Is my alternative cake idea tacky?

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I looooooove cheesecake! Beautifully presented too. YUM.

We're doing sheet cakes for the guests and just a 6 inch decorated cake for FH and I for the cake cutting.

Great idea! I say serve any dessert you thinknis delicious. We aren’t having a cake. We are having our reception at a restaurant so we are just going with the dessert it offers.

View Quoted Comment What we’re doing is more expensive because the desserts are also our favors. We’ll have half the desserts out for when we cut the cake and have dessert then a little later bring the rest out with the to go boxes as favors. So if we were to cut the number of desserts we’re getting in half which is still plenty of desserts for everyone then it would be cheaper by a few hundred dollars to feed the same amount of guests.

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Love it! we ended up doing a small cutting cake (that is not fancy) and then cupcakes because it was easy but i love the multiple cakes idea! especially cheesecake

I'm not a huge cake person either, I'd love to do cheesecakes, pies & cupcakes!

Not at all! We are having a 1 tier small cutting cake for pictures, then a mini dessert bar instead. My fiance doesn't like cake!

We are thinking about having a couple different flavored Buche de Noel's - basically log shaped and decorated Swiss roll cakes. We both prefer frosting to cake and Swiss rolls have a much higher frosting to cake ratio and they look pretty when cut - the roll shape is visible, plus since they are literally a long log of cake they are easy to cut - just slice off from one end. Our wedding is in December so they will be seasonally appropriate and bakeries will already be making a bunch so we are hoping we can get a good deal on them. We will just get varying heights of cake stands to display them on.

View Quoted Comment OMG I love the ship cake idea! 😍 I made a kid's birthday cake look like a pirate ship once and it was the best EVER!

View Quoted Comment Love this! I make at least one every Christmas!

I say as long as there's enough dessert for everyone, then do what you want. We're having cake. And A Boston Cream Pie for FH (shhhh it's a surprise and his favorite). And I think some pie too since it'll be Fall and I just really love pie. I really hope our orchard produces this year so we can use home grown ingredients. (Don't worry I'm a professional lol)

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They are my favorite Christmas dessert - though we have always bought them. And they are small enough to offer a couple flavor options without blowing out our cake budget.

Hi Carmen! Welcome to the WeddingWire Community! Your idea sounds great! A lot of couples incorporate alternative cake options apart from the traditional tiered design! I think you should check our article discussing the various alternative desserts you can incorporate:

- The Hottest New Wedding Dessert Trends, Beyond the Cake