Cake options on invitations?

lenergyrlah · March 2012

This is my 3rd post in 3 days but everyone has been so helpful I can't seem to stop asking questions! Do you think it would be weird to include cake options on the invitations? We will already be asking people to select chicken or steak and to list any special dietary restrictions. I'm thinking about adding 2 cake options, like "lemon with raspberry filling, and chocolate with chocolate mousse filling."

The reason I'm thinking about this is our venue specifically asked that we put everyone's food choice on their place card so the service staff can easily deliver the food without having to ask everyone what they want. They're not going to ask everyone what kind of cake they want when they serve it.

Another thing to keep in mind is I have to keep track of which individuals want which food. I can't say "Bride's parents: 1 chicken and 1 steak" it has to be "MOB: chicken; FOB: steak." This could make the invitations really long if I'm adding additional menu options for each person.

lehc723 · March 2012

I've never heard of cake options on the invite, even for multi-layer and multi-flavor cakes. When I've been at weddings with multi-flavors, people trade around if they got one they didn't want. It hasn't been a problem.

achiduck · March 2012

I would find it odd to select my cake flavour on an RSVP. I'm having 3 different flavours and will not ask people to choose. Not everyone will eat wedding cake (escpecially if your dinner already includes a dessert course).Why not have them cut the cake and set it out on a table, that way guests who want cake can go up and select which flavour they want.

aimee58 · March 2012

Same here. We just trade if there's a particular one that we want.

We're just having the venue cut the cake and leave it on the table. For us, it's easier, it's cheaper (they want to charge $50 just to hand out cake), and half of the cake gets left at the tables anyway (at least in my experience)

brainybrunette · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2012-weddings_cake-options-on-invitations?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:56b9bcef-1e34-456e-81f5-cfaa107456b2Discussion:339d9e58-ee3c-46bb-844e-35243f72ec61Post:909828d5-344f-4c86-8e8f-fe6f8e7da1d5">Re: Cake options on invitations?</a>:
[QUOTE]I've never heard of cake options on the invite, even for multi-layer and multi-flavor cakes. When I've been at weddings with multi-flavors, people trade around if they got one they didn't want. It hasn't been a problem.
Posted by lehc723[/QUOTE]

<div>Yup same here! </div>

pzavecz · March 2012

In Response to Re:Cake options on invitations?:[QUOTE]I would find it odd to select my cake flavour on an RSVP. I'm having 3 different flavours and will not ask people to choose. Not everyone will eat wedding cake escpecially if your dinner already includes a dessert course.Why not have them cut the cake and set it out on a table, that way guests who want cake can go up and select which flavour they want. Posted by achiduck[/QUOTE]

This. This is what we're doing.

missmckenzie2 · March 2012

Could you just ask the venue to ask the guest which they would prefer when passing them on trays? Or if they can't do that, maybe they would just put the slices all on a table near the cake and guests could just go up and choose what they want.

Karebear114 · March 2012

we are having 2 different flavors as well and I think we are just going to have them put the cut cake out on table and have the DJ announce that the cake is ready and where it is so everyone can just pick the kind they want.

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