Serving dessert and wedding cake

I had a dessert as part of the meal and a cake too. I actually found that they ate the cake more than the dessert.

I forgot to ask - what is the dessert your caterer is offering ?

View Quoted Comment Thanks for your input! They’re offering personal/mini chocolate bundt cake and key lime pie. (They offered others but these were our favorites.) Our wedding cake would be more of a strawberry shortcake.

View Quoted Comment Oh man those sound good! I actually feel like you could skip the cake altogether.

View Quoted Comment Ditto to this!!!! No one will miss it because, ultimately, they’re getting dessert

You could skip the cake or, since the cake is a gift, you could opt for cupcakes instead and put them into to-go boxes for favors or late night snacks. There are some super cute ways to package up cupcakes.

We’re having such a small wedding (even after the elopement) that we’re thinking just cake for our party. But we really want the tradition of cutting the cake. Maybe you could just do one layer cake top to cut and give the guests a dessert spread instead.

You may have to check your contract to see if the caterer will even allow you to have other food at your wedding. A lot of the time vendors will request that they are the sole person providing the service. You'd also have to check with your venue if they will allow outside catering. Most venues won't allow outside food especially if it isn't provided by a licensed caterer. Also, who would you have serve the cake? Most servers won't serve food unless they have prepared it themselves because they don't want to be legally responsible if someone gets sick from the food they served.

We did a wedding cake as well as a dessert bar with several different dessert options. People ate both!

Can you do the baker's cake as the served wedding cake and the personal bundt cakes/pies from the caterer as take-home favors with cute little boxes to take them home in?

View Quoted Comment This is a great idea.