Do you order cake for exact number of guests attending

Re: Do you order cake for exact number of guests attending

• wiwicaty

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  I don't know what's done usually but I would consider a few slices more that the actual guest count in case someone asks for the "bis". I'm also going to keep a couple of slices for our late-night snack. 

  We're not using an outside vendor but I've seen CakeLV suggested a few times. Look up some of the bios for tips:

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• Gribbles member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  I would suggest that you get a cake big enough to feed your highest possible guest count, and have a little left over.

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• sunkissed364 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  If you possibly could have 50 guests, I would order a big enough cake for at least 55-60 slices? There will be people who dont eat cake at all. We will probably have 40 guests and we are ordering a cake big enough for 50 people.

  

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• LasVegas2011 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  Lovely - thanks ladies

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• Sara191431 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  I highly recommend Las Vegas Custom Cakes!  I did like 5 tastings at different popular bakeries, and they were the best for taste, design, customer service and price, only one was a little cheaper.  www.lasvegascustomcakes.com

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• wallacje member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  We are only getting cake for half of our guests.  No one on my side of the family eats cake, FI and I don't eat it either.  And we went to a wedding a couple months ago and the bride had ordered cake for all 300 guests and she ended up taking home cake for 250 when the reception was over.  She said it was the biggest waste of money.
  
  That's just my opinion though, do what works best for you.

  

  

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• thefuturemrsrumley

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  We did a cupcake tour (75 cupcakes, plus 6 inch round on top) and a grooms (to serve ~50) cake for 70 people.  This way they could have a slice of grooms cake and a cupcake. 

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• ricekim

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  I ordered about 5 more slices than my guest count, but my contract with gimme some sugar states that I can add more servings up to a certain point prior to the wedding. That way, if I get more RSVP's than anticipated I can get a larger cake.

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• impslave

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  We had 30 people total at our wedding, but paid extra to add a third tier to our cake so it would serve 40-50 total.
  
  We took some leftover home and also has some for both our moms to take.  There's also two slices off the top tier in our freezer for us to eat in two months.
  
  To me, cake is one of those things you can't have too much of
  

  
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• rh1Cheryl

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

   

  You might not be able to get a cake to serve the exact number of guests because different tier sizes will yield different serving amounts, so plan your design setup to serve every guest plus a little more if necessary.

  Here’s my opinion on 18 of the Las Vegas area bakeries...
  

  
  Freed’s Bakery & Cakes (since 1959, wedding cakes since 1980), can produce a cake with 4-7 hours notice, offers "Bride on a Budget" cakes, has beautifully decorated professional masterpieces. (You can’t go wrong with the oldest bakery in town!)
  

  
  Castle of Cakes (located in an unprofessional, out of the way, hidden business within another), only 20 tier-cake photos to view online, inexperienced decorator with amateur skills; gaudy color combinations and designs, incorrect setups, not level, humped, bulging, thin icing, not proportionate, squatty, leaning, and crooked.
  

  
  Red Ribbon Bakeshop (chain of 30 stores in the U.S. and Philippines), only 5 wedding cake choices online; one is sloppy and the other four are neat and clean in appearance. (Quality of work could differ from the photos of this chain store’s various locations.)
  

  
  Goldilocks Bake Shop & Restaurant (fast food chain store, two locations in Nevada since 2005), nice cakes. (Quality of work could differ from the photos depending on this chain store’s location.)
  

  
  Amato Bakery, variety of designs, quality presentation, professional skills.
  

  
  Andrea’s World of Cakes, not iced smooth or straight, airy icing, lumpy and cracked fondant, shaky piping and writing, nonprofessional skills.
  

  
  Baked with Love Bakery (only 1 photo and 1 video online), very sloppy cakes.
  

  
  Bonjour Euro Bakers (since 2005), no hours listed, only 4 wedding cakes shown online; very simple and ugly, 1 bad review of 4: Horrible customer service, cakes are tasteless and dry, neutral review: Hole in the wall place with great crepes, overpriced.
  

  
  Cake Designs LV (formerly Cakes by Ruth), requires 14 business days notice, by appointment only with 5 days notice for tastings, 25% nonrefundable deposit, mostly clean/neat cakes; some leaning and not proportionate, some poor presentations; no cake drums—uses thin cardboard layers with foil, variety of designs, neutral or adequate in professional skills.
  

  
  Cake World Bakery, call ahead, allow 2 days for wedding cakes, only 1 photo online and it’s copyrighted material from a published Wilton book. (Not impressive to show work that is not your own.)
  

  
  Cakes On The Move (since 1992), No hours listed, requires 50% nonrefundable deposit with balance paid in full 2 weeks prior, has minimum price requirement, designs too simple—show no decorating talent, some gaudy borders, some crooked and very crooked, can’t make flowers—fresh flowers on all cakes, can’t do stringwork—uses bead strands instead.
  

  
  Creations Bakery, By appointment only with 2 weeks notice, available only Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday.
  

  
  Diamond Bakery, Only 22 photos online; wrinkled fondant, buttercream not smooth.
  

  
  Fantasy Wedding Cakes, No hours listed, talented decorator with 25 years experience, 50% deposit with balance due 2 weeks prior, only 20 cakes in online gallery; 1 leaning, 1 blurry, nice cakes, 2 reviews: 1 good, 1 bad for late delivery.
  

  
  The Gourmet Cake Factory (since 1999), owner has been decorating since 1977, ugly roses, ugly presentation boards, leaning cakes, blurry small photos.
  

  
  Leopold’s Bakery (over 45 years experience), must be paid in full 2 weeks prior, talented; a couple cakes aren’t proportionate or level, are leaning, iced sloppy, decorated sloppy or uneven, have pillars placed upside down, and raw edge of cardboard exposed, but overall—most are very nice.
  

  
  Marie’s Gourmet Bakery (since 2004), No hours listed, requires at least 4 weeks notice, 50% refundable deposit to reserve date with remainder at least 2 weeks prior or paid in full with credit card if less than 2 weeks, no refund if canceled within 5 business days, mostly nice cakes; nice writing skills, sloppy left-handed decorator, no buttercream roses—all silk, fresh, or gumpaste, lots of old blurry photos online; of 178 photos 3.35% have something wrong with them that most people probably wouldn’t notice, neutral or adequate in professional skills.
  

  
  Shanni-Cakes & Desserts, 48 hours notice needed, all photos of non-original work from Wilton books.

  
  I hope my research has been helpful!
  

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• LasVegas2011 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  Wow!!! You have done your research.  I'm guessing you're a professional of some kind.  Thanks for your opinions
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