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Serving help

elizabeth121985elizabeth121985
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in Wedding Cakes & Food Forum
I'm trying to decide how much cake to order, but am not sure about the number of slices.  We will have approximately 400 guests and will have both a bride and groom's cake.  

Does each cake need to have 400 slices independently, or does the sum of the slices from BOTH cakes need to total somewhere around 500?

Thoughts? I don't want to run out of cake!
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Re: Serving help

  • teachersinloveteachersinlove
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    Typically, the groom's cake is smaller than the bridal cake. I'd probably have the groom's cake serve about 100-200, and the bridal cake serve about 350. Some people will eat both, but definitely not everyone.
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  • kmmssgkmmssg mod
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    edited December 2011
    don't order more than 400 servings combined.  Some people don't eat cake (personally - it's my fave food group) and quite honestly, it is your responsibility to provide 1 serving of dessert to each of your guests.  You could probably get away with a bit less, but you certainly don't need to order more than that.
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  • WiscisblissWiscisbliss
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    edited December 2011
    I would have the bride's serve at least 300, and the Grooms serve 100-200. 

    I would eat both and so would my husband.  Some people won't have any.  It is better to have too much than to run out. 
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  • Milsey32Milsey32
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_food-cakes_serving?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:23Discussion:e10ae69b-0e8c-4bd7-98ed-d0907252b678Post:cd40a67b-211f-40a0-897d-51fc2c66cd7d">Re: Serving help</a>:
    [QUOTE]I would have the bride's serve at least 300, and the Grooms serve 100-200.  I would eat both and so would my husband.  Some people won't have any. <strong> It is better to have too much than to run out. </strong>
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    </div><div>Know your guests -- if you know a couple people aren't big fans of cake but a few friends would gladly have seconds then get 400+ servings. We're having 160-175 guests and have enough cake to serve 200 (I will eat probably 2 pieces... and another when we go to the hotel room... don't judge me)</div>
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  • 031107031107
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    I consider it rude for guests to have a piece of each.  If I wanted both I would take a slice of the bride's cake and have my husband get a slice of the groom's cake and we could share.  It is the bride's responsibility to offer me 1 dessert, and that one is 1 piece of cake (or cupcake, pie, whatever...)

    So, I would say that combined the cake serving total should be the same as your guest count.
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