POLL: What dessert are you having at your reception?

6512Weaver

Just curious with all the new wedding cake decorations and cupcake craze what everyone is serving!

JoanE2012

We had traditional wedding cake.  There were also trays of pastries.  Yummy!

HobokensFury

We had a traditional wedding cake and a full viennese table.

acaponi87

Neither me or H like cake so we had 4 different types of pie (French Silk, Florida Key Lime, Michigan 4-Berry and Peanut Butter & Chocolate). It was delicious.

melb2013

Cake and cherries jubilee 

random4180

Cake and cupcakes. The cake was vegan (so I could eat it) and the cupcakes were non-vegan (since I wasn't going to bake a cake for over 100 people!)

coopsbaby

Cake, cookies and chocolate covered strawberries!

Sassenach1743

We are also serving traditional cake and a full Viennese dessert table. And our favors are assorted Italian wedding cookies.

Kristin789

Cake, and here's a tip for future brides:

The dinner or lunch menus offered to you by your venue ALREADY INCLUDE A DESSERT because these are the menus that they offer to everyone:  charity luncheons, fundraiser balls, etc.

So if you sign a contract for the dinner menu AS IS, you are paying for the dessert AND then you will pay for your wedding cake to be served later on in the evening.  The venue will add a CUTTING fee, sometimes called a PLATING fee, for their staff to cut and serve your cake.

BUT...

If you TAKE OFF THE DESSERT from the prepared menu, then the waitstaff will cut and serve YOUR CAKE AS THE DESSERT TO THE MEAL, and you won't pay an additional CUTTING fee. 

[Deleted User]

We're doing cake, groom's cake, mini assorted desserts and an espresso bar.

unchatenfrance

We had cheesecake as the plated dessert, then cake later on (plus other sweet treats - cookies, brownies, fruit - at the late evening snack table).

bridalmarch

ice cream sundae bar and cookies.

melb2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_poll-what-dessert-are-you-having-at-your-reception?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:42ebf81a-b4f0-4736-bed9-babf2609a4f9Post:7157ba6c-7ee1-426c-8dd0-c4863747ed06">Re: POLL: What dessert are you having at your reception?</a>:
[QUOTE]Cake, and here's a tip for future brides: The dinner or lunch menus offered to you by your venue ALREADY INCLUDE A DESSERT because these are the menus that they offer to everyone:  charity luncheons, fundraiser balls, etc. So if you sign a contract for the dinner menu AS IS, you are paying for the dessert AND then you will pay for your wedding cake to be served later on in the evening.  The venue will add a CUTTING fee, sometimes called a PLATING fee, for their staff to cut and serve your cake. BUT... If you TAKE OFF THE DESSERT from the prepared menu, then the waitstaff will cut and serve YOUR CAKE AS THE DESSERT TO THE MEAL, and you won't pay an additional CUTTING fee. 
Posted by Kristin789[/QUOTE]

<div>This is probably the deal at your venue, but all venues are different.  Our venue has meal packages, some come with dessert, some don't.  There is not cake cutting fee regardless of what package you choose.  This was a pretty weird post- not everyone has the same circumstances. </div>

alithebride

the cupcake craze is not new.  it's old and done.

we had a vanilla cake with napolean filling with whipped cream frosting. each table got 2 plates of italian cookies, chocolate covered strawberries etc... it was delicios.

LizzyRB

We will do cake served with 2 chocolate covered strawberries

ElcaB

My own wedding plans are in the works, but at my sister's wedding (catered by our family), we had one small cake for the sweetheart table for my sister and her husband. Everyone else got dessert plate with a chocolate covered strawberry, an edible chocolate box filled with chocolate mousse, and something else I cannot for the life of me remember! It was very elegant and tons of guests commented on how much they enjoyed it. 

[Deleted User]

My fiancé and I both hate cake and candy. I want to do jello and pie. If I could eliminate dessert completely, I would. I'm more of a salt-lover than a sweet-lover anyway.