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spudshirley
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Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use?
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I called a bakery to set up a tasting to see if we would want to use their bakery. Her response to me was, "Your wedding isn't until December, so why don't you wait until it gets closer. This way if someone else calls for an appointment because they need a cake that week, there's an appointment available for them." Am I missing something? Shouldn't we try out multiple bakeries ahead of time so we can then decide who had the best and who to use?
I'll admit, I'm a bit of a cake snob, especially since we want red velvet.
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Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use?
If you want to nix bakeries early, just ask for the list of available icing/cake flavors, and maybe sample a pastry from the bakery - that should help you decide who has the flavors you want, and whose buttercream or cake consistency you like better, and maybe narrow you down to two finalists.
[QUOTE]Our cake was included with the venue, but they get it from an outside bakery so we got to pick from 2 bakeries and do the tasting at the bakery. We chose Palermo's in Ridgefield Park. I highly recommend them - the cake was delicious and beautiful. We did our tasting about 2 months before the wedding, and that was plenty of time. We also designed the cake during the tasting.
Posted by ljsquintz[/QUOTE]
<div>My venue also uses Palermo' s so that's nice to hear you were happy with them. I'm scheduling a tasting in March and I can't wait! </div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use? : My venue also uses Palermo' s so that's nice to hear you were happy with them. I'm scheduling a tasting in March and I can't wait!
Posted by avolker1[/QUOTE]
You will LOVE your cake! The tasting is pretty simple and quick, nothing fancy. We chose vanilla cake with hazelnut mousse for two layers and vanilla cake with lemon mousse for the other two. It was delicious! Here is a picture
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use? : You will LOVE your cake! The tasting is pretty simple and quick, nothing fancy. We chose vanilla cake with hazelnut mousse for two layers and vanilla cake with lemon mousse for the other two. It was delicious! Here is a picture
Posted by ljsquintz[/QUOTE]
We used Palermo's too and it was amazing. Bottom and top layers were red velvet with cream cheese filling, then chocolate with hazelnut mousse and white with coconut mousse. I still can't decide which flavor I loved more.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use? : We used Palermo's too and it was amazing. Bottom and top layers were red velvet with cream cheese filling, then chocolate with hazelnut mousse and white with coconut mousse. I still can't decide which flavor I loved more.
Posted by HobokenBride2012[/QUOTE]
So pretty! I love that cake stand - did you provide that, or did you venue provide that?
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use? : So pretty! I love that cake stand - did you provide that, or did you venue provide that?
Posted by ljsquintz[/QUOTE]
Our venue provided it.
[QUOTE]So glad to hear all the good reviews for Palermo's - we're at the Greycliff too, and that's who we were planning to go see.
Posted by xxstardust[/QUOTE]
FYI just be prepared for the up charges. They wanted $1300 for fondant. So that was a no go. I paid a $400 fee for the fondant ropes, crystals and monogram. The Graycliff only covers the cake, buttercream and basic designs (ribbon but no color accents). I wanted something with a little more flair.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use? : You will LOVE your cake! The tasting is pretty simple and quick, nothing fancy. We chose vanilla cake with hazelnut mousse for two layers and vanilla cake with lemon mousse for the other two. It was delicious! Here is a picture
Posted by ljsquintz[/QUOTE]
I LOVE that cake. It is so pretty and I love the color accents. Sounds delicious too!
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use? : We used Palermo's too and it was amazing. Bottom and top layers were red velvet with cream cheese filling, then chocolate with hazelnut mousse and white with coconut mousse. I still can't decide which flavor I loved more.
Posted by HobokenBride2012[/QUOTE]
Your cake is so pretty too! And red velvet is my favorite so I can't wait to try it. I like the idea of having different flavors in each layer.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Cake Tastings. When do you go for yours to see what bakery you'd like to use? : My venue also uses Palermo' s so that's nice to hear you were happy with them. I'm scheduling a tasting in March and I can't wait!
Posted by avolker1[/QUOTE]
<div>Funny you guys mention Palermo's. They were the ones who told me not to schedule incase someone else who needs a cake that week needs to come in! I just thought that was poor customer service. I'm not going to use them LOL!</div>
[QUOTE]I love chocolate cake and buttercream. My plan is to just buy a cupcake at several places and then narrow the choice down by how much I liked the cupcake.
Posted by Chrissy241987[/QUOTE]
<div>I guess the main reason I want to go for an actual tasting is because the bakeries our venue recommends are all up in North Jersey by them (Nanina's in the Park). So if we're going to make the drive up there, I want to make an experience out of it, you know what I mean? If they were closer, I'd just grab a slice :)</div>