sheet cakes???

shanny70

what the deal with getting sheet cakes? so is the idea get a small pretty cake & then a sheet cake to give everyone? im not sure i get it?  who gets the nice pretty cake?

frogurt814

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[QUOTE]what the deal with getting sheet cakes? so is the idea get a small pretty cake & then a sheet cake to give everyone? im not sure i get it?  who gets the nice pretty cake?
Posted by shanny70[/QUOTE]
Serving sheet cakes is fine, but everyone should get the same quality of cake.  If you have a small cake made so that you and FI can cut it, then your sheet cakes need to be of the same quality of that cake.  Some brides choose to do sheet cakes because it is usually cheaper than having a tiered cake.

Heather2256

Yeah, that's what we're doing. We're inviting between 80 & 100 people so tiered caked is out. I'm sure no one will mind. They're not there for the cake anyways!!

Heather2256

Hahaha. I said caked....OMG that's not my pic next to my screen name! WTF.....

Heather2256

Ok, that was weird, now the pic is back to normal.... Yay now everyone is going to think I'm crazy b/c I'm the only one who saw it. LOL

Ashes_3

We are doing a sheet cake of Carrot cake for our wedding. Usually no one will see it, so it just gets cut in the back. We have 170 ppl. Usually a cake that big is more expensive then getting a small cake and then sheet cake!

kaesha

The idea should be that there's a decorative cake for display/cutting purposes and a sheet cake (by the same baker, using the same recipe) in the back for serving purposes. Because the one in the back doesn't have to be decorated (which is where a lot of the cost for cakes comes from), you could theoretically save money.

What's not cool is getting yourselves a fancy pants awesome cake while serving your guests something of lesser quality. That's false advertising and really, really poor hosting, IMHO.

Magdala9

Sheet cakes don't always save money.  Make sure that you run the calculation yourself.   If you cake decorations are simple, it might not cost any less. We went with a tiered cake because the cost difference between a tiered cake and a sheet cake minimal because we had to buy two sheets. Each sheet served 80 and we had 120 guests. 

Sue-n-Kevin

Sheet cakes at Costco are $17 and serve 48 people. We are having our caterer make a "token cake" (their words, not ours) to cut, and getting 2 sheet cakes from Costco. I've had the sheetcake from Costco many times, it's fabulous, and they have a vanilla mousse filling that tastes great, and they frost the cakes with the best frosting ever (IMO, but I'm a frosting freak and clear the plate, LOL).

dovely

A sheet cake is usually less expensive.

We're doing a small tiered cake for display and two tiers will be cut. We have a sheet cake in a second flavor as well.

Also, some cake vendors won't let you buy a sheet cake from someone else if you're buying a tiered cake from them.

lthom17

Nobody cares...they just want their cake fast!  Having sheet cake cut in the back allows you to quickly serve your guests.  They will see the tiered cake being cut and in all the chaos, will prob. not even know were their cake came from.

Save money, be smart, go sheet!!!!!!!!!!

lthom17

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[QUOTE]Sheet cakes don't always save money.  Make sure that you run the calculation yourself.   If you cake decorations are simple, it might not cost any less. We went with a tiered cake because the cost difference between a tiered cake and a sheet cake minimal because we had to buy two sheets. Each sheet served 80 and we had 120 guests. 
Posted by Magdala9[/QUOTE]

Couldn't you just do half a sheet?  What an unaccomodating baker if you couldn't!  Mine offered to do quarter sheets if necessary.  And yes, they are about half the cost of any tiered cake per slice.

Chelle2684

If you decide to do a smaller decorated cake and sheet cakes that aren't from the same baker make sure you check your contract. Many bakers include a clause in the contract that says you can't have cake from any other baker there (including made by family members) because they don't want to risk their reputation if you buy sheetcakes that are of lower quality than their cake and your guests think that the baker also made the sheet cakes that weren't as good. If the contract does include a clause like that and they show up to deliver the cake and there are cakes from another source there they can require you to remove the sheet cakes or refuse to leave their cake and the contract will back them up. So just be sure you know what is in your contract if you decide to use cakes from two different places.