CAKE POLL: What would you choose to spend your money on?

Original post by CloudNine

Sep 19, 2009 12:19 AM

so my hall does a winter promotion and for every guest coming i get a $1 towards a cake upgrade (example...125 guests i get $125...180 guests i get $180)

i cant decide if i want to spend the money on the inside and get red velvet with cream cheese icing or if i should spend it on the outside and do a fancier design

what would you do?

ETA: we are NOT having a vieniesse but we are having a 3 shelved dessert cart that goes to each table with lots of different desserts. We are also having an ice cream sundae/bananas foster bar to go along with the cake

JessNicole7EM Posted: Sep 19, 2009 05:07 PM

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I'm getting married at Flowerfield too - a year after you.

There was only a winter package deal for 09 and 10.
There is no such package for 2011.

I did see the package deals for the other years though and the cake thing really had me thinking about it recently.

My fiance and I are upgrading the INSIDE of the cake and getting the flavors and layers we want. Then again the cake really isn't my thing. I don't want anything ostentatious or crazy -it is after all, just a cake imo.

CloudNine Posted: Sep 20, 2009 09:55 AM

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Posted by JessNicole7EM

I'm getting married at Flowerfield too - a year after you.

There was only a winter package deal for 09 and 10.
There is no such package for 2011.

I did see the package deals for the other years though and the cake thing really had me thinking about it recently.

My fiance and I are upgrading the INSIDE of the cake and getting the flavors and layers we want. Then again the cake really isn't my thing. I don't want anything ostentatious or crazy -it is after all, just a cake imo.

that stinks that they arent doing the package for 2011...it really is an amazing package that tehy give, they give so much.
my problem with cake is that i cant relaly find anything on the outside that i like. and when i finally do come across a few designs they seem to be more intricate than plain so i know it will cost more but red velvet is different AND matches my wedding colors lol.

DaniandKen2010 Posted: Sep 20, 2009 10:35 AM

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Most guests don't eat the cake so I am choosing the outside to the inside.

RitasEngaged Posted: Sep 20, 2009 11:39 AM

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definately the taste of the cake

MrsSoto Posted: Sep 20, 2009 11:44 AM

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this is a hard decision because of course you want your cake to look amazing but in the end, imo, i want to know i paid for something that tastes amazing doesnt just look great. So i go for the inside

Either way, just because you wouldnt be upgrading one of the parts doesnt mean itll look like crap, ya know, it will just be plainer

i was at a wedding in june and when we first saw the cake, it looks really plain on the outside and then it didnt taste too good! i definately think that if it woulda tasted good at the end of the night, we woulda forgot that it looked not so great on the outside

drivwal Posted: Sep 20, 2009 12:02 PM

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taste....most def taste. my fav wedding cakes look simple, elegant, timeless and taste AMAZING...JMO

jenturch Posted: Sep 20, 2009 01:15 PM

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I would go with the inside. How many upgrades can you really do to the outside? I'm using Rolling Pin Bakery and basically everything is included for the outside-unless you have some elaborate design idea then put the $ toward the outside.

StaceYums81 Posted: Sep 20, 2009 01:51 PM

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I said go for looks not taste - everyone is going to have a diff opinion on waht tastes good so some will be disappointed and some will be elated with the taste anyway...

wickedwedding16 Posted: Oct 05, 2009 08:23 PM

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Posted by sophisticat13

That's tough...but Audrey's Bakery cakes (the bakery that Lovin Oven caterers uses) are delicious no matter what, so I would upgrade the outside!!!! Make it even more beautiful for you and your guests to look at!!

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I agree! Any Audrey's desserts/cookies/cakes/etc that I have ever eaten has ALWAYS been fabulous...Personally, I would go for the outside!!