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Sheetcake and small cutting cake logistics

Mrs Cheapskate, on December 15, 2014 at 9:45 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4

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My restaurant reception venue includes cake for desert...a sheetcake cut in the kitchen and served to each guest. Its a great deal and also includes appetizers. We would like to have a mini cake to cut so my DF gets to have the whole shabang (its his first marriage). So, my question is, how do we do that so its not weird? I mean should we cut our little fancy cake first and then have them serve the guests or vice versa? Our cake will be in front of us at the table we are seated at. Having 35-40 guests all sitting at a U shape table, and !we will be in the middle of the short part. I feel kinda weird cutting and eating a fancy little cake while my guests eat basic yellow cake. What are your thoughts or how did you do it? Its a little different than having a bigcake sitting in the corner with its own table etc. No room for that in my restaurant reception room

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AlexisM082 · on December 15, 2014 at 9:55 PM
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I'd get a small yellow cake. Something not obnoxiously fancy and cut it before the restaurant serves the sheet cake. Or ask if they can jazz up the sheet cake and cut that!
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Natalie · on December 15, 2014 at 10:14 PM
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We are doing a smaller tiered cake, then adding a sheet cake to feed the rest of the guests. Both will be made by the same baker and will be exactly the same. We will do our cake cutting in front of everyone and feed each other. Then the caterer will take it in the back and cut it. When they emerge with cut cake, no one will know the difference between the sheet cake and the tiered cake.
Would it be possible for you to do it similarly?
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Jenn...Mrs. F! · on December 15, 2014 at 10:46 PM
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What you are describing is becoming much more the "norm". You get a small cake and cut it just like if it were a big cake, once cut, then the sheet cake is served. I had 135 guests. I did a small 3 tier cake with an additional sheet cake to make up the difference. It worked great!
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Mrs Cheapskate · on December 16, 2014 at 1:23 PM
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Just to be clear, im talking about a 2 layer 6-8 inch cake, from the grocerystore bakery case. Placed on a cake stand, with a small J or chocolate coins since fi is in the coin business.But thanks i like the idea of just doing the cake cutting\feeding from the small cake, have the servers take the rest and box the rest for us for the next day, and then having them serve everyone including us the sheet cake. Problem solved, thanks! Off to Goodwill for a 1.99 cake stand :-)
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