Okay, ladies. I feel like this has been chatted about **** times, BUT I need some opinions.
We are having a BRUNCH wedding in late October, reception runs 12pm-4:30pm. Brunch food and Brunch cocktails. There will be no more than 80 people in attendance (including vendors), as in: we are only INVITING 80 people at most. Including LOTS of kiddos.
The issue: Donuts versus Cake! Given the time of day and that it's Brunch- what do y'all think is best? Would people even want a traditional wedding cake at that time of day?
Important to note: FH and I are NOT cake fans, we just aren't. We will eat cake, but it's just not our thing at all. This includes cupcakes and literally any other form that cake can take.
We've had one cake tasting so far, at the insistence of my mother (ugh). It was okay, we preferred the almond cake with a raspberry fruit filling- and the "naked" type cake with minimal frosting. That baker is a cost of $3.75 per person. We are consulting with 2 other bakers though and having a few other tastings (one being a Maple cake!).
I reached out to a local (AMAZING) donut shop to see what they could offer. They make cider donuts and I cannot even tell you how BOMB they are. They have a few different varieties, all excellent.
They have a Donut Display package. I'd get 1.5 regular (or 2 mini) donuts per person. It comes with the display of my choosing, design and staging, and bags (I may order personalized bags though, from Etsy). They charge $3 per person, which I think is a steal. I'd probably even order some additional donuts, to get around 200 donuts (320 if mini). So, it'd work out to about $350-400 for all of that, maybe less. A bit more expensive than the cake, but meh.
I'm just wondering what you all think. I feel like I'd still want the "cake cutting" picture (it would be private, so no one would be around)- so I *may* get a small cake for that, unless anyone has any cute ideas for how to do that with donuts...
PS: if I did the donuts- I'm wondering if I *should* do additional favors or just have the donuts double as dessert AND the favor? We planned on doing Hershey Kisses as our favor, nothing super fancy at all. We could still do them, in the interest of not being "tacky"- but like...if I do donuts I really don't want to?
I'd appreciate ANY of your guys thoughts, suggestions, input. Not even joking, this freaking cake situation has been the most stressful so far 
