Buying your own wedding cake

Did anyone buy their own wedding cake from their favorite bakery or did you stay with the hall's wedding cake?

I am concerned with who my catering hall is using as a bakery. Read lots of reviews on the web and they are not positive.

Help!!!

Do you know what wedding cakes run about $?
Sand Castle uses a bakery in Astoria.

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Posted by Nlynn

Do you know what wedding cakes run about $?
Sand Castle uses a bakery in Astoria.

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I am also getting a cake from elsewhere and not use RH's, has nothing to do with their cakes but before we even booked the RH we knew who we wanted to get a cake from.

Which bakery in Astoria? Theres alot of good bakeries but hmmmm if you want fondant not sure what place that would be

we're bringing our own cake in.......our hall doesn't offer a cake. I would feel better picking my own cake from a bakery I think..........

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Posted by Espo22

And to answer your question about how much wedding cakes cost, depends on what you want...I called up seriously at least 50 bakeries for fondant cakes...The average price is between $6-8 per slice. Theres some places that charge more than $8 a slice...I found VERY FEW places that charged less than $6...The only bakeries i found that did so were in suffolk county and one place charged $4.50 a slice which is the cheapest i found. If you want buttercream then it will be less obviously

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Perfectly put!

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Posted by bettybcafe

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Posted by Espo22

And to answer your question about how much wedding cakes cost, depends on what you want...I called up seriously at least 50 bakeries for fondant cakes...The average price is between $6-8 per slice. Theres some places that charge more than $8 a slice...I found VERY FEW places that charged less than $6...The only bakeries i found that did so were in suffolk county and one place charged $4.50 a slice which is the cheapest i found. If you want buttercream then it will be less obviously

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Perfectly put!

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thank you lol...yeah i know who i want to do my wedding cake, but i was looking for e-party but instead im just doing the sheet cake they offer

our hall doesn't provide one.....so we are using our favorite bakery to make our favorite cake that we shared on one of our first dates!
Its the Two Little Red Hens Bakery; red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Costs $7/slice

we're getting ours from Dortoni's..... it's about $650 for 80-100 slices

trial cake was YUM

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Posted by Future Mrs.

our hall doesn't provide one.....so we are using our favorite bakery to make our favorite cake that we shared on one of our first dates!
Its the Two Little Red Hens Bakery; red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Costs $7/slice

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MMMMMM red velvet cake...For e-party i am giving everyone cupcakes and wine...I was gonna give everyone the regular cupcakes but the bakery i am getting it from has amazing red velvet cupcakes, after reading your post i might go with those lol

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Future Mrs.

our hall doesn't provide one.....so we are using our favorite bakery to make our favorite cake that we shared on one of our first dates!
Its the Two Little Red Hens Bakery; red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Costs $7/slice

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MMMMMM red velvet cake...For e-party i am giving everyone cupcakes and wine...I was gonna give everyone the regular cupcakes but the bakery i am getting it from has amazing red velvet cupcakes, after reading your post i might go with those lol

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How muchis JT crediting you for not using their cake?

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Posted by MrsMichel07

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Future Mrs.

our hall doesn't provide one.....so we are using our favorite bakery to make our favorite cake that we shared on one of our first dates!
Its the Two Little Red Hens Bakery; red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Costs $7/slice

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MMMMMM red velvet cake...For e-party i am giving everyone cupcakes and wine...I was gonna give everyone the regular cupcakes but the bakery i am getting it from has amazing red velvet cupcakes, after reading your post i might go with those lol

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How muchis JT crediting you for not using their cake?

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they're not charging anything for not using their cake

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by MrsMichel07

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Future Mrs.

our hall doesn't provide one.....so we are using our favorite bakery to make our favorite cake that we shared on one of our first dates!
Its the Two Little Red Hens Bakery; red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Costs $7/slice

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MMMMMM red velvet cake...For e-party i am giving everyone cupcakes and wine...I was gonna give everyone the regular cupcakes but the bakery i am getting it from has amazing red velvet cupcakes, after reading your post i might go with those lol

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How muchis JT crediting you for not using their cake?

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they're not charging anything for not using their cake

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No but you should be getting a credt for the cake that u are not using.

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Posted by MrsMichel07

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by MrsMichel07

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Future Mrs.

our hall doesn't provide one.....so we are using our favorite bakery to make our favorite cake that we shared on one of our first dates!
Its the Two Little Red Hens Bakery; red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Costs $7/slice

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MMMMMM red velvet cake...For e-party i am giving everyone cupcakes and wine...I was gonna give everyone the regular cupcakes but the bakery i am getting it from has amazing red velvet cupcakes, after reading your post i might go with those lol

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How muchis JT crediting you for not using their cake?

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they're not charging anything for not using their cake

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No but you should be getting a credt for the cake that u are not using.

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No bc thats included in the package....They've thrown in some things already so its ok

I'm hungry now

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Posted by EverlovingEv

I'm hungry now

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LOL

My caterer said they would charge $6.75 a person for cake. Which I guess from the prices posted above isn't bad. I think I might try to look into getting the cake from Buttercookie in Floral Park. They have really good fruit cakes and I wanted a strawberry shortcake cake! Has anyone looked into their wedding cakes?

I am using the hall's cake...I haven't heard anything about the cakes but the food is delish...and by that time a lot of people are stuffed!

Make sure they give u something extra if you bring in your own cake!

Wait I have another cake question...

I've heard its cheaper to get a smaller pretty wedding cake and then just get a big sheet cake in the same flavor to serve the guests with. Will all bakeries/halls do that? And does it make a difference with the price. I haven't really looked into this at all yet, but I was wondering if anyone else knew about it. Thanks!

My hall is supplying the cake. The only reason I went with them was because I have been to dozens of weddings at my hall and they really have a nice cake!!! It is really good too!!!!