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Super September 2019

The Big Cake Flavor Decision

Meghan, on June 11, 2019 at 1:33 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 15

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So we know what bakery we're going to get our cake from, and we've tasted a lot of their delicious cake, but deciding what flavors to choose seems an impossible task! We're going to have a 3 tier cake so we can have 3 different flavors. The frosting will be probably be vanilla buttercream. All of the cakes are tres leches style cakes, but it's the flavors that are causing indecision.

Here are the options:

Coconut - white cake made with coconut milk and with coconut frosting between layers

Cookies and Cream - one layer white cake, one layer chocolate cake with cookies and cream frosting between the layers

Strawberry - white cake with strawberry filling between the layers

Dulce de Leche - white cake with dulce de leche (caramel) frosting between the layers

I definitely want the cookies and cream one because it's unique and will appease chocolate lovers. It's really between the other three that we're having trouble choosing. FH really likes the coconut one but I feel like coconut is one of those flavors people either love or hate and I'm not sure how many of our guests love it and how many hate it.

If presented with these flavors on a table in front of you, which one would you pick?

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Latest activity by Meghan, on July 19, 2019 at 11:06 AM

Expert September 2020
Christine · on June 11, 2019 at 1:38 PM
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Those all sound amazing. I'd pick the dulce de leche!
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Future Mrs. K · on June 11, 2019 at 1:38 PM
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Dulce de leche sounds amazing!
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Meghan · on June 11, 2019 at 1:42 PM
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I would pick Dulce de Leche. Yum!
Honestly, coconut is a very specific taste and I don't think it would do well at a wedding. Unless it is a beach wedding.
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Jessica · on June 11, 2019 at 1:56 PM
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If your FH wants coconut, maybe the smallest tier?
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Hannah · on June 11, 2019 at 2:18 PM
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As 1 of those people that HATES coconut, I'd be adverse to that flavor lol. Otherwise, all the other 3 sound delicious.
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Jolie · on June 11, 2019 at 2:23 PM
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I personally hate coconut lol So I would choose the other 3. Additionally, for a September wedding I don't think coconut fits as much as if it were a summer wedding!
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Andrea · on June 11, 2019 at 2:34 PM
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FH should get a choice!
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Meghan · on June 11, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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That's what I was thinking.
We'd been leaning towards the cookies and cream, coconut, and dulce de leche, but then I know some people like fruit fillings so I thought maybe we should have a fruit. But so far it seems like everyone's more into the other flavors!
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Sara · on June 11, 2019 at 2:49 PM
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I'd pick cookies and cream, dulce de leche, strawberry, and then coconut - but I'm really not a coconut fan. Either way, I think a chocolatey option, a more vanilla option, and then something more unique is typically a good way to go.
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Jessica · on June 11, 2019 at 2:54 PM
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I’d go with your initial plan. I like fruit fillings personally (and I also like coconut), but it’s not my cake it’s yours so you should get what you want. You’ll have three options, so it’s not like you’re saying “if you don’t like this one flavor too bad.”
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Devin · on June 11, 2019 at 3:42 PM
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Our cake is a three layer cake, and our design consultant told us to pick an old people layer as the top layer. 🤣 She said the older people always want traditional wedding cake so we made a butter cake with vanilla frosting layers as our top tier.
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Meghan · on June 11, 2019 at 3:47 PM
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Haha I like that advice. I guess by that logic it would be coconut or strawberry on top.
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Danielle · on June 11, 2019 at 4:19 PM
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One tier Coconut, since that is your FH's favorite. One tier Cookies and Cream, since that is your favorite. One tier Strawberry, because that is a popular flavor.
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SraDeCarrillo · on July 19, 2019 at 10:56 AM
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I love coconut so I’d be totally on board for that.
I love that you’re doing tres leches. My FH and I have been looking for a baker to do tres leches and no one says they can do it as a wedding cake. How are your tiers going to be stacked?
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Meghan · on July 19, 2019 at 11:06 AM
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They said that they have internal columns for structure that they use. We're actually kind of renting the columns since if we bring them back in good condition we get some money back.
See if you have any Colombian bakeries in your area. The bakery we're using is Colombian and basically all of their cakes are tres leches cakes.
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