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You could always have your actual wedding cake be smaller (i.e. not as expensive as a cake for 200) and have a sheet cake in the back somewhere. I'd feel kind of weird about not having enough cake to give a slice to everyone, even if they don't eat it.
My baker will NOT make sheets, she just wont do it..... BOO :( But we love her and HER CAKE YUMMY!!!!
Ew that's kind of annoying that she won't do it. Cake snob! At least she's worth it. Sorry, that was all I had to offer.
P.S. - Love the mini apple pie idea. Yum!
Wow, that's shocking. Even Sylvia Weinstock will make sheet cakes!
What about a Costco sheetcake to supplement? I've read rave reviews of their flavors.
please send me a mini apple pie hahah sounds delicious! I was thinking about cake the other day and saying how it is such a waste sometimes to spend so much on a pretty cake and no one eats eat because by the time you get to the cake everyone is absolutely full. At my bf's wedding, I barely touched the cake and all of the other desserts that were put out at the end of the night. I was looking at other tables and there was tons of food people hadn't touched. it really makes me upset not only is it going to waste, but you paid for that too!
Ps. Personally I would just rent a cute fake cake display and have a cheap sheet cake made in the back. For me, at the end of the day, the cake is the last thing I or my FH would care about.
i would definitely make sure that you have enough cake for everyone, i'd be very upset if i didn't get cake at a wedding! even if i'm completely full from dinner, there's always room for cake.
FI and I were both in a wedding in July. The couple had planned on about 125, and had cake for 100. Neither of us got any cake before it ran out.
It's worth mentioning that the couple only did appetizers. Maybe everyone was still hungry.
I wouldn't mind not getting any cake as long as I got some other sweet treat to have with my coffee lol
I would plan on getting a cake to feed the number of guests that RSVP'd yes. It would be rude if everyone did want cake and you didn't have enough. And who knows, some people might want more than 1 piece.
We did have extra cake at our wedding, but it was fun to bring some home to eat the next day and 2 weeks later when we got back from our honeymoon. We also gave some to our immediate families too. So I liked having the leftovers!
We had about the same number of people at our wedding. We didn't expect most people to eat cake because we had heard comments from hubby's side about not wanting to get up and wait in a big line, etc for cake that isn't really that important to them.
But because we had cakes as our table centerpieces and it was right there in front of them, we had hardly any leftovers! My sister-in-law had trays of cake slices delivered to each of the tables and she had most of hers eaten too.
I would plan for at least 150, but I would also hate to not have enough cake to go around. Personally, I LOVE most wedding cake, and given my druthers, would eat like 2-3 pieces- especially since I'm veggie and usually don't get a huge dinner :)
There is no way to predict. No matter what dessert you get, there will be someone who doesn't like your choice but you can't make your decision based on that dissenter. Whatever dessert you provide needs to be enough to go around for each guest. If you don't think that the majority will eat cake or you aren't willing to pay for a slice for each guest, then find a different dessert. Your favor choice is irrelevant. As far as cake is concerned, if the cake is good to begin with, it will be polished off. Some people will eat 2-3 slices while others won't touch any, but that will happen no matter what the choice is.
Despite popular belief, the fake display cake with supplemental sheet cakes is not always cheaper. There is more work involved on the baker's part since they have to ice two cakes, even if they only bake one. The bulk of the price goes toward labor, which decorating falls into. More work for any other industry equates to higher prices. If a baker does charge less for extra work, then they are losing money since they aren't charging what their skills and labor are worth, which is how businesses go under, no matter how good their work may be.
Do you intend to serve cake as dessert? I've been to weddings where there was dessert and/or a sweet table and less than 50% of the guests had cake. That being said, I've seen the other scenerio where cake was dessert and it was finished in no time.
I would make sure you have enough for all your guest. We're planning on having take out containers so people can take their cake home instead of having to throw away all that yumminess.
I had a similar situation as @lindsay12.13 and it kinda stunk!
I am a cake eater ;)
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Ok I am just trying to get an Idea here....
on average if I had 180 people at my wedding about what percent of people would eat cake??? To be honest it seems like it's pretty even about who is a die hard cake eater and who is more like "EH cake I'll pass" I think alot of people will eat cake but I am certainly NOT getting a cake for 200 people but I wanna average down.......SIDE NOTE: I am also giving mini apple pies for favors so I dont know if that will change anything???
HELP!!!!