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rude to get the wedding cake from one baker and the groom's from another?

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We recently started looking for the cakes for our wedding. We met with one baker that we both loved and did great work but was very expensive and another baker who was far less expensive and did great work on wedding cakes but who's grooms cakes weren't that great. Would it be rude of us to get the wedding cake from the cheaper baker and the grooms cake from the other?
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  • mrsmustard12mrsmustard12 member
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    edited December 2011
    I don't think so.  I am probably going to do this since my FI actually doesn't even like cake.  He only likes carrot cake from this one particular grocery store so I might get either a cake from there or a Groom's cheesecake from another bakery.
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  • NOLAbridealmostNOLAbridealmost member
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    edited December 2011
    It's not rude at all.  =) 

    It's business. 
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  • PinkRoseAcctPinkRoseAcct
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    edited December 2011
    From a former baker, before you sign a contract for either cake, ask each baker if they will allow a cake from another bakery to be served at the same event.  Consider this - wedding cake is from bakery A, and is absolutely amazing.  Grooms cake is from bakery B, and is disgusting.  If people know who the first cake is from, they will associate the second cake with that bakery, even if it isn't the same bakery.  Alot of bakers have this particular line in their contracts.
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  • CassieeKCassieeK
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    edited December 2011
    I am probably getting the groom's cake from a different baker, too.
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  • kmmssgkmmssg mod
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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_rude-wedding-cake-one-baker-grooms-another?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:23Discussion:5de88448-5bd2-4d5d-8bbf-cf9bf30bda90Post:11012bf0-78a5-435a-9804-94a96bff6475">Re: rude to get the wedding cake from one baker and the groom's from another?</a>:
    [QUOTE]From a former baker, before you sign a contract for either cake, ask each baker if they will allow a cake from another bakery to be served at the same event.  Consider this - wedding cake is from bakery A, and is absolutely amazing.  Grooms cake is from bakery B, and is disgusting.  If people know who the first cake is from, they will associate the second cake with that bakery, even if it isn't the same bakery.  Alot of bakers have this particular line in their contracts.
    Posted by PinkRoseAcct[/QUOTE]

    In planning 3 weddings with my girls we found that clause more often than not in baker's contracts.  It's just good business.  If I make a fantastic cake and you serve something along with it that is substandard, people will associate it with my business.  check with your baker first.
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  • ScuttlekidScuttlekid
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    edited December 2011
    I didn't even consider it a problem. I called the bakery where I'm getting our cake and inquired about a grooms cake. I couldn't believe how much more they were than another bakery I called (I only called the other bakery b/c it's my fiance's favorite bakery). When I commented that the other bakery was significantly less, they didn't make a comment that I would have to get the groom's cake from there. I would have loved to give one bakery all the business, but it was a significant different in cost.
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  • 031107031107
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    edited December 2011
    In a lot of cases groom's cakes can cost more than the wedding cake because of the level of detail, carving...involved.
     
    I am not saying the second bakery won't do a good job, but sometimes the saying "you get what you pay for" is very true.  Make sure the level of skill, detail and accuracey will be the same.  You might pay $250 less, but if the cake looks like a mess it doesn't matter if you got it for free.
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  • GoodLuckBear14GoodLuckBear14 member
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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_rude-wedding-cake-one-baker-grooms-another?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:23Discussion:5de88448-5bd2-4d5d-8bbf-cf9bf30bda90Post:e59874f2-bd48-421c-83a5-9f5d3ee6603d">Re: rude to get the wedding cake from one baker and the groom's from another?</a>:
    [QUOTE]In a lot of cases groom's cakes can cost more than the wedding cake because of the level of detail, carving...involved.   I am not saying the second bakery won't do a good job, but sometimes the saying "you get what you pay for" is very true.  Make sure the level of skill, detail and accuracey will be the same.  You might pay $250 less, but if the cake looks like a mess it doesn't matter if you got it for free.
    Posted by 031107[/QUOTE]

    I've never once hear the grooms cake being more expensive.  Almost every one that I've seen at weddings and heard about on here was $150 or less.  Girls who got high quotes went somewhere else and got the same grooms' cake for a lot less.
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  • FaithCaitlinFaithCaitlin member
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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_rude-wedding-cake-one-baker-grooms-another?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:23Discussion:5de88448-5bd2-4d5d-8bbf-cf9bf30bda90Post:e284be66-88ab-485c-8729-daa159bb0fd1">Re: rude to get the wedding cake from one baker and the groom's from another?</a>:
    [QUOTE]It's not rude at all.  =)  It's business. 
    Posted by NOLAbridealmost[/QUOTE]
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  • Megbo2012Megbo2012
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    edited December 2011
    I know my baker won't do it.  I never considered the reputation reasoning, but that makes perfect sense to me.  Any reason why you don't want your baker to do both?
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  • brianangelobrianangelo member
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    edited December 2011
    Tough to compare carved cakes on price.  In our market, the pricing is almost always the same for comparable products; the visual and flavor quality are what changes.

    Take a look at the bakeries' work--talk to their customers--have tastings at both.  And above all, make sure that both know they are one of two bakeries, because as was said above, MANY shops won't participate in that kind of arrangement. 
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