No cake!

NYCMercedes · July 2014

At a wedding this past Saturday night, the bride stood up after much drinking, dancing, and dinner, and announced that the vendor reported that they had dropped the cake. No cake. I think the vendor could have stopped at a market and picked up some sort of replacement sweets, but there were none.

The bride seemed cool about it all, so kudos to her.

southernbelle0915 · July 2014

Wow... Poor thing. She should have had them/someone run to Costco and get a few sheet cakes... Geez.

sarawifenow · July 2014

I would have not remained calm in this situation! Props to that bride! I hope they gave her her money back and a free cake on top of it all.

chibiyui · July 2014

I don't think I could have been that calm. So, kudos to her.

But no cake? Thats so sad, especially when you're planning on having it!

KeptInStitches · July 2014

I would not have been calm. I know it's only a cake, etc., but dessert is my favorite part of the meal. There would not have been calm.

beethery · July 2014

I'm glad she was cool about it but why the hell didn't they find some backup cake???? Who does that?

Peaseblossom55 · July 2014

Wow, I would have been pissed. I love cake and I love desserts. I would have demanded someone get some kind of cake from somewhere...

wandajune6 · July 2014

I would have tried very hard to be cool about it.

I'm pretty sure that I would have had them send someone to the local grocery store and buy a ton of cakes. Then deal with the rest of it later.

amakayeb · July 2014

When we got to our reception, I could tell that something was wrong and my mom was trying to take care of it without me finding out. Our cake was not there. Surprisingly, I was also very calm (especially considering how much I was looking forward to this cake!). We called the baker and it turned out that we miscommunicated on the start time of our reception (dinner vs. cocktail hour) and she was on her way there.

But, like others have said, I can't believe the baker didn't bring a substitute of some kind!

ElcaB · July 2014

Good for her, but shame on the vendor for not bending over backward to race some sort of substitute to her. Donuts, cookies, pie, cupcakes, sheet cake...there is no shortage of dessert options. Bring SOMETHING for the love of Mary!

NYCMercedes · July 2014

No Costco close by in Manhattan. No favors either, so no candy. There were a dozen macaroons out and two dozen cupcakes that were out all evening, so they weren't any form of substitute for 150 people.

climbingsingle · July 2014

Wow! I don't think I would have been able to be calm. Dessert is the best part! They couldn't have bought her a few replacement sheet cakes?? WTF.

sarahufl · July 2014

You can find cake in Manhattan.

mysticl · July 2014

Getting a replacement cake would have probably depended on when it was dropped. Like did they drop it in their bakery that morning? Or did they drop it at the venue 5 minutes before the reception started. If it was in the morning they probably had time to come up with something. But if it was that night I'm guessing getting anywhere in Manhattan on a Saturday night is a bit of logistical nightmare. If the bakery just does custom work and doesn't have a store front they may not have spare cake just laying around. They bake what they need for each project so if it was the start of the reception they probably wouldn't have had time to get back, bake and ice some sheet cakes, and get them back out to the venue.

beethery · July 2014

NYCMercedes said:

No Costco close by in Manhattan. No favors either, so no candy. There were a dozen macaroons out and two dozen cupcakes that were out all evening, so they weren't any form of substitute for 150 people.

Vendor would possibly need therapy if they dropped the ball like this on me.

climbingsingle · July 2014

NYCMercedes said:

No Costco close by in Manhattan. No favors either, so no candy. There were a dozen macaroons out and two dozen cupcakes that were out all evening, so they weren't any form of substitute for 150 people.

The vendor could have gone into a Food Emporium or Whole Foods or Fairway.

theexactlee · July 2014

2 dozen cupcakes/150 people. EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!!!

WinstonsGirl · July 2014

This is the only acceptable exception to the no PPD rule. She gets another wedding

KatieinBkln · July 2014

sarahufl said:

You can find cake in Manhattan.

This. Entemann's at a bodega, at the very least!

goldchocobo.defunct635829490514903826 · July 2014

Aw, man! That sucks, especially when everyone was looking forward to it, no doubt.

sarahufl · July 2014

KatieinBkln said:

sarahufl said:

You can find cake in Manhattan.

This. Entemann's at a bodega, at the very least!

I could go find 10 cakes in a 10 block radius of my office in the next 15 minutes. Come on, people!

sophhabobopha · July 2014

How do you drop cake? That's like dropping a baby.

blabla89 · July 2014

I would have clawed someone's eyes out with my pretty wedding nails if the baker just showed up and said "I've got nothing, sorry." I'm impressed that your friend was so cool about it.

daria24 · July 2014

Dude every Gristedes/D'ag/Food Emporium has Carvel cakes in their freezer section. There is always a 24 hour grocery store within walking distance below 125th street. Most of the bakeries in my neighborhood are open until at least 8pm.

HELL-Insomia cookies is open until 4am and they deliver. THEY COULD HAVE SENT COOKIES.

gladyscf · July 2014

You can't be fucking around with cake.

VulgarGirl · July 2014

Apparently at a wedding my friend was in the venue lost the cake. The baker dropped it off and between then and when everyone arrived, the cake went missing. I'm still not clear how this happened, but they scrambled and got her three sheet cakes from Wal-Mart to feed everyone some cake. Somehow she managed to stay calm. Which impressed me because she had a melt down over ribbon one day. Cake is way more important then ribbon.

The issue came up later when the venue tried to bill her for the three Wal-Mart cakes. Hell broke loose and lots happened, but eventually she got her money back from the venue for the cost of the cake minus the cost of the three Wal-Mart cakes. When I told FI this she said "They would've given me the full amount for the lost cake at minimum", and that's why I'm marrying her.

AlexisA01 · July 2014

MagicInk said:

Apparently at a wedding my friend was in the venue lost the cake. The baker dropped it off and between then and when everyone arrived, the cake went missing. I'm still not clear how this happened, but they scrambled and got her three sheet cakes from Wal-Mart to feed everyone some cake. Somehow she managed to stay calm. Which impressed me because she had a melt down over ribbon one day. Cake is way more important then ribbon.

The issue came up later when the venue tried to bill her for the three Wal-Mart cakes. Hell broke loose and lots happened, but eventually she got her money back from the venue for the cost of the cake minus the cost of the three Wal-Mart cakes. When I told FI this she said "They would've given me the full amount for the lost cake at minimum", and that's why I'm marrying her.

Oh HELL no! They really tried to BILL for the additional cakes and the one they messed up? Wow, your friend is a lot nicer than I would have been.

sarahufl · July 2014

AlexisA01 said:

MagicInk said:

Apparently at a wedding my friend was in the venue lost the cake. The baker dropped it off and between then and when everyone arrived, the cake went missing. I'm still not clear how this happened, but they scrambled and got her three sheet cakes from Wal-Mart to feed everyone some cake. Somehow she managed to stay calm. Which impressed me because she had a melt down over ribbon one day. Cake is way more important then ribbon.

The issue came up later when the venue tried to bill her for the three Wal-Mart cakes. Hell broke loose and lots happened, but eventually she got her money back from the venue for the cost of the cake minus the cost of the three Wal-Mart cakes. When I told FI this she said "They would've given me the full amount for the lost cake at minimum", and that's why I'm marrying her.

Oh HELL no! They really tried to BILL for the additional cakes and the one they messed up? Wow, your friend is a lot nicer than I would have been.

They should have comped her for more than just the cost of the cakes. That is absurd.

VulgarGirl · July 2014

AlexisA01 said:

MagicInk said:

Apparently at a wedding my friend was in the venue lost the cake. The baker dropped it off and between then and when everyone arrived, the cake went missing. I'm still not clear how this happened, but they scrambled and got her three sheet cakes from Wal-Mart to feed everyone some cake. Somehow she managed to stay calm. Which impressed me because she had a melt down over ribbon one day. Cake is way more important then ribbon.

The issue came up later when the venue tried to bill her for the three Wal-Mart cakes. Hell broke loose and lots happened, but eventually she got her money back from the venue for the cost of the cake minus the cost of the three Wal-Mart cakes. When I told FI this she said "They would've given me the full amount for the lost cake at minimum", and that's why I'm marrying her.

Oh HELL no! They really tried to BILL for the additional cakes and the one they messed up? Wow, your friend is a lot nicer than I would have been.

Nicer then me too. I would've had them comp the entire cost of the reception. And by I, I mean FI would have. That girl can get shit done.

misshart00 · July 2014

Not that it matters, but I wonder when the cake was dropped and when the bride was told. If she was told before the wedding, she may have gotten it together before the reception.

Either way, is be pissed.

AddieCake · July 2014

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

No cake!

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