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We are trying to determine if we want to serve cheesecake or traditional wedding cake at our wedding. Both would be delicious and have the same tiered/frosted appearance. But I’m not sure what my guests would rather eat--it can be so hard to gauge food preferences. And although I love sweets, I don’t want to take home half of an uneaten cake! So which would you rather eat as a wedding guest?
I don't like cake, and nor does my FI. But there's nowhere in my hometown where I can get a tiered cheesecake.
I love cheesecake, however DH is lactose intolerant(sp) so I chose cake cake.
Me and another bee are actually having this conversation right now haha!
I am having a small cheesecake for me. And everyone else is having cakecake.
Just a FYI is you plan to serve cheesecake, just make sure that it stays cold and doesn't sit out in room temperature. My MOH had cheesecake and I helped serve it at her wedding, and it was so hard to cut, we pretty much had to scoop it out of the pan and didn't look very good! I know plenty of people have it, but just make sure it stays nice and cold!!! Good luck with choosing and I Love Both, so it wouldn't matter to me which one you had:)
I think cheesecake is too rich for me. SAo, I'd rather have cake. Why not have cheesecake be the bottom layer of a tiered cake? Since it's heavy... dunno if it'd work though. Or you could also do cupcakes and have all kinds of diff flavors.
@stormy9973: This same thing happened at a party I went to! It still tasted okay (just a little mushy), but it didn't look very appealing. You might not be able to display it all night like a regular cake because it might get too warm sitting out.
@crh1729: What a coincidence!
@stormy9973 and @MaraBeth: Thanks for the heads up! I'll definitely have to take temperature into consideration.
I'm not a big cheesecake fan and I think regular cake appeals to more people. But if thats what you want then go for it..its your day!
@missmouse29: me too! Both!!!!
I'd eat either and be totally happy with either (although I'd MUCH prefer cheesecake to cakecake made with fondant).
ETA: We considered cheesecake (read: I wanted to serve cheesecake) but too many of our guests (read: FI's family members) are lactose intolerant, so we went the more neutral route.
I like cheesecake better so that is what I picked... but I think MOST people will eat cakecake and quite a few people will not eat cheesecake..
Our cheesecake wedding cake was the hit of our wedding! It was three-tiered, buttercream frosted and looked just like a traditional wedding cake until you cut into it. We even had three different cheesecake flavors: chocolate hazelnut, raspberry and lemon blueberry. Everyone still talks about it.
I would totally recommend doing this if you are at all interested, but do be sure that you work with a vendor who knows what they are doing! If you vendor doesn't have a lot of experience in stacked cheesecakes for weddings they might have problems with temperature and consistency and also in the structure. If you don't want a stacked cake, individual cheesecakes can work well too!
@rachel_leigh: Happy your cheesecake wedding cake was a sucess! And your flavors sound yummy. The vendor we're looking at also specializes in tiered cakes, so much so that all they do now is make cheesecake wedding cakes :)
I chose cake just cause cheesecake is soo rich and you want people up and dancing. Not moaning and sitting :) Maybe have a small one for you and FI?
I'm lactose intolerant, and not a huge cheesecake fan. So I voted regular cake. But if cheesecake was the only option, I would probably eat a little bit of it, just to try it.
I will have cheesecake there somewhere.... my FI says its a wedding so we should have a big cakecake lol
I think cheesecake is delicious but after dinner I would prefer to just have cake cake. Though I would still eat the cheesecake if it were provided to me!
@babybumblebee: Reading your response makes me wish there was a way to know the dietary restrictions of our wedding guests. I would want to be as considerate as possible and not make anyone feel uncomfortable with our dessert choice. No one I can think of is lactose intolerant, but there's really no way of knowing unless you talk to every guest personally...
Glad you found a good vendor! I forgot to mention that what convinced me to go with cheesecake over regular cake was when my mom asked me, "When was the last time you were excited about cake?" And she was totally right, because cake is not exciting to me, but cheesecake sure is. :) I was a little worried at first about people not wanting it because of dietary restrictions, it being too heavy, etc. but in the end I figured it was the one thing that DH and I really wanted so we should just go for it!
This is our exact dilemma! lol. We went to the food tasting and agreed on everything except the cake. The cheesecake and the chocolate cake were both out of this world. We're trying to get a sense of what more people will like...but I'm a cheesecake fiend! I voted cheesecake. I would eat it for every meal if I could :)
Can't believe the responses are tied! Looks like the hive is in the same position that I am haha.
Thanks so much everyone for voting and sharing your thoughts and opinions!
My FI are going to sit down and talk about it tonight and hopefully make a decision by tomorrow :)
I voted cheesecake, but I don't like it unless it's cold, so I think you will have issues with temp. Maybe you could do a regular cake with a cheesecake-filling. It would be a little bit of both. Hungryyy
@mg1363: Yum that sounds delicious! I know the cake vendor has a cheesecake filling, but I don't know if it's actual cheesecake or just cheesecake icing. A layer of actual cheesecake sounds amazing though (I think Mrs. Cupcake had one like that). I so want cake now!
I'd rather have a dessert table. Mini cannolis and cream puffs and chocolate covered strawberries and so forth... this is what we are aiming for. There's a name for it, but I can't remember what it's called...
@Miichelle: I think it's called deliciously amazing :) But seriously that sounds really good. Maybe it's called a dessert buffet? But I think that's too similar to your suggestion, so other than that I have no idea what else it could be called.
I HATE cheesecake. Blech! I would prefer cake, and I think it's the best choice if you have lactose intolerant guests.
@SBourgeous: Aww sad days, but I totally respect your opinion :) And I have to agree with you about which is better for guests with dietary restrictions, especially in regards to dairy.
UPDATE: Just wanted to let you all know that we made our decision and decided to go with traditional wedding cake for our big day! Although not the leader in this poll, we thought it would be the best choice for us and our guests. Plus, our baker is wonderful and so nice--I'm really excited to work with her!
Thanks again everyone for sharing your opinions :)
we're doing both. he doesn't care for cake at all and i do. so the wedding cake is cake and his grooms cake is cheese cake. a huge plain one with bowls of different toppings out every where so people can chose if and what they want to top it with.
I don't like cheesecake, so I say cake cake.
I think tradational cake is the safer bet when it comes to pleasing the masses :)
My cake baker offers a "vanilla cheesecake" flavor of regular cake. SO EXCITED!
Neither, I would have pie! But I'm biased because we are having pie and I LOVE pie. But we are having cheesecake too. So I guess Cheesecake! Haha
I much perfer regular cake than cheese cake. Even though the votes seem to be pretty even on this one, you have to remember that you know your guests best. So I would probably do a traditional cake and probably also serve one or two cheese cakes on the side.
Although I LOVE cheescake, I think for a wedding, it's a bit rich for some people. Serving regular cake would be your safest bet.
Both! LOL! I think if I had to choose, I would say cheesecake because it's something I don't get to have often so it would be more of a treat for me.
I would love cheesecake, but my husband can't have milk so he'd be out of luck.
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