Dessert bar varieties

Re: Dessert bar varieties

• hboo2011

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  Hmmmm.... Are you serving both tiers of cake? I personally would prefer a cupcake to cake. Are you going to let people choose what they want? I would probably make more cupcakes, in my opinion.A
   
  lso, what types of desserts are you thinking? My venue is providing a sweets table as well, with chocolate covered strawberries, mini eclairs, brownies and pastry kinda things. I couldn't even tell you what is all included. But I remember she said an estimate is roughly 3 'sweets' per person is a good estimate, a little on the higher side, but I'd personally rather have more than not enough.

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• ajsk8ergirl

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  We are having the cake part for the traditions of cutting it and reserving the top tier for the anniversary. The cupcakes and desserts will be open to people to choose what they want. I have been thinking of upping the number of cupcakes and leaning towards six to seven varieties of desserts. We've been thinking of mini pies, mini cheesecakes, lemon raspberry bars, brownies, etc. Thank you for your input.

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• ShakeUpTampa member

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  We too are doing BBQ dinner and dessert table with 3 types of cupcakes and 3 types of cheesecakes all in mini form.I am estimating 4pcs per person so if 150 RSVP we will have 600 bite size desserts. 63 come to a package for the cheesecake which makes that easy enough. Some might eat more (like the one child who eats everything in sight) and some might eat less like the person who got super stuffed on the candy bar or dinner lol

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• juma1111

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  I like the idea of mini cheesecakes, brownies, pies, maybe a puffed pastry, even a cookie of some sort. Definitely have more than you think because as people dance and mingle, they will return to the dessert bar for more (unless you break it down and get it out of sight)

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• emilyandjoeygetmarried

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  I would go with cookies (no nuts just in case of allergies) a fruit pie, a cheese cake, something chocolate (fudge or brownies) and pralines. have a varitey of flavors and types instead of several flavors of one type of desert.

  

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• DeidreB13

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  Im doing the same thing. I am handmaking the desserts though we are having fruit tarts, mini cheesecakes, 3 types of cupcakes, brownies, mini pumpkin pies, mini pecan pies, assorted cookies, and maybe a smores bar. We are also doing a candy buffet for favors.
  
  we are making a cupcake stand where the top is a tiered cake that mo FMIL is making for the 1yr anniversary and cutting.
  
  Im just using the role of thumb that wre going to make at least one of everything for everyone and then like another bouble batch of what it makes.
  
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• jessicabessica member

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  We had 150 guests and our dessert bar had:

  Chocolate cake w/raspberry filling

  Lemon cake with lemon curd and almonds

  Chocolate chip cookies and milk shooters

  Blueberry crisp with ice cream

  Seasonal fruit sorbet

  Chocolate fondue with fresh fruit and pound cake (just a chafing dish of chocolate)

  
  

  People definitely sampled most of the choices and went back for seconds (and hung around the buffet snacking and chatting).  

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• Ljacks87

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  I think you have good suggestions about additional desserts above. I think you should make more cupcakes (I just think more than 50% people will want one). Maybe more like 8 dozen (96, or 80% of guests) would be better. And many people will eat more than one dessert selection (I definitely would), so don't plan your numbers assuming one piece of dessert per guest. I always think it's better to have more, and if you have leftovers, people can take it home. 

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