Cheesecake

Is this something you could discuss with your caterer? They might have some good options for you to rent/use.

Does either venue have a fridge? Could you do a small cheesecake for your cutting cake then do easier desserts to store for everyone else?

Your caterer should be able to help with a solution.

I would find out what your venue or caterer recommends. I’m sure they have ways to keep it cold. Sounds yummy!

View Quoted Comment My caterer is actually my aunt 😅 she isn’t quite sure about it either.

View Quoted Comment Maybe. I hadn’t quite thought about other desserts. What would you suggest?

One venue has a fridge, the other does not.

View Quoted Comment Unfortunately, she is not able to help me with this.

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We opted not to do cheesecake bites (our baker offered them but they were the most expensive). We did a small cutting cake for pictures, then 4 types of cupcakes, mini peach pies, brownies, and cookies! They offered candy, popcorn, rice krispies, trifles, and shooters too!

View Quoted Comment My caterer does not have any ideas at this time 😕 I could ask the venues! thanks!

View Quoted Comment Oh wow!! Lots of options! How did this turn out cost wise in comparison to a traditional cake?

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I'd say our average per bite was $2.00. I think it ended up being around the same since we opted for 3 bites per person (we didn't need that much).

Cheesecake melts pretty quickly, maybe it would hold up a little longer with a protective crumb coating? I wouldn’t expose the naked cheesecake, it tends to get a little sweaty looking if you leave it out too long.

View Quoted Comment That’s not bad at all! Thanks for your advice!

View Quoted Comment That’s a very good point and idea. I wasn’t even thinking about the sweating.

I love cheesecake! We are actually doing a cheesecake bar where people can add whatever toppings they would like. We decided against going with our reception venue's cheesecake because it is way more then we would like to spend. We are buying the pre-sliced frozen cheesecake from Sam's Club instead. Our venue will plate the cheesecake for us but they are unable to store them in the fridge. My solution is to store the cheesecakes (still in their boxes) in coolers with lots of ice and then have someone in charge of making sure they are thawed before we serve them. I'm not sure this would work in your situation with so many guests but it might be worth a try. Best of luck and I hope you are able to make the cheesecake work

Are you having a long ceremony and reception? You could freeze it and store it in coolers with ice until you need it?
My brother shipped me one for my birthday and it got to my house several hours before I got home and it was still cold because it was frozen beforehand.

Coolers with ice and frozen cheesecakes could definitely work! The styrofoam ones are beats at keeping things cold and not overly expensive. You could also consider using dry ice to really keep them cold-we have had meat shipped to Southern California for FH’s dad for father’s day for a couple of years now and it’s done great even when they accidentally weren’t home and left it out for hours 🙄.

View Quoted Comment That’s a genius idea! I hope it works out great for you!!!

View Quoted Comment I expect our ceremony will be at least 30 minutes (we’re doing a couple traditions that can be time consuming). Then we intend to have cocktail hour, as I don’t want people watching our photo-op (being behind the lens at weddings, i’ve learned that it is quite obnoxious having people around who have nothing to do with photos). Then the reception will have a couple things before we actually get to “cutting the cake”.

I wonder if freezing it before would work. Or if surrounding it with drying would be a possibility?

View Quoted Comment I just mentioned dry ice in a reply above! I just wouldn’t be sure how to set it up to ensure everyone is safe around the ice.

We do have Yeti coolers too, I wasn’t sure if it would work well though. Or if the cheesecake would even fit, it’s probably gonna be 3 tiered.